Segregation in sheep?!?!?

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Lately I have noticed something horrible in sheep at the sheep farm I work at. The sheep are segregating each other. The white sheep are on the top of the ladder, while black sheep are second on the ladder, gray sheep are third on the ladder, while multi color sheep are on the bottom. The dogs give the top of the ladder freedom while it gets worse the lower you go. I can’t believe this is happening.
 

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Lately I have noticed something horrible in sheep at the sheep farm I work at. The sheep are segregating each other. The white sheep are on the top of the ladder, while black sheep are second on the ladder, gray sheep are third on the ladder, while multi color sheep are on the bottom. The dogs give the top of the ladder freedom while it gets worse the lower you go. I can’t believe this is happening.
There is nothing horrible about this.
 

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Family groups will also hang together. I've got does that bed down every night with several generations of their daughters.
 

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There is nothing horrible about this.
I trust when you say there is nothing horrible about this. I would also like to share how a black mother had 2 baby’s. One black one white. She disposes the white one and left it to die in the cold. I would understand if it was sick or something but he is perfectly healthy.
 
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