Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Lambs are loose
We have just moved our four pet lambs back from the main paddock with the rest of the flock into the orchard, where we kept them when we were bottle feeding them. The picture shows them in the orchard when they were younger.
They have been out with the main flock for a couple of months now but have never really assimilated. They spend all their time in the area of that paddock closest to the house, never venturing more than about 20 metres into the paddock. When the rest of the flock disappears to the paddocks on the far side, the four pet lambs stay stubbornly near the house.
I wonder if they really know that their sheep. They baa excitedly whenever they see any of us and while the other sheep run off in the opposite direction, the pet lambs usually run towards us.
We’ve put them back in the orchard as the grass has gone crazy everywhere and we want them to eat it down a bit. They seemed quite happy to return and ran up the garden path to the orchard gate, just like they used to when they were little lambs. D
// posted by The Dowies @ 2:33 pm 
