Gracie and Maureen
We said goodbye to two dear old friends last week…
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Life on the Ranch
Weaning night
My precious little lambs, bravely facing the night and learning to live without their mothers, while the coyotes howl all around us. Weaning at three months is the best for the health of the mothers and the lambs. And the dogs are there doing their job and protecting the lambs. But still, any sheep producer
Shearing Marathon
We sheared 66 sheep last week over 2 days. It was the first time we had done back-to-back shearing; usually our flock is more evenly divided between the pregnant ewes who get sheared before lambing, and the rest of the flock who get sheared after. But this year we had only 20 pregnant ewes and
The Daily Rhythms of Lambing
Life takes on a familiar rhythm during lambing…
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Lambing Under Sunny Skies
We really need more rain to keep the grass growing, but I have to say that we have nevertheless been enjoying the most beautiful lambing weather, and the mildest March we have ever had. There have been a few windy days and some cold ones, but it has been sunny the whole time and there
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The Monterey Wool-show Results are In…
Our fleeces did really well at this year’s Monterey wool judging! We got 4 first places and two Reserve Champions, in the Breed Division and Market Division. Our colored Romney ewe Brenda placed first in the Romney breed class, and was Reserve Champion for the Breed Division. Our colored Romney ram Sky King placed 3rd
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Lots of Beautiful Fleeces!
We had a big shearing day on Thursday, and I will have lots of new fleeces posted for sale in my web-shop in the next day or so. Each year we have two shearing dates; the first is in January when we do the pregnant ewes before they have their lambs. We let the rest
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