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5 hides. If I don't have enough I try to see if anyone else around has one or two they want to send in. It also helps to split up shipping costs because that's the real killer. Salted hides are bulky!

It's not too hard, especially if you send it away to be processed. I use Stern's in WI and I love the results but there are several other places out there. There are also kits to do it yourself and I've done that way but it's a big hassle, especially with the wool-on hides. Worth my time to...

Got a batch of pelts back from the tannery and sold most of them which just about paid for all 3 of my new sheep plus their travel papers/transport. I love that nothing goes to waste and I make a little extra money from my little, weird sheep :p People love the spotty pelts. Forgive the sales...

What an awesome set up! You're going to be working sheep like a pro now :D

Lambs are getting weaned and sold now. My first lamb left for his new home yesterday. One of the cormos went to go live at Lake Metroparks FarmPark, which is like a zoo for farm animals. He's the sweetest, friendliest little boy so I think he's going to be really happy. I know the lady in...

My oldest ewe (the one in my profile pic) is 14 this year. I retired her from breeding after she had (and raised!) triplets when she was 10. She's still just as spry as ever but she's a favorite and I'd be crushed if I bred her and anything happened. I also have two 12 year olds, a sheep and a...

I've been very busy shearing for everyone in the area but I finished lambing last weekend. Indigo lambed on the 19th with a wee tiny 4 lb girl. She's doing great as a mom but she spends 3+ hours a day screaming for food and it's driving me up a wall. She will be going elsewhere after the lamb...

The propensity for multiples is genetic but it takes nutrition to actually get them. If the ewe has a strong history of multiples and simply didn't have the stars align for her this year I wouldn't have an issue with a single. This was a weird year for me and I had a lot of singles out of ewes I...

I'm pretty fond of them myself ;) Main batch of lambs are a month old now. At this point I'm probably keeping Kiwi, Clem's and Daisy's girls. Things might change as horns continue to grow in but I'm hoping to sell most of this year's lambs at AGM in July. Kiwi Awkward boy Dipstick tail...

The first of the stragglers, Mimosa, lambed yesterday. Ran out to the barn before going to a shearing job several hours away and there was a ewe lamb all clean and dry and full. Good job Mimosa! She was on her last chance after not settling twice so I'm glad she shaped up and is being a good...

I don't know about plants but the main things I know that interfere with copper absorption are molybdenum, sulfur, and iron. I have a lot of sulfur and iron in my water so my sheep get way more copper in their minerals than I would ever advise anyone else to give. Their website seems to be...

I've seen banding like that in flocks with diagnosed copper deficiency. Since it went back to black it was probably a temporary issue that you resolved without even knowing it. Some individual sheep, especially black ones, seem to need more copper or are more sensitive to things blocking copper...

Not sheep but I don't want to make another thread :p We got an Easter surprise! Truffle (angora goat) was due on the 23rd but looked suspicious this morning so I tossed her in the feed room while I went to my parents' house for Easter dinner. Came home to a pair of nice warm and dry goat kids...

It is hard to take pictures of lambs when they are on top of you and chewing on your hands/hair/camera. Daisy's girl Juniper's girl Ladyslipper's awkward little boy. If he was a person be wearing overalls and sucking his thumb while tugging on the hem of his mom's shirt. Aster's girl...

White spotting is different than the color patterns, just to make things even more confusing. My jacobs are technically dominant black with white spots, not agouti white with black spots. You can have a patterned sheep but not be able to see it because of all the white spotting they have. Also...

I actually don't know how to knit or crochet either! I keep the sheep alive and get the wool off of them then hand it over to my mom who gets it ready, sends it to the mills, dyes it, and sells it. She's amazing! There's actually not a ton on our etsy right now because we sold most of our jacob...

In romeldales at least he would be a light blue, Albl, although they often have white on the butt in romeldales and romneys. He probably has another agouti gene influencing how it presents. It's one of the recessive agouti patterns so your sheep just have it "hiding" under their Awt gene. Super...

A LOT of time is spent cuddling baby lambs! Aster's ewe Aster's ram Ladyslipper's ram. There were only 2 jacob rams in this batch and both are 2 horned I'm pretty sure.

Jewel is Clementine's mom. This year they were both in labor at the same time and lambed at the same time and although I made sure everyone got bonded to the right mama they're raising them in a big commune. All girls! Clem's girl, she's got a cute heart shaped knee patch. Jewel's girls, one...

That little lambie face :love:love:love