This is an old photo. See that brown (moorit) ewe with the white face toward the right? That's Ophelia. I was looking for a picture from when she was born, but couldn't put my hands on it. We put her down this past weekend. She was 12 1/2 years old and very stiff. I was worried about her getting sick during the winter.
She was part of what remains of a small flock I had several years ago in another location. In the picture, the sheep are out front helping to mow the lawn. From the left, that's Cordelia, then Sparrow in back. Alice is the brown one in front. Then comes Chloe, the black ewe in front of a white wether named Pete. Ophelia is in front, then a big black wether named Sal. Aurthur is a wether with horns in back of Sal, and I can't see the face of the one in back, but it is probably Lilly. I still have Sparrow, Alice, Arthur and Sal, and they are all very old.
Ophelia was my best ewe for fleece, from my best ewe for fleece (Cordelia) from my best ram for fleece (Moses). I'm saying "for fleece", because other sheep were best for other things. It never all comes in one package.
My husband and I have been taking a cut up apple out to Ophelia each morning since spring.
