Start of the lamb sales list...

...Okay I am not 100% sure who we are keeping but I have narrowed it down to about a dozen Shetland lambs.  I would like to keep only half or less than that but we will see.  So many nice lambs to choose from.  So I will start with lambs, like the adult ewes, that are similar to something we already have or family lines that we are heavy in.

~ Mapleton Peep's twin ram lambs F2 Heights Orion ~ 

For sale

 ~Minwawe Pearl's twin lambs, HST moorit ram and black ewe lamb.~

For Sale F2 Sale Pending....heading for the beach! :)

 ~Mapleton Carmel Apple's HSt black ram lamb.~

For Sale F2

 ~Twin Springs Cotton Candy's black krunet ewe lamb.~

For Sale F2

 ~ Minwawe Pearl's moorit ewe.~

For Sale F2

~ Mapleton Destiny's twin lambs, fawn katmoget ram and moorit ewe lamb ~

For Sale

~ Minwawe Sprinkles had twin fawn katmogets:  ram For Sale

~Mapleton Violet had twins, a black ewe and a grey katmoget ram~

For Sale

 Mapleton Hope's ewe lamb: For Sale

 

Possible poll carriers

 ~High Bid Hester's ewe lamb~

For Sale Reserved for Oaks Corners! :)

 ~Mapleton Opal's twin ewe lamb~

For Sale

  

So that is a start.  I wanted the folks that were thinking about lambs from me to be able to make their selections.  It may take me a while to make my final decisions.  I honestly like them all!  Not a bad problem to have I suppose.  Give me a shout if you want me to save you something in particular.

Puppy Pictures!

The Delema! The Start of the Sales List

You know the problem with having too many nice sheep?  You get too many nice lambs...and you end up having to sell ones you never thought you would.  Unless you have unlimited resources and unlimited land, that is just not practical.  I also move my sheep with out a proper herding dog, although my GSP usually helps I am not letting her near them at the moment because of her own pups.  I am allergic to most longer haired dogs that herding dogs seem to be.  If you have a short haired border collie and want to trade for a GSP puppy let me know.  Since that is not likely to happen, I need my flock to be small enough to want to follow me with a little grain.  So I have been working on my sales list.  It is really hard and the only way I can see to do it is to try cut back on sheep that I have something very similar to in my flock or high concentrations of their lines.  Which puts some favorites on the list, but it is getting to the point where they are almost all favorites.  Some I NEVER thought I could part with, but I can't keep them all.  So without further ado here is a quick list of the adult and yearlings and one goat doe available for sale, available immediately unless otherwise indicated:

FOR SALE:

- Mapleton Bella (Minwawe Bahama X Minwawe Cha Cha) yearling

- Mapleton Peanut (High Bid Kermit X Twin Springs Cotton Candy) available after weaning, 2 year old

- Minwawe Sprinkles (Minwawe Cupid 2 X Minwawe Marshmello) available after weaning, 3 year old

- Twin Springs Cotton Candy (Twin Springs Gideon X Twin Springs Gemma) available with ewe lamb at her side or after weaning. 5 year old

- Spring Hill Patches (Twin Springs Buster X Twin Springs Juniper) yearling

- Mapleton Storm (Minwawe Bahama X Minwawe Serendippity) yearling

- Mapleton Zeus (Mapleton Cooper X Pike Hill Olympia) available October 21st
2 year old

- Swiftriver Neville AI (Heights Orion X Swiftriver Thistle) available November 21st
3 year old

- 2006 American Cheviot Sheep Society Registered ewe (Green MMG 347 ST 1021) available after weaning, 5 year old

- Corriedale crossbred ewe Hershey, 5 year old (might be going with son to one of my favorite fiber flocks!)

- Nubian yearling doe Lilly

In terms of the lambs, we are still making our selections.  The nice thing is that they were almost all born with a spare so even if I decide to keep one twin, the other is most likely going to be for sale.  The exception being Quechee and Olympia's lambs...we have to let them grow a little before deciding on them.  I certainly don't NEED to keep 4 gully lambs but just not able to choose between them yet.  Both single black and white ewe lambs are for sale. So please inquire if you see something you like as you watch them grow on the this blog.  Flock starter packages available.

2011 Lamb Page Updated for easy reference!

More photos from Yesterday

 Hester and Champ's twins, ram above and ewe below.  Maybe modidied black and may carry polled.

 A few of the older boys:

 Left to right...Marshmello's, Dessie's, and Violet's.

 Quechee and Zeus' twin ewe lambs, gully above and gul/kat below.  May also carried polled.

 Cotton Candy and Neville's ewe lamb.

 Sprinkles and Zeus' katmoget ram lamb.

 Hershey's ram lamb below who she has begun to feed on her own.  I gave twin sis away to a prior customer for a bottle baby...she actually joined a flock that has her two year old sister.

 Dessie and Zeus' elegant moorit ewe lamb.

Okay I am working on my sales list and lamb pages...one thing for sure is that I will have moorit ewe lambs, black ewe lambs, katmoget ram lambs, Spotted F2 ram lambs, fully horned and possible poll carriers,  with a variety of soft fleece types to choose from.  Some adult ewes will also be for sale.  Flock starter packages prices available as well.  Inquire for more details or check back as they will be posted soon.

Big Day Out with the Whole Crew

 Olympia's ram lamb

 And her ewe.

 Hope, the only yearling to lamb this year, and her adorable ewe lamb by Patches.

 Dessie and Zeus' twins...kat ram and moorit ewe

 Oh and my favorite F2 ram lamb!  Carmel and Neville's.

 One of Opal's sweet twin ewe lambs.

 Pearl and Neville's twins, HST moorit ram and black ewe.

 Sprinkles and Zeus' ewe lamb.

 Moorit ewe out of Marshmello and by Neville wearing mud lipstick.

 Pearl's again...he is SO cool!

 Peanut and Neville's twin ewe lambs.

 Carmel and Neville's other twin ram lamb...he is very cool too.

 Showing his other end.

 Marshmello's other ewe lamb.  I think she is my only Ag this year.   And what prey tell do I call her markings!?

I took a lot more pictures but I will save them for another day...will be updating 2011 lamb page soon.

It's a wrap!

 Well I think they have my timing down.  At 6 am I found Hope and Olympia cleaning off their lambs.  Hope had a black yuglet ewe lamb, Spring Hill Patches is the dad.

 Pike Hill Olympia was not to be out done this lambing season!  Twin gulmogets!

 One was perfectly dry the other was still in the sack when I arrived.  It took a little doing but she got the little ewe lamb up and going.  She has some white spots of her own on her face (again two solid parents).  The first twin you ask?  Ewe you ask?  Nope that little bugger with no horn buds is a ram lamb with a fleece that is unbelievable!  I will have to get some better photo of them now that they are dry.  Maybe even modified!

Puppies are growing like crazy! 

I think I need a nap!  Stats and lambing summary as well as more recent pictures of the older lambs coming soon.  How many did I say I planned to keep?  I don't know how on earth we are going to decide!  I would like to bring flock numbers back to 20.  So 24 adults going into lambing, and 30 lambs, oh I definitely need a nap!