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Red, Roe AND Fallow
We did not have anywhere near the system continued which is why the
number of fawns that we had last roe ( all boys) were called Derek, Rob
year and were lucky enough to have and Martin. The next addition to the
roe, red and fallow. The first to arrive cubby hole was a very young red
were the roe. Two came in very close male called Freckles - he came with
together but one was very poorly and his name and was saved for the
I have never seen a fawn with so many naming system. Despite being three
ticks. I’m afraid he did not survive the weeks younger than the roe fawns,
24 hours. Later in the season we did Freckles was almost twice their size!
have a really horrible situation where We very rarely get red deer in so it
a lady brought in a fawn that had was a surprise the following week to
gone through a mowing machine, have another red calf brought in who
severing three of its legs. To make was about 6 weeks older than
matters worse the farmer just threw Freckles. We named her Chaela as
it on the side of the field and left it Michaela Strachan was to follow the
screaming. There was nothing we story in her series. Chaela had
could do for the tiny thing but to stop impaled herself on a post and had a
the suffering. very deep wound under her front left
The first fawn that arrived was leg. The skin had been torn into a star
named Derek by the finder so everyone shape and the vet doubted that it
assumed I had named him after my would heal because of the movement
husband! But I’m afraid the naming of the leg and there was so little skin
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