Wednesday, June 20, 2007

A few photos...

It's been a while since I've written anything here. The graduation open house that occupied all my time is history now and I've been enjoying the summer and the sheep.

Here's a photo of Geronimo, one of our 4 ram lambs born this year. He's so cute -- his face reminds me of a little burrow. His horns are pretty small compared to the other three ram lambs and he is unregisterable with NASSA, so we decided to wether him. He would make a wonderful fiber pet or companion for another sheep. He's a very friendly little guy and he's got a great crimpy fleece that will turn a cream color as he matures.


And this is the black BFL ewe lamb I will be getting from Brenda Lelli this summer. Isn't she gorgeous? I'm so excited to be adding her to my flock!

Here's a photo of our little Dot at just one day old. She found a nice shady spot to sleep while her mother grazed in the background - it was a hot day. She's getting so big already - two weeks old now. She makes a nuisance of herself with the older lambs who are now pretty interested in grazing rather than racing with her.

In the last photo, she's relaxing with her older half-sister Delia.

2 comments:

  1. That Geronimo IS a handsome fellow! Looks like he and the polled/scurred ram lamb I'm getting will be the same color. Didn't really want a Ag sire, but if everything else is great, I won't hold his color against him. :-)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thanks Michelle, I used an Ag Katmoget ram this year and got three musket lambs from him. I was hoping for some nice grey lambs..we did get a beautiful grey katmoget ewe, so I'm thankful for that. Next year I'll use him on more BB ewes. He's a nice ram with great conformation and he's RR AA to boot.
    And I'm not complaining about the musket lambs, that color roving usually sells very well.
    Does your polled/scurred guy carry Aa too?

    ReplyDelete

Getting ready for Christmas Markets!

  I'll be doing two Christmas markets this year. The first one is at Sapsucker Farms in Brook Park, MN Nov. 18-19th. And the second one ...