23 January 2011

Today we identified Mitey's brides, preparatory to commingling the flocks again. The brides are all definitely identified save for one - we thought her number was 074, but it turned out we have no 074. The closest is 174, which is S. Jenny. I suppose contrary to the song, we've lost her number.

The others were 257, which is S. Gigi, 277, which is S. Helena, 13, which is of course BM Double Nickel, and 152, which is S. Estelle.

Estelle was the shyest and apparently the 'omega sheep' in that little flock, so it took a great deal of work to get her close enough despite the competition from Mitey and the other girls. She is a very handsome sheep, albeit with much kemp in her coat, and is very visibly pregnant.

Upon reinspection, it is indeed Jenny of the 174. Hurrah for positive ovine identification!

Next we will head to the farm store for some pricing of materials and goslings.