New Pasture

 I finished building fence at my cousin Erichs house. He has some nice meadows behind his house, just needed some fence aroumd them. I took over a breeding group(22 ewes and 1 ram). They were very happy with their new surroundings. There is a nice maple tree for shade. There should be plenty of grass for the next month.

Shearing of the Rams

Today was the shearing of the Stud Rams. The new stud is in breeding for fall lambs . He was shorn in the fall and did not need to be shorn at this time. Are stud from Neveda was in good spirits and took a little extra muscle. He has a nice bright white fleece. I then needed to shear the old stud ram He didn’t seem to mind at first, but as I got near his horns he changed his opinion. Sometimes they do not like any vibration near their horns. I had to alter my style a little bit, and victory was mine ! The old ram also has a bright fleece. Now to make the decision as to which type of yarn to make them into.

Wool Show

We went to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival last month. We took eight Merinos. We show in the white fine wool classes. Ther were several other breeders there. Overall we did well at the show. Our junior ram lamb that was born in January was first. He later sold to a breeder in Pennsylvania who raises fine wool fleeces. He puts covers on the sheep year round to keep them super clean.

Spring

Spring has seemed to pass right by and put us into Summer. The weather has been great and we are busy trying to finish shearing the merino ewes. I also need to trim feet on the stud rams. There are sixteen spring lambs to go with eleven fall lambs. All are growing well. I hope to post some pix soon

We plan to send raw wool to a scouring plant in a few weeks ,so we can get our yarn plans underway. So much to do!

2010 Spring Lambs