Our sheep have arrived!

Our sheep
@destry (2572)
Kirkwall, Scotland
March 27, 2017 12:39pm CST
Whoop whoop, we now have sheep! They arrived this afternoon. So much excitement. We have made a video of them and is currently being uploaded to our youtube channel. Ohhh mega excited! Also, we have had our first egg laid this spring! Things are really starting to feel like a homestead!
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Laurel (L_B)
@Happy2BeMe (99386)
• Canada
27 Mar 17
I can feel the excitement in your post. That is wonderful!!
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MysD
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
27 Mar 17
Maybe this is a stupid question but as I don't know the answer, I am going to ask it anyway. What are you going to do with the sheep?
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Happy Homestead
@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
27 Mar 17
Eventually, we will eat them - but first we will have a few lambs from them - grow the flock, eat some, raise more and have our own lamb supply!
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MysD
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
27 Mar 17
@destry Thank you! That will mean that you will have to have a sheep dog too at some point?
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@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
27 Mar 17
@mysdianait We did that today. . . Both our sheepdogs took to the sheep really well. (One of them was a trained sheepdog before we got him) The other is highly trainable!
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Notlilie
@prinzcy (32322)
• Malaysia
27 Mar 17
That's good. Looks like life is going well on the island. Do you plant vegetables as well?
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@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
27 Mar 17
We have quite a few growing from seeds on the windowsills at the moment, and they will be planted out as soon as the weather warms up :)
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69390)
• Germany
27 Mar 17
At what time in the morning do sheep start to baa?
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@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
27 Mar 17
We will find out tomorrow!
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Michael Liriano
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)
• West Haven, Connecticut
27 Mar 17
Thats good news, scotland must be very scenic and beautiful
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Happy Homestead
@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
27 Mar 17
It is indeed - I love the views that we have - we look out over an uninhabited island!
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Michael Liriano
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)
• West Haven, Connecticut
27 Mar 17
@destry Nice, so how many people are on that island overall?
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@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
27 Mar 17
@BACONSTRIPSXXX Only 128 :) 2 more people are moving here in the next month. In it's prime, there were 900 people and 2 pubs. Now, just 128 and no pubs!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326726)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Mar 17
They look nice, if a bit anxious. Is that a turkey hiding on the right? One egg! The first of many no doubt.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
17 Sep 17
And as the nights start to lengthen, what delights have the long, light summer months brought to the homestead? I must go seek out this YouTube channel now...