Swiss Valais blacknose sheep:
The Cutest sheep in the world ? We think so. But, they are also very clever.
Guests who visit our holiday cottages find out how clever sheep really are. These sheep know their names and are happy to come to us when called, not just for food. Sometimes it takes a while, but regular guests make friends with their favourite sheep and often get a cuddle (from the sheep! 😉)
After looking after some for a friend, we fell in love with these cute sheep. They are friendly, look great and easy to handle.
When our friend had their sheep back for lambing, we missed them so decided to get some of our own.
We only have a few at the moment.
Having only a few of these girls at the moment does make it difficult. The first two Valais we had were put to the ram, only one was in lamb after. So, we bought two more ewes which were in lamb (just so our first one would have another lamb to play with). This was great but did make it difficult at feeding time as they all were lambing at different times and had different nutritional needs. I tried giving them all a bowl each and hoping they would finish at the same time, that didn't work. 🙄
They eat at different speeds and then go after someone elses, trying to stop them isn't easy. Our first two girls know their names and will come when called, the new girls came from a large flock and didn't at first. They are getting better now.
So, I started calling them into a small spearate area where they had their own food and left when finished. After about a week they started walking up when it was their turn, they seemed to recognise the order I fed them in.
Gloria first with her lamb Holly, Gracie next then Fifi and Genny. There are sometime a few mistakes but they are getting better the more we do it.
I filmed this on two different days, just to try and get another angle and make it a little more interesting.
Continuity may not be perfect but this really is how it works.
The girls wont be in here too much longer as our flock of pedigree Greyface Dartmoor sheep are due to lamb and most of the barn will be used for lambing.
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