Sign of the season (2)
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Sign of the season (2)
Image: © John Haynes Taken: 10 Oct 2007
It's breeding time for the sheep. These sheep have been served by a tup (male sheep) wearing a harness with a coloured crayon attached. The oestrus cycle of a ewe is 17 days so if the colour of the crayon is changed every 21 days the farmer is able to judge, within 21 days, when the ewe will lamb. This helps with feeding, and if the lambing is supervised, when it may occur. Any ewe that has several colours indicating repeating return to oestrus probably has some problem which is preventing her getting pregnant. See more info here Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.695217
Longitude
-3.104527