At the week-end we were catering with Moo-Baa at Peebles Show and during a quiet moment I wandered of to check out the sheep. These Shetland coloured tup lambs were being judged.The lamb on the right was the winner of this class to the delight of his young handler. They make it look so easy trotting their lambs round the ring using a head harness, like leading a toddler on reigns. This young tup is known as a katmoget due to his markings- a badger type face, dark underbelly and paler body colour.....such a cool boy!
The flock at home are now all shorn and it will soon be time to separate the lambs from the ewes. Poor wee soles. Apparently they cry for a couple of days and then they forget all about Mum so absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder and it's out of sight (for two days) out of mind.
