timouse Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 So our place outside Guelph is zoned agricultural, and came with a small barn and a large lawn. A friend with a sheep dairy got given these two, and discovered that they were too small to stay with the rest of his flock. He had been looking for a new home for them, it seemed to all fit together perfectly...so last weekend, we drove up to Hillsburgh and came home with two sheep. They are our new lawn mowers and fertilizer producers, and are terribly cute to boot. Itchy is the lighter coloured and currently friendlier one. Scratchy is still a bit skittish, but that should disappear with time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 That's freakin awesome Tim!! Congrats! :thumbup: :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 wool is itchy AND scratchy. not baaaaad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomson Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Sheeeepers, how exciting!Are you milking them (seeing as they came from a dairy farm I assume they give milk)?Do you HAVE to milk them, and if so how often? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAlphaNerd Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Do you live near any hills? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 we once considered getting goats to eat our garbage in college, sadly it never came to fruitition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Sheeeepers, how exciting!Are you milking them (seeing as they came from a dairy farm I assume they give milk)?Do you HAVE to milk them, and if so how often?no milk yet, although itchy is rumoured to be pregnant, so if we get a lamb we will also get milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mousepad Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Welcome new members of the Timouse family! Is Scratchy a that new breed of two-legged sheep? Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 boing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geomouse Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Welcome new members of the Timouse family! Is Scratchy a that new breed of two-legged sheep? Awesome! Ha! no kidding...looks like it keeps falling over in the straw. Not quite used to the two leggy thing yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blurry Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 That's great Timouse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark tonin Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Very cool Tim! I remember talking with you about this; nice to read that it's now happening.I look forward to meeting Itchy and Scratchy at some point.Peace, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backbacon Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Congratulations on your sheep. I like the black one's style! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 For some odd reason those sheep remind me of the Gallagher brothers..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 For some odd reason those sheep remind me of the Gallagher brothers.....bwaa hahahahaha.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarGarlic Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 I totally see the resemblance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Holy shit that's funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 too f'n funny. that poor velcro-liam-like lamb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted November 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 i was looking at them this afternoon and I was thinking half gallagher brothers, half hypno toad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 I like the black one's style!highlarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nattyMatty Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Excellent! before I got left ontario.. I had been doing alot of brush and tree removal.. By hand very labour intensive!... I was seriously considering going over to the keady market and buying a donkey. Im still thinking about getting a donkey when I get back to the homeland. Those things that you have there timouse will enjoy ceader foilage. I have an aqaintance that comes from a small country near chilli. He has show goats. And alot of them are the miniature ones. he was saying that they enjoy eating ceader in the winter.. Main thing is to keep there quarters Clean and dry during the cold months and check there feet (hooves) every day for things that look odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveymouse Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hey timouse. Has yor dog tried to herd the sheep yet. If one of the sheep is pregnant, can we have a name the lamb contest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairySari Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 (edited) I'm so jealous, I would love to have pet sheep! Yay for pets that you can make sweaters out of! Edited November 24, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geomouse Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Hey timouse. Has yor dog tried to herd the sheep yet. If one of the sheep is pregnant, can we have a name the lamb contest?Let's get started...Fuzzball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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