The farm

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A Valais Blacknose ewe and two lambs on green pasture in low evening light, hills and blue sky beyond

The place

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A lone Valais Blacknose ewe on the hillside pasture beneath bush-covered hills and blue sky — [Caption]

Small by design

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A Valais Blacknose lamb trotting toward the camera across the paddock, ewes and bush-covered hills behind

A horned Valais Blacknose ewe and four lambs walking up to the camera, all faces turned toward it — [Caption]

Hands-on

[How the animals are cared for, day to day — about 60 words].

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The rest of the farm

Two kunekune piglets drinking from a steel water bowl by the fence — [Kunekune — caption]

A curious Valais Blacknose lamb walking toward the camera, hills behind

Close portrait of a Valais Blacknose lamb lying in the grass, curly cream fleece and black face in raking light

The two farm dogs in long grass, a shaggy grey dog above and a black dog below, hills behind — [The farm dogs — caption]

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Visit the farm

Twin Valais Blacknose lambs lying side by side on sunny pasture in front of the farm shed and yards — [Caption]