Hungry sheep.

It's been a dry summer and the sheep are hungry. There's little nutritional value left in the grasses, any protein long since dried by the sun. The forbs won't reappear until the rain returns. Hand feeding hungry sheep can be tricky as they rush you and you have to hold the bucket high or heads are push into them. As the feed troughs are usually pushed down the hill that makes it harder. Trying to move a long trough while sheep swirl around it and tread on it, while holding a bucket high is a skill. Last time I found myself riding one of our older wethers as he rushed for some spilt chaff and nuts. We used to use Maggie to hold the sheep back while we poured the chaff mixture but she never liked doing this. Now she stands behind us! So this time while our neighbour drove through the gate with the latest round bale, I asked Zak to hold the sheep back. While he doesn't really know what to do he's noisy and has some presence. Better than sheep running around the tractor getting in the way. How long this bale will last, not long I think.