Molly the dorper

This little lamb is the special one of the bunch.  She's particularly social as she was hand reared as she was separated from her mother at birth.  Nobody quite knows how this happened, as when they got up in the morning, the mother had given birth but the wee little lamb was nowhere to be seen so everyone assumed that a predator must have taken off with her in the night.  It wasn't until later in the day that Molly was found, behind a shed in the next door paddock with no conceivable means of getting there.  As if she had been lifted up and dropped there during the night.

But it was too late for the mother to recognise Molly as her own, so she had to be hand reared.  

So she's a bit special.

I didn't know too much about dorpers, but they were introduced into Australia in 1996 from South Africa for domestic and export meat markets. They are quickly becoming the fastest growing sheep breed in Australia due to their potential to adapt to the many varying climates and grazing conditions.  They have the reputation for rapid weight gain and fantastic fat distribution.  Move over dorpers - here I come!