A sheep that lives by itself, away from the flock.
she was the hermit sheep that evaded capture for three years
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In the early days, when all the runs were unfenced for many years, we used to find hermit sheep.
Sheep are flock animals, but you do get hermit sheep.
A remarkable sample of wool, 27 inches in length of staple, has been shorn from a 35-pound fleece, taken off a hermit sheep.
It was a small community famously known as being the home of Shrek the Merino Hermit Sheep.
The muster was hard work with so many hermit sheep that had missed several shearings, and were dragging around several years' growth of wool.
A source of trouble were the wild hermit sheep. These had dodged successive musters, often had two or three years' growth of wool, and because of this were nearly wool blind.
In these areas, grazing is almost nonexistent, and only the hardiest of hermit sheep can make it.
Around the corner we came to Henrietta the hermit sheep.
The hermit sheep that spent six wild years alone in the mountains is in love and expecting twins.