RIGHT MIX: Former hermit sheep Horietta, left, has met her match in merino ram Johnny Depp

It is a modern farming fairytale: Horietta, the hermit sheep that spent six wild years alone in the mountains, is in love and expecting twins.

Horietta, formerly known as Horace because she was believed to be male, was mustered from Canterbury's Big Ben Station in December.

She had evaded capture for six years and had grown an impressive fleece weighing 13.5-kilograms.

Now living the domestic life in Springfield with Francine Murray, love quickly blossomed between the black-faced merino-cross and Murray's merino ram, Johnny Depp.

Murray, who works the station, could not believe how quickly Horietta fell under Johnny's spell.

The pregnancy is believed to be a first among hermit sheep.

"We were beginning to think she was a hermaphrodite," Murray said.

"There were rams running in the same block as her on the station for six years and she never had a lamb.

"We put Johnny Depp in the paddock and he obviously did the business. We had it confirmed that she is pregnant with two lambs."

The pair are undergoing a trial separation to prevent further pregnancies.

Horietta has settled into public life since her capture.

She was shorn before Christmas and has raised $1300 for search and rescue dogs and the Westpac rescue helicopter. Bev Tilson, who is still spinning the fleece, has been fielding emails from people around the world wanting to buy Horietta's wool, which has been sold to buyers in Britain, the United States, Sweden, Holland and Australia.