Speaking for wool sheep, they bear their barns on their backs. Mine have a free-access shelter, but they still head out to graze in the rain and do just fine.
This unregistered Gulf Coast Native ewe, "Thumbelina" (DOB 2/9/2020), has been exposed to our registered breeding ram, LFF Ariestotle GCA 3066, but has not yet shown signs of pregnancy/lambing. Her dam, "Banana," is registered as well, but was exposed by mistake to intact ram lambs at the time...
The unregistered, Gulf Coast Native ewe ("Dido" DOB 2/10/2019) and her band-castrated lamb (DOB 12/28/2020) were both sired by LFF Ariestotle GCA 3066. Dido's dam was bred on Laughing Frog Farm in Hempstead, TX, but unregistered due to missing records. The ewe has been exposed to the same ram...
I have a sheepskin salt-curing in the garage, hoping to tan it into a rug/couchspread with oxalic acid according to these instructions:
https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/tanning-sheepskin-zmaz75ndzgoe
My problems are figuring out the best place to buy the acid, and...
Lovely! I have a drop spindle. I'd love to have a wheel some day. My trouble is keeping the fineness/thickness even, tension, and giving it the right amount of twist. Maybe I just need practice...
The alpaca fiber has been stored for years; it is sentimentally valuable. The alpaca it came from was my sister's dear pet, whom we had to sell when his companion died. Those two were our family's introduction to livestock, and I would love to have yarn from him to give my sister.