My Drenthe Heath Sheep Photo Gallery by Titia Geertman at pbase.com

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My Drenthe Heath Sheep

Here I will present photos of the very rare Dutch breed of Drenthe Heath Sheep.
This is the oldest breed in the Netherlands and the only native one where the rams as well as the ewes are horned. It goes back to the Middle Ages, but only since the 15th century they're being kept in big herds. About 30 years ago this breed almost had disappeared, due to inbreeding with other sheep breeds and some people thought the time had come to set up a preservation project. Today there are some 2500 true bred species again and slowly we're getting there, out of the danger zone, thanks to a lot of dedicated people. It's a beautiful sheep, hardened, demanding not too much care and rather selfsuporting. My flock stays out in the field Summer and Winter, the lambs are born outside and I hardly have to help them in lambing season. Most of the time they're just there when I come to look in the morning. I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I do.

You can find more about my sheep at:
Lambing Season 2011
Lambing Season 2012
Lambing Season 2013
Lambing Season 2014
Lambing Season 2015
Lambing Season 2016
or learn
How to take care of lambs

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or if you're looking for nice gifts with lambs and sheep, you can find them at:
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Herd in Drenthe	Ram's head	Mathilde
had to put her down	Snow walk	Isabelle1
Inspecting the sheep	Jip	Ear tagged
Herd in Drenthe	Lola	Merril

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EMangl		18-Jul-2012 06:50
lucky sheep - got a lot of attention which they really deserve :-)

rousselziak		15-Jul-2012 06:02
Beautiful gallery ! -V-

Rob Oele		13-Jul-2012 10:17
Wat een mooie en bijzondere collectie. V

Ali Majdfar		12-Jul-2012 05:45
Lovely collection! ~V

Wendy O		10-Jul-2012 22:11
Thank you for posting these, magnificent animals! V

Marc Demoulin		10-Jul-2012 10:12
Great theme Titia well executed! vVv Marc

cits_4_pets		09-Jul-2012 17:25
Wonderful gallery showing off this rare breed. Excellently presented!!!

Hodero		08-Jul-2012 14:20
Mooie herinnering aan Holland. -V-

Gervan		24-Apr-2010 21:03
Mooie serie van deze prachtige dieren. Bedankt voor de interessante toelichting. V.

Guest		17-Feb-2005 02:14
I really enjoyed seeing your sheep....What is thier wool like...can you spin it? They are lovely animals Titia. I would LOVE to own a few....they would fit in my mixed flock nicely... Lynne

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