Well, the prospective mums have arrived. First thing they did was run out of the trailer and head for the grass like they'd never seen any.
Shortly afterwards they nearly knocked us over and tipped the food out of the feed bucket before I could even reach the trough in their desperation to get their noses in (this morning much calmer for breakfast).
My ewes gave them a belly sniff and a bum sniff and were taken aback by their barginess at the grub but other than that, none too bothered by their arrival.
When next to mine I noticed that the wool of the new arrivals is nothing like the texture of that of the wool of my other sheep, mine never shorn - would that be why? Same breed. Also, although pregnant, the new girls are thinner than mine (which I thought I was careful not to overfeed).
PS: I should add, their wool isn't as long either, and more 'tight'.