The lamb are almost as big as their mama's now though, so Dan thought it was time to let them roam more freely in one of the enclosed pastures, which is about 10 acres, at the far back of the property. The only downfall to the new location is that we couldn't see them from the house. They were there for a week or so, then one day we saw them up at the fence line behind the house. Oh no! I'm not exactly sure how, but they escaped. The fence isn't down anywhere, so we can only guess that they got under it somehow. Sheep aren't particularly smart, but they are apparently wily. Just look at the picture below... doesn't this lamb look like he's devising some clever trick to deceive us?
Dan was going to line the perimeter of the enclosed pasture with electric fencing as a safeguard, but the ground is so hard he can't get the stakes in. So, we've letting them roam free. It's been about a month now and no harm yet. They seem to be very happy running free. They love running up to us when we enter the pasture. They even like to play peek-a-boo behind trees...
And the ewe's like to show off their pretty eyelashes...
But most of all, just like us, they like to hang out and be together...
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