We have let our wander before. If it’s just the females and their kids they can stay closer, if the buck goes with they might wander a bit farther. All in all though, the only ever go about 1/4 mile away and come closer to home as it gets dark (though maybe not in the pen by lights out). They...
Thanks so much for the responses and the kind welcome! Yes, you assumed right, the birth was seamless. We started raising Soay sheep a couple of years ago and this is our second breeding season. We have three ewes and last year's births were the easy peasy as well. I've actually never...
Had a surprise birth yesterday (mom was bred much earlier in the Fall than we thought)! Because of this, I didn't have time to give her the CD&T vaccine 4 weeks before giving birth. What should I do, go ahead and give it to her now? Many thanks.