Dear Curiosity Journal,
The new Jacobs lambs have challenged our fencing and found it insufficient. It’s more of a suggestion than a confining boundary. There are the obvious opportunities for escape, like the stretch of barbed wire in the large paddock, which keeps the adult sheep in, but not the babies or the goats. Then there are the less apparent exits, where they have found gaps to wriggle under. They leave little tufts of wool behind on the bottom line of the woven wire as evidence. June Bug and Faloon love hanging out in the workshop area of the back of the barn and exploring the fields beyond the homestead, but I need to reign them in before they discover the gardens and start getting in real trouble. By a small miracle, I lured them into the capture pen, where I can get my hands on them. I’m no match for them in an open field. They are super-fast and flighty. Rufus and Annie to assisted me in carrying the babes up to the front pasture, where I feel slightly more confident in the fencing. By a second, not-so-small miracle, the lambs stayed in with the flock for the rest of the day – a first on the farm. It’s likely they will find some breach in the fencing as soon as they get bored with the new space, but a win is a win – for today.
~Joy
