Author Topic: 2nd go at Shearing, ding ding round two (Read 6017 times)

Daisys Mum · « **Reply #15 on:** May 24, 2011, 03:24:56 pm »

Wouldn't dare put on the picture of the one that would not be caught for the shearer last year and so we did her ourselves, definately a should

have gone to specsavers ad

ellisr · « **Reply #16 on:** May 24, 2011, 06:40:33 pm »

Quote from: andywalt on May 23, 2011, 09:08:28 pm

Ahh sorry ellisr I didnt realise !!

yes all done on saturday, all went well and they all look pleased to get rid of there jackets !! have a look at my romney tup with no jacket

But its a strange thing when I am checking them everyday, I have to take my time as I cant reconise them !!

Look at your shearing now, well done you.

I can never recognise my bunch after they have there jackets taken off. I normally just refer to them as naked sheep until they grow a bit again and I can recognise them.

PS can I pinch spy?

andywalt · « **Reply #17 on:** May 26, 2011, 09:29:03 pm »

you can try and pinch him but I dont think he would leave me lol, such a great companion and now getting so good with the sheep hes addicted to them, and now Ive moved on from hand signals to voice commands, not traditional tho Im afraid, "back" means left and "this way" means right, works a treat and when I want him to get around the back of the sheep I say "get around" and he gets behind them

ellisr · « **Reply #18 on:** May 29, 2011, 05:36:17 pm »

Your lucky my collie is scared of sheep so he has ended up as a pet but never mind I don't have that much land and the sheep are bucket trained

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #19 on:** May 30, 2011, 12:50:35 am »

Quote from: ellisr on May 24, 2011, 06:40:33 pm

Quote from: andywalt on May 23, 2011, 09:08:28 pm
its a strange thing when I am checking them everyday, I have to take my time as I cant reconise them !!
I can never recognise my bunch after they have there jackets taken off. I normally just refer to them as naked sheep until they grow a bit again and I can recognise them.

Does anyone else find that the sheep don't recognise each other either and have to do a whole load of shoving and jostling to re-establish their pecking order?

OhLaLa · « **Reply #20 on:** May 30, 2011, 10:16:36 am »

Quote from: SallyintNorth on May 30, 2011, 12:50:35 am

Does anyone else find that the sheep don't recognise each other either and have to do a whole load of shoving and jostling to re-establish their pecking order?

Yes. It usually takes quite a few sniffs (and bleats) for the babbies to find their mums....

Fleecewife · « **Reply #21 on:** May 30, 2011, 10:41:02 am »

There's a whole lot of research showing that sheep recognise eachothers faces, even after 2 years, but they use lots of other cues too such as smell (old fleece

) and overall body shape, not just face, and probably body movements as do humans, but the research seems a bit fixated on facial recognition. They also recognise eachother by call, which is how the mums and littlies get back together. We shear our ewes by hand out in the field so the lambs watch the process and it's easier for them to know that this strange new sweet smelling creature is still mum