Withavee The Second

Yesterday Geoff and l went and picked up our new ram.  Our first orphaned baby one died sadly last Winter, but this boy is big ,strong and about 6 months old. He does in fact come from the same farm as all our girls originally came from.. Yarded ready for us when we arrived.

Loaded onto the back of the ute without any problems. He is a Southdown cross which are primarily a meat breed. Because of this they are relatively lightly fleeced compared to the heavier wool breeds. This suits us and we are looking forward to his first lot of lambs!

It was pretty dry out there. Felt more like Western Australia!

Loaded up and ready to go. He has a sweet typical Southdown brown nose!! (Aside from the purple spray tag that is!!!)

Taken from inside the cab as we were driving home. l think he quite enjoyed the trip!!

Home in one piece and down the ramp he came.

Geoff then went and got the rest of the flock so we could shut them up in the yards together for a few days. A poor quality shot as he was so far away but it makes me smile. Yes, you guessed it.....he had a rattle tin of wheat. Who needs Sheep Dogs!

A newbie!!! How exciting!

Sheep are generally gentle, accepting creatures. A few head-butts from the young wethers but the girls were kind and  rather indifferent to him.

We have called him Withavee . The lamb that died was Steven with a v. Named after the friend of ours who breeds them, so we have named this boy just the With A Vee.

 Welcome little fellow! You will be fine!