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The Mirkwood Rest Home for Retired Sheep Vegan sanctuary where we take in aged sheep and allow them to live out their lives in peace and comfort.

There is far too much animal cruelty in the world, we offer an oasis of kindness. 🐑

09/04/2025

A little over a week ago we were joined by Wayne, a lovely young Suffolk who is growing increasingly friendly and cheeky by the minute. 🐑❤️
When I collected her I asked if her birthday was known but was told sometime early April and she is almost three years old. Well today is that day and she is three years old. 🐑❤️
She is going to be an important member of this flock, that is obvious from just a week of knowing her. She's already into absolutely everything, her curiosity knows no bounds! Happy Birthday Wayne, I look forward to sharing the rest of your life with you. 🐑❤️

07/04/2025

I love this brave little soldier 🐑❤️ she is called Squirty and she is twelve years old today. 🐑❤️
I collected her and two others in September of 2022 from a farm in Lincolnshire that was selling up but it was only when I got her home that I realised how badly her front leg had been broken at some time or other. It had obviously never been set and has healed with a distinct curve to it but she gets around remarkably well on it and manages to hold her own with her bigger flock mates. 🐑❤️
She is a Hebridean and is, by quite some distance the smallest sheep in the flock but what she lacks in height she makes up for in character. She's never going to be a cuddle bunny and I can understand her wariness but it gladdens my heart that these day she will allow me to tickle her chest, love you Squirty, hope we've got a few more birthdays to share with you. 🐑❤️

06/04/2025

This is Xena and she is eight years old today. 🐑❤️
She joined us from Coxwold in Yorkshire in June of last year and most unusually for a Ryeland she is quite a shy girl, she is slowly getting better but but her default mode is still flight rather than fight. 😂🐑❤️
No matter, she is her own woman and we will continue to love her whatever mode she is in, happy birthday Xena, love you long time. 🐑❤️

03/04/2025

We have two sheepy birthdays for you today. 🐑❤️
First up is Rosie who is ten years old today. Rosie and her daughter Porridge came to stay with us in October of 2021 when her Mum Theresa lost the land on which she was keeping them. She wasn't feeling particularly photogenic when I took this picture but as a rule she is one of those she who just get on with it, not especially fussy but not a scaredy-cat either. 🐑❤️
Happy Birthday Rosie, it's an honour to share my birthday with you. 🐑❤️
And secondly we have the handsome Andy who is five years old today and who the lovely Gill and Tim named after me because we share the same birthday. He came to live with us in May of 2021 when poor old Umpire passed away and he came to soothe my breaking heart. 🐑❤️
He was a bit of a handful as a youngster but has calmed down no end now that he has matured and is a proper cuddle bunny these days. Happy Birthday Andy, love you to the moon and back. 🐑❤️

31/03/2025

On the last day of March we celebrate the eighth birthday of our gorgeous little Miffy. 🐑❤️
She came to stay with us in October of 2021 when her carer moved to a more urban setting. A bit of an enigma is Miffy, very timid for a Ryeland which is most certainly NOT one of their usual traits but she seems to be able to overcome her reluctance when biscuits are on offer. 🐑❤️
However you want to play it Miffy is fine by me, we'll love you and care for you for the rest of your days, happy birthday darling. 🐑❤️

30/03/2025

I think she'll be fine, the way to a sheep's heart is through its stomach! 😂🐑❤️

30/03/2025

Hello friends of Mirkwood, another weekend and another new resident arrives with us. 🐑❤️
This is Wayne Sheep and she (yes she is a she!😂) is as mad as a box of frogs! 🐸 She is just shy of three years old and much of that life has been spent with ponies for company so her carers decided it was time for her to come and live with her own kind. 🐑❤️
Her owners had happily got her in before I arrived but I guessed we were in for a bit of fun when she jumped and I saw not just her head but most of her body appear above the stable door! 😂 I backed the trailer up to the door and got the ramp down ready, James opened the door a fraction and this Exocet missile exploded from the door, smashing it into two pieces and knocking us both to the ground managing to trample all over us in the process. 🐑😳
Luckily we were both able to hang onto something sheepy and we managed to bundle her into the trailer and shut the door before examining our wounds! 😂 An uneventful drive home followed and she's now in with the girls, I am both hopeful and sure that, being with her own kind she will settle down... welcome Wayne! 🐑❤️

29/03/2025

This is Tickles and she is four years old today. 🐑❤️
Sheep are oft referred to as "cloud puppies" and you will never see a finer example than Tickles, it looks like someone has dragged a cumulus from the sky and stuck a face on it. 😂🐑
She came to us in September 2022 along with Squirty and Jaz from a farm in Lincolnshire which was selling up. She's a Shetland so she'll never be a cuddle bunny but the longer she stays here the friendlier she gets. 🐑❤️
Happy Birthday Tickles, let's hope you have many more to celebrate. 🐑❤️

28/03/2025

We must not let the extreme sadness from yesterday take away the joy from the fact that today is the eighth birthday of our gorgeous Merrylegs. 🐑❤️
She came here in October of 2021 along with three of her flock mates when her carer had to move to a more urban location. She is as good as gold, always up for a cuddle and a biscuit and has so far enjoyed rude health. 🐑❤️
Happy Birthday Merrylegs, let's hope we get to share many more, love you darling. 🐑❤️

27/03/2025

***. RIP Fraser - 25.03.24 to 27.03.25 ***
This is, without a doubt, the hardest one of these I've ever had to write for it is not just with a broken but a totally shattered heart that I have to tell you that my best little mate Fraser passed away last night. 🐑💔
As you will see from the video I did for Mandy, he was eating biscuits out of my hand at 7 o'clock last night and stiff as a board by 6 o'clock this morning, to say that I was shocked would be something of an understatement. 🐑💔
He came to live with us six months ago when his lovely owner was getting a bit tight for space and what an addition to the flock he was. I've been keeping sheep now for 14 years and always thought Ryelands had cornered the market in friendliness but this young man took it to a whole new level. Friendly, gregarious and a total cuddle bunny right out the box he was an instant hit with everyone who met him and brought with him some much needed youthful enthusiasm. 🐑❤️
I'm going to struggle to come to terms with this one but I must as I have 54 other souls to care for. He may only have lived for a year but he crammed an awful lot of loving into that, absolutely the brightest star in the firmament. Run free wee Fraser, my buddy, my mate my best pal, going to miss you so much, you just show 'em all how you roll in sleepy heaven. 🐑💔🌈

26/03/2025

This is Shaun and he is eleven years old today. 🐑❤️
He joined us in October of 2022 when the health of his carers meant they could no longer look after him. From Boston originally he moved to Aberystwyth with them so I like to think he has returned home for his twilight years. 🐑❤️
I tend to say this a lot about the boys but he really is a gentle giant (and I do mean giant!), nothing phases him and he's always up for a biscuit and a cuddle. 🐑❤️
I love this boy probably more than I show him but hopefully he knows, happy birthday Shaun you great big beautiful boy. 🐑❤️

25/03/2025

This behind is one year old today... it belongs to the same guy that owns the front, yes it's that wonderful little fella Fraser. 🐑❤️
He arrived in September of last year and it took him no time at all to find his feet and get used to how we roll round here. I will freely admit that there were times when he was charging around disturbing the older residents that I wondered if I'd done the right thing but he more than makes up for it in his saner moments when he's being really cute. 🐑❤️
He should really have gone to live with the boys but his propensity for walking through electric fences meant that he had to come here... I think he's happy with that decision. 🐑❤️
He has quickly become a firm favourite with everyone he meets and I have to include myself in that. Happy Birthday Fraser, you have many, many more of these to come. 🐑❤️

24/03/2025

No birthdays today BUT I have been remiss and must fall upon my sword. 🐑❤️
Back in November of last year, Patrick (or to give him his posh name Gracewood Xplorer) came to live with us. I usually pop their birthdays straight on the calendar for future reference but somehow missed doing it this time. 🐑❤️
I therefore wish a very big belated happy birthday for 2nd March when he was eight years old to this great big loveable, huggable boy who is loved instantly by everyone he meets. 🐑❤️
By way of compensation he gets two photos, one taken yesterday morning and one yesterday evening. Happy belated birthday big fella, I won't miss it again. 🐑❤️

23/03/2025

Hello friends of Mirkwood, I really am spoiling you today... three posts! 🐑❤️
Say hello to Timmy our latest resident who has come to live here from Tattershall Farm Park. He is almost ten years old, is a Suffolk cross and adores his food so he'll fit right in! 🐑❤️
A couple of days to settle in and he'll be just fine, I'm hoping my boys will make him welcome. 🐑❤️

23/03/2025

Yesterday we carried out a hoof trim, worming and footvax injection on the fourteen boy sheeps and I am absolutely indebted to Elaine, Rick, Mandy and Meg for their invaluable help. 🐑❤️
Despite being considerably bigger and harder to get into the sheep seat, the boys were actually a lot better behaved than the girls were and we did them all in just 3 hours including a refreshment break. 🐑❤️
As I've said many times before, I absolutely adore what I do but I simply couldn't do it without help and you guys absolutely nailed it, thank you so much. 🐑❤️

23/03/2025

This gorgeous young man is Edgar and he is eight years old today. 🐑❤️
He came back in July of 2021 as chaperone to our gorgeous Bella, a responsibility he took very seriously for three months or so but as they have both made new friends they no longer spend quite so much time together. 🐑❤️
He is the epitome of as gentle giant, as cuddly and fussy as you like but always with his head in your pocket when the biscuits are being handed out. 🐑❤️
Love you so much Teddy Edgar, may we be sharing rich tea biscuits for many years to come. 🐑❤️

21/03/2025

How on earth did that happen? Little Jaz is three years old today. 🐑❤️
When she arrived back in September of 2022 she was by quite some distance both the smallest and youngest girl in the flock, safe to say she has blossomed. 🐑❤️
She'll never be "Ryeland" friendly but she is mellowing with age. Though still young at heart she spends much time hooning round the field with young Fraser in tow! 🐑❤️
Happy Birthday young Jaz, I'm sure we will be sharing many more, love you. 🐑❤️

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