[in the hills]

    

[Crazyboutdaanimals]

Yesterday I watched our firstborn lamb Ace, who's a couple of weeks old, skipping and leaping and proinging along, followed by a shearling ewe who was skipping and leaping and proinging along, followed by our now 17 year old ewe who was skipping and leaping and proinging along    Where's the boring 

now theres some ewes i would love to see

[Fleecewife]

Some days I seem to carry my camera around all day and all I see is the back ends of my flock, but as soon as I leave the camera somewhere they all start being interesting.  Like those old Kit-Kat adverts 

[dyedinthewool]

Some sheep do wag their tails or in my 'Herdys' case her 'stumpy tail' especially when I rub under her chin/ears and scratch her back.  She nearly 'comatose' with delight at the gently rub, come up and asks 'with a wag of her tail' to be fussed with.  she had twin lambs this year - one ram lamb, in-dependant little *od who doesn't like to be touch but the little ewe lamb does the same as her mum and 'wags' her tail when having her chin rubbed.  I run my hand down her front legs so she will get used to me picking them up when I will need to trim them later on.  She also likes her back gently scratched like her mum.

None of my other girls do it.

[in the hills]

What a sweetie   

I would have to keep the ewe lamb 

[dyedinthewool]

What a sweetie   

I would have to keep the ewe lamb 

I think so too. Can't part with her now, that's the trouble with lambs you want to keep them all...

[Brucklay]

I've a mixed bunch of shetland colours - now a year old and for some reason the black ones ping more than the rest - just another thing to add to the mix

[Remy]

Most of my lambs wag their tails when feeding, some of the older sheep also do the same when I scratch them near the tail, as do my rams!  Perhaps it's a pleasure thing