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posted to SC178 - Nursery Rhyme.
Baa, Baa Black Sheep applies - the younger ones are very black, but go a bit grey with age.

Small flock of Soay ewes, no lambs this year [2023], despite their being - officially - a rare breed.
They responded to a "come and get it" call, but were disappointed we didn't have any sheep nuts !
[including the white one, she was sired by a local non-soay tup, hence her horns & fleece colour].

Gillian Everett, Gudrun, Xata, Annemarie and 3 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
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!!!!
2 years ago.
StoneRoad2013 club has replied to Jenny McIntyre club
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.
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
 Jean Paul Capdeville
Jean Paul Capdeville club
Une blanche, des noires, des portées, pas de portées, des doubles croches...mais ce sont des musiciennes isn't it ?
2 years ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club
A family with so many black sheep, it must be pretty weird... :-)
2 years ago.
 Dimas Sequeira
Dimas Sequeira club
Interesting sheep breed! Lambs in stand-by for one year.
2 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
No nuts but a beautiful take !
2 years ago.
 StoneRoad2013
StoneRoad2013 club
Added to Sunday Challenge on 21st December 2025 - SC178 [Nursery Rhyme].

"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Have you any wool ?"
4 weeks ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Black sheep are my pairs, LOL !
4 weeks ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
Happy sunday.⭐⭐⭐⭐
4 weeks ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
I love black sheep:-)
4 weeks ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
There's just something about sheep, love to see them, especially the black faced.
4 weeks ago.

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