Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival

[CocoNUT]

OOOOOOOH! You could use her before/after shots in a 'weight loss' add! you know...something comical/tongue in cheek! OR...make posters for your barn...with something witty like "when animals enter our farm they may look like this...." on the door leading INTO the barn....
then, on the wall heading OUT of the barn, you can have her after shot with something along the lines of "but after our patented process of love and care, they will live looking like...."

what do you think?

 

[purplequeenvt]

Isn't the transformation amazing? I just can't get over it myself. She's supposedly 3/4 Romney, not sure what she's mixed with. I can tell you, though, her wool was just the softest under all that gunk. We also sheared one of the Jacobs, and she is just gorgeous!

Can you tell how old Marge might be from the pics? Her body condition looks pretty good, although her hips are sunken in, not sure why. I can't really feel her spine, so that's good. She doesn't look bony. But I get the feeling she is older. We will look at her teeth tomorrow, but I'm still not sure how to tell from how many teeth they have.

She looks like she could be 4 or 5, but it is hard to tell over the internet. Romneys tend to get that run down, old lady look pretty quickly.

 

[SheepGirl]

She's looking good! Those Jacobs are nice, too And her sunken-ness is just an empty rumen. When my ewes were on a dry lot they would get like that in between feedings. But she looks part southdown, too.

 

[Southern by choice]

OOOOOOOH! You could use her before/after shots in a 'weight loss' add! you know...something comical/tongue in cheek! OR...make posters for your barn...with something witty like "when animals enter our farm they may look like this...." on the door leading INTO the barn....
then, on the wall heading OUT of the barn, you can have her after shot with something along the lines of "but after our patented process of love and care, they will live looking like...."

what do you think?

I love that idea coconut!!! You are a hoot! Love it.

 

[Southern by choice]

ok so I wrote that before I went back and read where I left off a few pages ago!

can't believe it is the same goat. Is the wool usable because of the condition? Can't wait to see the sheared Jacobs. Will they get cold from being sheared now, going into winter?

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

can't believe it is the same goat

uuuhhh???

 

[SheepGirl]

Will they get cold from being sheared now, going into winter?

It looks like they left a good amount of wool cover on Marge. She shouldn't be cold. Especially since she's well conditioned

 

[bonbean01]

YES!!!!! I am not the only person here to boo boo on the sheep/goat...goat/sheep...it happens so easily!!!! I am not alone!!!!! :bun

 

[Bridgemoof]

Goat pffftttt

Amazingly the blades on the Sunbeam horse clippers we are using does leave wool on them, so she should be fine. The temps have been pretty warm here, too. Sheep never seem to be cold! But I think about what that poor thing must have felt like this past summer with 100 degree temps. Poor Marge!

I can scavenge through the wool and find some good stuff. I can't wait to get my hands on it! A lot of it will be tossed to make cat beds. It is a soft light gray and is soooo pretty! The Jacob's wool was in much better shape. Jacob's have a lot less lanolin than other sheep. I will have a lot of wool processing to do after this!

OTHER NEWS
I'm slightly stressing because I have a publication project due today and want to get it done asap. I also have a few other small jobs that came in and need to get them done, too. The thing is tomorrow is 2 Holiday parties, one for my Spinner's Guild and after that my Garden Club Holiday tea. I may be able to go to them, but for the first one everyone has to bring a pot luck dish and a handmade item, ugh, then the Garden Club thing everyone has to bring 2 dozen homemade cookies I can't possible get all that stuff done, so I may not be able to go to either party. Bummer! Between work and trying to get these sheep in shape, I just have no time to bake.

I'm going to go get busy right now!

 

[Alice Acres]

Marge's shearing is wonderful! She has to feel SO much better.