I found this book in the library and I can't put it down....
...did you know that a ram can service 100 ewes around half a dozen times each during the course of the 17 days fertile window of conception that ewes have in November. That six hundred times in 17 days. He'll lose 30% of his body weight during that time as well. The mind boggles, not to mention their....no. No. Don't go there.
I'll be with you as soon as I've finished reading it....
What a great front cover. Being a farmer's daughter I loved One Man and His Dog. We had sheep dogs but they were never that well trained, lovely animals though. As for the exploits of the ram, blimey, presumably he has the rest of the year to recover.
Posted by: Jennyff | September 18, 2009 at 08:28 AM