This peerie rescue dog has had the time of her life living here with all the freedom, however she's had to pay the price for being so athletic and is 3 months into a 4 month recovery period.
Here's a snap of our rather scary Shetland ram looking a bit raggedy on a recent summer evening.
Suffice to say neither of us will enter his field without a crook with which to push him back if he gets too close (doesn't like having his horns tapped with the stick). He has a field to himself as he's very much the Alpha Male and a bit aggresive and brimming full of testosterone, so come November he really does enjoy the freedom earning his keep with the ladies! The polite descriptive term being "tupping" ... to the rest of us "a Good Rogering"
One of the unusual properties of the Shetland breed of sheep is that their fleece starts shedding itself come summer.
Looking at the rams neck, the old fleece has started to come away but is still on his back (he'll be getting clipped shortly to remove it), however his new white coat on his neck is just appearing. He'll look pretty skinny when clipped, so pics to follow :-) !!
The last pic below shows Monty the cockerel surrounded by some of his gals .
I'll post a few more shots of the Hen House soon - we think it's a wonder to behold ! Constructed of 90% recycled timbers from the old croft house, there ain't another like it in Shetland ! I remember the rusty old green shed that stood in the garden of my childhood home at St.Annes Grove in Fareham which was little more than a rusting corrugated iron heap; who'd have thought I'd be installing corrugated iron sheets onto the roof of our new Hen House. Looks very vintage!
Catch up soon - hope there's still a few of you watching this !!
S & S & Diggster xx
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