As their hair growth progressed, it became clear that some... unexpected changes occurred.
All the young men's hair started growing in much thicker quantities, albeit keeping the same texture that they originally had. Even their underwear began to stretch and bulge from the excess amount of thick hairs growing.
"Whaaaat is going oooon?" Ralph, the 14-year old and the youngest of the eight said, his speech a bit slurred and drawing out like a bleat. He was panicked, but also seemed to be slowly becoming docile at the same time. In fact, all of their yells and pleads began sounding like bleats and less afraid.
Their toes began to harden, becoming covered with keratin while their feet began to stretch, resembling a mix between a human and a sheep's feet and hooves. Their thick hair wool grew more on their limbs now, their bodies now covered as if they were wearing sheep's coats.
"Baaaah... My wool feeeels so good..." Peter bleated, his mind going hazy as his worry for his friend Ralph faded away, forgotten. He began brushing his hands through the wool on his chest and thighs, unaware of the changes going on with them as well. The four fingers began merging together leaving two thick fingers and a thumb on each of their hands, which also began hardening into hoof hands.
Harry, the 16-year old, still had some consciousness about the changes, though his fears, too, began disappearing when his accelerated hair growth focused on his head. As well as the other guys, his hair wool began growing all over their heads, leaving their faces and ears hair free to stretch out. Their faces began pushing out into half sheep muzzles, also changing their noses and splitting their upper lips to resemble more like sheep. Their ears also stretched out, folding gently out and twitching to the sound of their soon-to-be fellow human sheep, or sheeple.
The man stood there, intrigued, but not shocked at the boys' unexpected changes before pulling out a clipboard to note the developments:
<The formula has been proved a success, albeit with unexpected side effects:
It seems that our inclusion of sheep DNA to increase the rate of hair growth on the body has done so, but also affects the subject's DNA as well, melding with the human DNA to create a hybrid human/sheep.
Changes include hybrid hoof/feet, hybrid hoof/hands, an incomplete yet identifiable sheep muzzle, elongated ears, and hair growth location also similar to that of a sheep's.
There appears to be mental changes, as the subjects appear to now be unfazed by their changes as though they were normal to their anatomy, as well as exhibiting a docile behavior. Further tests may prove to circumvent the need to develop a means to restrain them physically and/or mentally.
Despite these changes, the key goal for a 500%+ increase in hair growth has been achieved.>
As he finished his notes, he motioned for the handlers outside, also telling them to remove their prods brought in case of any resistance.
Deciding to quickly test their mentality now, he told them, "Okay boys, follow me."