With great excitement, 6 wethers arrived last Wednesday for the school wether challenge which will run for the next 6 months, through to the September Show day. 

All the wethers this year have come from the same property from Avoca. They were drenched, vaccinated, treated for lice and weighed before heading out to the 15 different schools participating this year.  

Unlike previous years, the sheep haven’t been freshly shorn and are already carrying 4 months wool. Our sheep weigh between 48 and 57 kgs. Some of the decisions students will make in the next few weeks are whether we aim for maximum wool return, meat return or a combination of both. They look forward to breaking them in to lead and learning more about merino sheep. 

The students from the secondary elective and Grade 6 are looking forward to mapping the growth of our sheep in the coming months. 

A big thank you to Lachie West for organising the sheep, to Avoca Farms for providing the sheep and to Winton for donating a large bale of lucerne hay. We are looking for some donations of grain please to help build some body weight, if you are able to help us out it would be greatly appreciated.

Jill Bennett 

11/12 AST