Sheep for the Terrified
Posted: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 |
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You're really plunging in at the deep end, HAE! Very brave. Good luck with the class and with the real thing.
Jill from EK
hope you get on ok but could you do me a wee bit of a favour? Could u ask the crofters that have sheep why they let their sheep wander wherever they want? I always thought that they got money for bulding fences to keep their animals behind. Theres certainly plenty of fences in Lewis and Harris but theres also lot of sheep that wander on the roads as they please. The fences don't do much for the scenery so I assume that they have a practical reason! These animals are such a danger on the road and the problem of them roaming freely certainly does seem to be worse in Harris. Maybe you could put a flea in someones ear!! I am sure there are plenty crofters that do look after their sheep and its the minority that let the majority look bad. Just yesterday i came across yet another dead sheep lying by the side of the road that will no doubt stay there till nature takes its course. Its such a shame. Very often I witness people feeding their animals by the side of the road. Many cars have met the hillside trying to avoid these animals on the road. Nothing ever seems to get done about it though. No matter how many of these animals are killed or injured, or regardless of how many people are hurt along the way to as a consequense of these animals been let to raom freely. Dogs have to be kept under control. Why not sheep??
wishing you luck but... from western isles
You'll be fine. If James Herriot can do it, so can you. Good luck. May all your lambing be done in warm weather, under the glow of the sun.
mjc from NM,USA
Don't worry! You'll do fine! I was ill last year and missed the lambing course and I had to assist several of our yows and it was no problem. You'll be leagues ahead of me when I had my first lambing season!!
Michelle Therese from Things Go Moo in the Night....
Well done you ...! I'd love to be able to do that sort of thing ... Unfortunately my ducks seem to manage themselves in the trouser department, and my cats have both had the op ... I'll never forget how amused I was on first coming to the island to see the lady sheep walking around the place with large squares of brown tweed sewn over their relevant bits ... !! Good Luck ...!
soaplady from a warm chair
Better you than me! Be warned, Hebridean sheep are rather lively... If you need to get rid of fleeces, I'll take some... I've got a spinning wheel!
Heb Life from a sheep filled township
Modest sheep???
Flying Cat from whatever next!
Pardon my ignorance, but why do lady sheep have tweed sewn over their relevant bits? Is this modesty or some form of island birth control? Or maybe the gentleman sheep are turned on by the tweed patches?
Jill from EK
Hi how was the lambing course?
Jenny from Stewarton
Where's my prize? For the doggie naming thing, I'm Still Waiting ( that could be a good title for a song)
Tws from A Prizeless Croft
I wonder what the gentlemen sheeps need to wear in order to reciprocate...
Flying Cat from waulking after midnight
I have to admit, I'm also baffled about the tweed-on-relevant-bits. Is anyone brave enough to explain this mystery??
Michelle Therese from Things Go Moo in the Night...
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