Our farm is home to a delightful small flock of registered Old English Babydoll Southdown Sheep. These sheep are truly the sweetest breed of sheep and their compact size makes them so much easier to handle than bigger breeds. They really make wonderful pets, are producers of ultra soft wool , and are earth friendly lawnmowers. These are the "original" Southdown sheep, one of the oldest breeds of sheep from England. The demand for larger cuts of meat from the sheep resulted in breeding a larger Southdown in the early 1900s. These Old English Babydoll Southdown's are the diminutive size, not the modern large breed Southdowns. For me, looking at their smiling teddy bear faces everyday always makes me smile, you just can't seem to help returning their happy outlook on life.
Francis is our newest member on the farm. She has been here almost 2 weeks and has fit in beautifully with the other sheep, although still a little shy with me. She is 6 months old and has become fast friends with another 6 month old lamb we have named Martha. They seem to be inseperable, always running, jumping, playing, and especially eating the apples that have started falling from the two ancient apple trees in their pasture. What a life!
She has become especially fond of our resident duck, Francesca, who thinks she is a sheep. As you can tell, Francis is even thinking of taking a swim with Francesca, well at least definetly a cool drink. For more pictures of life on the farm visit
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