A sad day for sheep.

Every year the sheep of our father in law get lambs. These lambs lead a good life grazing the hills and raiding our gardens for fruit. In the fall, when they are nearly fully grown, they are sent away to a local abbatoir. A bit of the meat comes back, but most of it is sold. Today was the day we separated those lambs that are to be sold from the rest of the flock. The trick here is to get the whole herd inside first, and then let out the sheep we want to keep again. Seeing twenty lambs that used to be our neighbours sent of in a truck to a slaughterhouse is a bit sad, but this is the price of local, happy, high-quality meat and that is worth something.

All the sheep are inside, which makes the stable a bit too full. Now we have to take out the sheep that are to stay again.

Here are the sheep that will stay. All the mothers and a few of the better and tamer lambs that will be good livestock.