Monday 13 June 2011

Look what we found in the far corner of the garden centre

Tucked away in a corner of Byrkley Garden Centre near Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, were these hungry fellows; noses down, snuffling up a bucketful of pellets which had just been tossed onto the floor of their sty. Mum's certainly got her work cut out with that lot!




In the field next door were a couple of sheep in mid moult! I love their curly coats!


I'm no expert on sheep breeds, but I've searched through my sheep breeds identification guide and I think that the chappie below may be a Soay. As for the two above..??


8 comments:

  1. Wow that's a lot of kids to feed, lol !
    The sheeps need badly a hairdresser !

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  2. The sheep give a whole other meaning to the whole over-done shabby chic trend! Love it!

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  3. Hi H!

    Are all those piglets from one sow? Wow! The shabby coated sheep are so unusual.

    Have a wonderful week!

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  4. Oh, I seem to have missed so many of your posts lately - just been catching up. Nantwich looks a treat for the photographer. As to the sheep, I wonder why they don't get sheared? - what a waste of wool!

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  5. Such good pictures as always, H! I've missed a few having been away for a bit and just generally swamped with all my 'tasks' at home. Everything seems more difficult in the winter months.

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  6. Oh those moulting sheep look like they're dressed in rags! And the piglets are all so clean! Is there that many piglets from one sow?

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  7. Well, is that really where bacon and mutton come from?

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  8. We used to have sheep-- couldn't tell you what breed, but we had them shorn in the spring. I didn't know sheep molted.

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