The New York State sheep and Wool Festival is fast approaching. I will be having a food booth again this year. I will be serving a slow smoked leg of lamb sandwich, lamb sausage with orange, lamb and barley soup, and on Sunday, we will have scotch eggs for breakfast. I hope all of our supporters will stop by again and try our menu.

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.