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    Default 04-18-2011, 03:16 PM
    John Heard decided desperate measures were needed to stop the raids that were decimating his flocks.
    And his solution to the problem has created an eye-catching sensation on his farm after he turned his sheep orange
    The 48-year-old has put his flock of 250 blackface ewes through a harmless dip of orange dye making them so highly visible wary thieves are giving them a wide berth.

    Mr Heard, who runs his livestock farm near Okehampton, Devon had lost 200 sheep over the past few years but says the orange dye is working wonders.

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    Default 04-18-2011, 03:50 PM


    They look better this way.
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    Default 04-18-2011, 06:35 PM
    they look so fabulous ;)
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    Default 04-18-2011, 09:36 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by fettpett View Post
    they look so fabulous ;)
    Wonder if Hamp drives by these beauties....... :D
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    Default 04-18-2011, 10:04 PM
    All this does is give the Brit boys an opportunity to say "Yeah, I banged a redhead".
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    Default 04-18-2011, 11:03 PM
    The difference between pigs and people is that when they tell you you're cured it isn't a good thing.
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    Default 04-18-2011, 11:07 PM
    The difference between pigs and people is that when they tell you you're cured it isn't a good thing.
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    Default 04-19-2011, 07:27 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by JB View Post
    All this does is give the Brit boys an opportunity to say "Yeah, I banged a redhead".
    I don't care who you are, that's funny right there.:D
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    Default 04-20-2011, 05:36 PM
    I'm surprised that more farmers haven't tried it.
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