The return of the geep: two years on
By Amy McShane on 29 January 2016
Born to a Cheviot ewe in March 2014, see below for original story.
‘It’s been almost two years on from the birth of the sheep-goat hybrid.
‘ A farm in Kildare is home to the geep, who was born in March 2014. Owner of the farm Paddy Murphy said at the time that “it had all the hallmarks of a goat. He looks like a goat trapped in a lamb’s body.””
Geep: Rare ‘goat-sheep’ born on Irish farm (4 April 2014)
The lamb-kid looks quite different from the adult!
‘ The sheep farmer, who also owns Murphy’s pub in Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, spoke to the journal in a interview headlined: Ewe gotta be kidding.
“I’ve never seem anything like him before,” he told the Irish Farmers Journal, adding that his family had been involved in sheep farming for “generations”.
‘Unbelievable’
Mr Murphy confirmed that the geep appeared to be healthy and “thriving” and was able to run faster than other lambs that were born around the same time.
“He’s unbelievable,” he said. “He’s so fast you’d have to get him into the pen to catch him. There’s no chance you would catch him otherwise.” ‘