sheep and their new spring lambs tonight

[marie]

when I went out to photograph a tree on the ground for Sandy tonight >

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the sheep and their new lambs were all around
they were there this morning, but I thought they would have turned in for the night when I went out
they keep their kiddies up very late

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[stoneylonesome]

WOW! what great shots, that first one must be the Queen of the Hill she certainly looks like she posed just for you. The lambs look cute jumping about. :lol: :lol:

[sparker1]

Real good shots, Marie. Don't you think the sheep are embarassed by all the colors sprayed on them? I suppose there's a good reason, but consider the poor sheep.

[herderdog]

Beautiful shots. Hope to make it to Ireland sometime!
The sheep are marked--usually after shots or treatment of some kind--so you can tell who has been done.

The World Sheepdog Trial is in Ireland this year. We have a lot of people from the US going over with their dogs to compete--now that the import regulations are relaxed a bit -making it possible to do so.

[boomer1959]

Cool shots Marie :D I guess thats where you get coloured wool from :lol:

[sixshot]

Ohhh nice Irish sheep. Can't beat them!!! Nice shots.

[Maureen Souza]

Ah, sheep, spring and the Irish countryside..... what more could a human want? Nice shots, marie.

[neil_r]

The only colour that they should be embarrassed by is the blue on their rumps. That was not sprayed on it was rubbed on by a device worn by the ram called a raddle or sire-sign. This allows farmers to mix sheep that have been tupped at different times and then separate them again for lambing.

I should never have left the farm :D

[thomascanty]

Looks like you sure got the attention of the one in the first picture. :D

[PhotosGuy]

That 1st one looks very heroic, Marie!

[marie]

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Sandy, Stan, Bonnie, Dave, Maureen, Sixshot, Neil , Lonnie and Frank

different farmers own different sheep out there and they mix and (don'thttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif )match
it's government owned land

the colours help out a lot
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:)

it's great to hear about the sheep dog trials over here this year Bonnie

very many thanks all
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