A Heap of Sheep!!

Well I've survived my introduction into becoming a sheep farmer. Have done quite well actually. We did a lot of "drenching" this week (orally worming) You get them in the "yards" (corrals) pack them in the "race"(alley) then walk through them with a backpack on full of liquid drench and give them each a mouthful. Two of us did 1540 in about 5 hours yesterday. For the week we have done around 4500. So suffice to say I know which end is which on a sheep already!!! Just two people do the drenching at a time.
There are two other employees here. 20 year old Angel who has been here at Lake Heron for a year. And 23 year old Emma has been here about 6 weeks. Both from the North Island. That's Angel in the second photo with the mob of sheep. She has 3 dogs and it is really neat to watch her with them and 1000+ sheep at a time. She has around 600 in front of her in that photo. Both girls are truly dedicated to shepherding. In the second to last photo there is roughly 1200 in the photo. We had 1540 in the mob that day. The last photo is the family's house where I'm staying at the moment.