Magic sheep catching sticks

We made a determined effort on the sheep today, and we have FINALLY dealt with all the ones that are going to slaughter. All three have eartags and the injections they need. We have also bought a trailer so we can get them to the abattoir (it is not a livestock specific one and will be useful for getting gravel for the drive and drains etc as well). We are picking it up next week. I am a bit nervous about driving the car with it although it is reasonably small.
We made their enclosure smaller which helps to a certain extent, although they can leap like little fat gazelle and jump over the fence if they really try, so a smaller enclosure doesn't guarentee success. We also got some shepherds crooks. All the shepherds have them so they must be useful surely we thought. We didn't go as far as getting a dog, as we thought the lead time with training might be a bit much. We had two to catch, I managed to grab one with my hands (but the crook was useful for waving it in to a corner), Doug caught the other one with his crook. So a useful addition. Plus we look cool like real real farmers now :)

Poor sheep huddling as far away as possible after tagging