[Jacob-list] Story about sheep and fox

[Linda]

I haven't looked at Marie's site for awhile. I really like how she's got it set up - and her pretty sheep. Whoops! is a pretty girl.

Linda


 
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn


> Well, one story I keep hoping Marie will write but hasn't so not

> that I have a minute I will tell...

> A week or so ago, Marie came in the house and said, "Mom, look what

> I found out in the rams pen.." and she showed me the back leg bones

> of a small animal, and she showed me the tufts of red fur, and said

> it was a red fox - it must have gotten into the pen with the rams

> and they made short work of it!  We have seen fox a lot here, one

> taking away a rooster as big as it till Marie chased it and it got

> too tired running with the heavy bird in its mouth!  So, anyway,

> the rams seem to protect themselves well enough!  We have seen

> another time a year or so ago where there was blood all over the

> place in the sheep pen (all were together then) but no sheep was

> hurt - so I thought maybe a fox got in there then, Marie thinks

> maybe a coyote (which we can hear howling at our house across the

> road) and the sheep protected themselves!  Haven't lost any lambs

> to a fox yet either, think the moms are so protective of their

> babies that a fox wouldn't dare!

> Sue, upstate NY

> http://www.freewebs.com/spothollowfarm/

> Check out Marie's first lamb of the season!  (Whoops, she wasn't

> planning on having any till end of March!)

>

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