Family life seems to suit my sheep. These katahdins were previously my flightiest sheep, rarely letting me get close enough to touch them, and Angus the ram has always been a fairy imposing fellow. This morning, though, I could hardly keep them off me.
Tagged: Angus, breeding, ewes, family group, friendly, harem, Katahdin, ram, schmoozing, sheep
I get it with the bottle lamb; we forged quite a bond during his first week of life, and now he runs up to me for a scritch or a suck on a finger.
But the variability in the others is less easy to explain. Some won’t let me near, and others won’t leave me alone. 702 is particularly fond of my shirttails.
Some of it is probably learned, as #701’s mother is one of my flightiest sheep, and lamb has taken after her mother. But I assume that some of the variability is just spontaneous expression of personality, sheep reminding me that they are individuals, too.
Tagged: 702, 703, barn, friendly, Hollow Oak Farm, lambs, personality, sheep, shy, sucking on finger
