Tom found our Cotswold ewe Dete dead today. This morning she appeared OK, but this afternoon she was dead in the field. We are not sure why. We bought her December 2009 from Nancy Wilkinson. Nancy had been diagnosed with ALS and was dispersing her flock. I took Dete in an effort to help. Nancy died in 2012, but we tried to give Dete a nice sheep life. We have the grandkids today so I do not have time to write about her but thought I would post photos of her,
1209 dete
0211 Dete
0412 Dete lamb Lambikins
0313 Dete going out
1216 Jemima, Bambam, Moll, Mutiny and Dete front to back
0517 Dete face
0218 Dete
0318 Dete
1218 Dete in Morning light
0319 Dete, our fattest sheep, on the stand
1119 Dete
0620 Dete eating grass
Rest in peace Dete.
I’m sorry about your loss of Dete. She was beautiful! I enjoyed seeing all her pictures. Did she have good quality wool?
How many sheep do you have now?
Thanks Jeanne. She was beautiful. She had good Cotswold wool. I like to make rugs woven with her locks. I have one last fleece from her that I think I will keep just to make another rug from her. I will miss her. The only white sheep I had recently. We are down to 19 sheep now. At our highest number we had around 50.
Thanks.
So sorry Donna. Rest in peace, Dete.
Thanks Denise.