My friend Aly was visiting from Seattle this week. She took lots of videos on her phone of the farm animals around. She took this one standing in the barn while the sheep came in to eat dinner. I actually have never seen this perspective before since I am outside opening the gate for the critters to come in. I close them out of the barn before I put out the hay to keep fleeces clean. Otherwise I’d never get any hay in the feeders and all of it on their backs!
Tag: sheep
Fat Tails
We have all heard of Little Bo Peep which lines end with the sheep coming home dragging their tails behind them. Some have thought Miss Bo Peep must have been a shepherd of Karakul sheep since their tails can get so heavy that they actually drag on the ground. One unique characteristic that Karakuls have is that they store fat in their tails. They have broad flat tails that are very distinct from most other breeds of sheep.
Here are some behinds that show off this unique trait:
