Today, our two Katahdin
rams were let out of confinement to join the ewes. It is mating season for
our sheep.
Of course, Glenn had
to walk the rams through the yard, unhaltered and unhampered, to the
pasture. He had total confidence that
the both would follow him without incident, without running off.
Winky and Curious
George behaved and followed Glenn nicely; of course, Glenn was carrying a bucket of grain.
I followed behind to cut off any hints of an inclination to move in a
different direction or to dine on my pampered perennials.
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| 'Want to make a run for it? I see some tender strawberry plants over there!' (look closely at both rams looking off to the right) |
Once through the gate
into the pasture where the flerd was grazing, the rams ran to the ewes and went
right to work; no wasting time here - gotta love 'em (no pun intended).
And, I could relax.
Come April, our
lambing will begin again. I hope we
learned something about raising sheep during the past year; our first year with
sheep.
Only time will tell….
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