Rural Gardening: Our New Icelandic Sheep, 1 by DrDoolotz

DrDoolotz wrote:
OK, OK, I know I keep saying we are done with new animals, but this time we really are!

Yesterday we got a trio of Icelandic sheep. They are very handsome. There is a ram (named Blizzard) and two ewes (named Bianca and Flurry). The youngest one, Flurry, is amazing. She can fly. When we tried to corral them initially, she went over a food dish and got about 5 feet of air space under her. I have never seen such a thing - it was quite remarkable.

Here is the family - Blizzard followed by Bianca and then Flurry.

They should have been shorn in September. Can anybody with sheep experience tell me what to do? Should we get them shorn now or is it too late and should we wait until spring? We are headed into Iowa winter here!

Claire