Friday, April 14, 2006

Rare breeds

We went to Temple Newsam farm earlier in the week (I believe Lord Darnley, Mary Queen of Scots' husband was born at the nearby stately home, end of history lesson). It's a rare breeds farm. The sketches are of some of the animals on show. The top two are sketches of white-faced woodland sheep (a lamb and a ewe), third one down is a kerry hill lamb - I had a Henry Moore kind of day, and bottom is a silver sebright.

As far as I can gather, a silver sebright is some sort of chicken but with the most amazing plumage. All of it's feathers were white with a black edge, very smart.


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