ND haunting of castle malloy

help! can anyone tell me why, please. i am collecting sheep, have the whistle won in the difference detective game, have and read the celtic Ogham book from Donal, have the key to the sheep pen, but when i blow the whistle to attract a sheep, the count starts at 4, remains at 4 and never goes up or down. what else can i do? robert.

It might be because there are already 4 sheep in the barn.
You have to go catch the sheep and drive them to the barn. You need 10 sheep in the barn and then close the door.

This is what Rushes replied to you in 2009 when you first played the game:

The faster you catch the sheep, the less likely it is that any of them will escape. It's a timed puzzle in that sense. Some players have found it helpful to wear headphones so that they could hear which direction the baas were coming from, and so knew to head off in that direction. Others found that the sheep collected most often in the top right section of the paddock, and the area directly below the barn, and so stayed in those general areas.

I hope that helps a little. Let us know how you get on.