Ewes head for the heights
SHEEP NOT HAVING A BAAAA OF BEING SHORN
A PAIR of woolly jumpers are sure to produce some extra spring in a few sweaters for the next collection of winter f fashion after a surprising d display of athleticism. Farmer Trent Schulze w was about unloading 800 sheep a flock and of lambs at his Connewarre property on Sunday ready for shearing and was defying shocked ewes to find on two the deathroof Aa of the adjacent shed.
Mr Schulze said the brave merinos leapt from the third tier of their transporter across a 50cm gap to end up on the tin roof, which, fortunately, wa The 30-year-old was not went too hot. up on the roof in a bid to safely bring the dynamic duo back to earth, but their aerials act had clearly fuelled some confidence as they simply leapt back to the trailer before taking the traditional route to join their mates.
Mr Schulze said it was “a bit of a circus” as he watched the acrobatics and chased them down.
“We were unloading sheep out of a truck and on the third deck, the sheep were just standing there and the corner of the shed was just to the left and one decided to jump up there and before we knew another one was up there,” he said.
“They’re just your old- fashioned merino and they just wanted to go on a bit of an adventure, I think.
“No sheep were harmed in the taking of this photo.”
Shearers will spend the rest of the week lightening the load of wool off the sheep, part of some 5000 Mr Schulze runs around the region.
“We’ve got properties here, there and everywhere we lease and we were just carting them back for shearing,” he said.
“We’ve got two shearers and one of them does 120 per day and the other one about 100 per day.
“We run sheep here from time to time, but we just move them to wherever the feed is.”
Mr Schulze said recent rain was great for feeding the sheep, but had come at a bad time with his wheat, barley and canola crops ready for harvest.
He said he hoped the sheep theatrics were enough to convince Santa to land his sleigh and reindeer on the roof next week and drop off a present for son Henry.