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I managed to catch the last two lambs this afternoon…

I managed to catch the last two lambs this afternoon. Since I have had the rest of the Sheep penned in around the lake, in an electric fenced off area, the elusive Ewe with her Lambs have been getting quite near to them. But just not near enough for us to be able to cut off an exit. Every time that we have thought that we could catch them they were able to make their escape. The area around the lake that the Sheep are fenced in has been been grazed so tight to the ground, we have needed to feed them hay. This afternoon when I went to give the Sheep their hay, the Ewe and her lambs were by the fence, next to the rest of the Sheep. I had them three parts blocked in. The Ewe kept threatening to run past me, the only exit that she thought that she had. She did have another exit, if I had pushed her to far, she would have gone through a large mass of weeds, and made her escape. I was on my own, so for sure I would not be able to catch the three of them. If I could catch the two Lambs it would not be difficult to catch the Ewe at a later date. After about ten minutes of the Ewe just staring at me, she decided to turn in to the direction of the weeds. Thankfully instead of her going into to the weeds she walked towards the chain link fence behind her, her two Lambs keeping very close to her. There must be a hole under the chain link fence, for the Ewe was on the other side of the fence before I knew it. The Lambs seeing the Ewe on the other side of the fence, instead of following her through the hole charged into the fence, all that I needed to do was to grab hold of one of their back legs and they would be caught. I managed to catch hold of one, the other Lamb decided to try to make its escape by running past me, fortunately I managed to get my hand around his leg before it got past me. Now I needed help to get the two Lambs to the Stable where the other Lambs are kept, a good hundred yards away. After a lot of shouting help came and we managed to get the two Lambs back to the stable. The Ewe is running around the farm yard trying to find the Lambs. By tomorrow she will know where they are, so we should be able to catch her.

Where I have managed to keep the Ewes contained around the lake they have grazed the area so well that there is hardly a weed about. All that there are, are the stalks of the nettles, if they were cut back the Sheep would keep the area very neat and tidy. To make matters worse two of our holiday guests go to the lake to fish, and need to go into the area with the Sheep on their way to a fishing spot. Dolly and Minty being so friendly go up to our guest for attention, and to be stroked. Please don’t get rid of the Sheep why we are here pleaded the lady, they are so friendly she told me. When people come to holiday at Denbury they do expect to see farm animals. I will need to think again about selling all the Sheep.

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