oad - Soay ewes

I thought only male sheep had horns, shows that I was wrong. They do look very different from other sheep - is there a male in amongst them? If not - it's no surprise no baby lambs have emerged!!!!

Most of the sheep breeds around here are horned. Apart from when they butt, horns make useful handholds when looking after them ie something to grab at lambing / dosing time.
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The owners made a decision not to breed this year, as they had a lot of other things going on. To breed, they usually "borrow" a good Soay tup, although that comes at a cost. At some future date, I think that they plan to expand their flock and acquire a breed tup, one with a good pedigree. That will require leasing more land ... the flock are currently in one of the hay fields. Most of the rest of the sheep - standard local breeds, with their lambs, are also taking up all the fields, including those which will be cut for hay.

Une blanche, des noires, des portées, pas de portées, des doubles croches...mais ce sont des musiciennes isn't it ?

A family with so many black sheep, it must be pretty weird... :-)

Interesting sheep breed! Lambs in stand-by for one year.