Yes, Big Moose and Mini Moose now live with us :-). Also Big Moose's mom and one of her friends. We are still playing around with names for everyone. Big Moose probably works, but Mini Moose seems like a name you wouldn't want to live with for the rest of your life.
Big Moose
I was worried that he wouldn't "tame" down very well as he's always been a bit bug eyed and flighty, but he was the first to succumb to cookies and scratches :-).
Big Moose's mom. Also known as the "smiley ewe" from a post from last year. She and I partnered up last year after I took her picture out in the field. Interestingly, I have a file picture of her saved from 2014 so I must have always liked her. I need to pull out an old Lamb Camp calendar and see if she was featured in there.
The two boys are best buds. That's Big Moose on the left and Mini Moose on the right. I love that he still has his distinct stripe.
We have had just miserable hot and humid weather for over a week now. Just. Miserable. In order to quarantine the new sheep, we had to put them in Del Boca Vista...which is really nice in the winter...and miserably hot in the summer. I try to never put sheep in there when it's hot.
The two tents set up between the DBV shed and the barn are an attempt to add some shade for them. The front gets blazing sun in the morning and the back/side gets cooked in the afternoon. Everyone seems to be getting along okay, but we all wish the weather would break :-(.
Mini Moose. I love his coloring. It's almost like he waded in a black stream that came up to his belly while his top coloring is silvery light gray. Both boys have lovely fleeces :-).
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