Unlike the deer, the sheep are caught once a year, which allows the researchers to take blood samples to monitor their health. A 13-year-old ewe is taking a break from grazing on the island of Hirta.

Unlike the deer, the sheep are caught once a year, which allows the researchers to take blood samples to monitor their health. A 13-year-old ewe is taking a break from grazing on the island of Hirta.

A farm in central Massachusetts is doing things the old-fashioned way by using dogs to herd sheep, instead of ATVs. It's at Little Brook Farm in Sunderland where 6-year-old sheepdog Bett does her job.

The bones originate from Europe and Asia. The team also explains how sheep became white. Millennia-old excavations in central ...

Fortunately, a ewe with new twins had a big udder so I milked her out. I fed the newborns and, while I was at it, I gave some to the yearling’s lamb. Then I discovered a dying day-old lamb.

As the income from old sheep helps shape the money, farmers are prepared to pay for replacement ewes at the upcoming spring store sales, the sell-off, and its impact on mutton values, which are ...