Sheep?

Remember that one time when Nezar and I moved to Idaho and became sheep farmers?! Well, not really. We just have two, I don't think that counts as "farming". We did get a couple of lambs to raise for meat though. Don't be fooled by the pictures, they are not goats. Even though people like to laugh at me when they see them and tell me I was horn-swaggled (that's what they call it in the buis, when you get screwed over), they are really sheep. They are hair sheep opposed to wool sheep.

It was been an interesting adventure so far. 2 days after getting them Tiana and Sarah came to visit Idaho. So, I pick them up from the airport and the first thing they want to do is see the lambs....so we go see the lambs. First of all, they are not very impressed because they don't look like lambs, and secondly they are much bigger than they were imagining. (better for me come fall! : )....that was a little sick) Anyway, so they want to pet them...I tell them they have to corner them to be able to touch them. Mind you the pasture they are in is a good acre, with two small sheep......quite a feat! Anyway, they corner them alright and just as they do the little babies get so scared they shoot right through the barbed wire into the much larger pasture next to ours. "Oh @#$( !(#&%&(@(& ", I'm pretty sure that's about what I said. Oh yeah, and did I mention this pasture is full of very large cows and their babies they are quite protective of?! So, to make a very long story a little shorter, about 2 hours later we have the sheep back in their pasture and we are ready to slaughter a little early. We have now learned, don't bother the sheep and there's no problems. I just feed them everyday a little extra grain to get them nice and plump! The funniest thing of all was in the midst of the great sheep chase, after them squirting through every fence in a 5 acre radius and finally into a backyard of someones house, their cattle dog comes out. I'm thinking oh great, here's the end of it. The sheep see the dog, square up, puff up their chest, stomp their feet and run after the dog screaming at the top of their little lungs! I couldn't believe it. The dog, even more surprising, turns and hightails it AWAY from the sheep. Something is the matter here! Well, it wasn't that short of a story, but mildly amusing all the same. Here's a picture of the little hellions!