Hi, I’m Selene. I’m the leader of this little flock of sheep. I know Peaches might have something to say about that, and maybe Ursi too come to think of it, but I see myself as leader. Where I go, the rest follow, most of the time. Anyway, it doesn’t really matter too much, we sheep are very good at resolving any differences we might have. We just put our heads together and come up with a solution. Easy peasy!
Anyway, I heard a rumour that we sheep had been shown into a new shelter for the summer and then forgotten about it straight away. Not true. What is true that we were a bit flummoxed when our regular shelter was closed off to us. We like it there. We can get to any of our fields directly. Now, if we want to get to the big field and we’re in the lower hay field, we have to go all the way round.
Anyway, I digress. Our normal shelter was a bit muddy and some early summer rain hadn’t helped. The humans had put in a connection to what they call the lambing paddock. There’s a great shelter there – I was one of those fortunate enough to use it during lambing last year. It was great because I wasn’t even pregnant but I still got sheep nuts, yum.
Where was I? Oh yes, we’d been shown a new path. Well, it was very nice with lots of fresh grass, but I did remember that last time we were there, we had our coats shorn off. While, at the end of the day, we are pretty pleased about that, it was a bit stressful at the time. So, when we found we could go back to our normal fields, I thought it maybe best to avoid the new shed for a bit, just in case.
The only thing was, I hadn’t checked the weather forecast. Luckily for us, the humans had, and they brought us back into the shed just before the heavens opened. It was great listening to all that rain falling yet staying completely dry. Especially as none of us had a coat.
Anyway, after that, we tested the new path a few times, but there was no sighting of the shearer. A few rather nonplussed hens, yes, but they soon got used to us. Turns out they’d had the shed to themselves for a while and were used to kind of mooching about in it undisturbed. On the plus side, I pointed out to them, they also had access to our sheep path and could free range as far and wide as they liked. And, indeed, it wasn’t long before they were off exploring.
So, on the whole, we like the new shelter. I wonder if we’ll get to use it in the winter too. I hope so.
