Ewes enjoying the snow

[Roving Jacobs]

At least some animals are enjoying the 10 degree weather.


Jazz the herd queen and resident blimp.


Digging through the snow.


Hooves weren't enough so she used her horns instead.


Jazz's 2010 daughter, Juniper. She's kind of plain looking but I've been impressed with what she produces.


Juniper and her gorgeous daughter, Jewel who is my pretty little princess and she knows it.


Jazz's 2011 daughter, Johnnie. She was the only ewe out of a set of triplets.


Thistle who has a permanent :/ face due to her markings.


Dahlia who is Thistle's older half sister.


Daisy, Dahlia's twin, who thought I might have something more exciting than a camera.


Just because you have spots doesn't mean you're a Jacob, Major.

 

[Roving Jacobs]

And the Cormos.


Page is more fleece than sheep at this point.


Prism aka The Moose. She's my biggest sheep and has a giant honking moose nose.


Moosey could use a bigger coat but she's getting sheared in about a month so I'm trying to avoid it.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

So cool! I really like your sheep.

btw why do sheep need blankets when they have wool? I never got that.

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

Very nice looking sheep!!!

Are the coats just to keep their fleece clean?

 

[Roving Jacobs]

^^ Exactly! ^^

So cool! I really like your sheep.

btw why do sheep need blankets when they have wool? I never got that.

They aren't for warmth, they just keep the fleece clean so it is more valuable with less effort. The Cormo wool is so fine and dense that it is hard to get all of the VM out. When you coat them it keeps all that VM out and you can sell it raw for more without having to spend hours and hours skirting it. The Jacobs have a much more open fleece and don't have the same value anyway so there's no point keeping them coated.

 

[greenbean]

Your sheep are gorgeous!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Oh I missed this thread yesterday! How sweet are they! They look like their fleeces are really long. When was the last time you sheared them? Just curious to compare with my Jacob's and Cormo's growth...nice!

 

[Roving Jacobs]

Oh I missed this thread yesterday! How sweet are they! They look like their fleeces are really long. When was the last time you sheared them? Just curious to compare with my Jacob's and Cormo's growth...nice!

The Jacobs were sheared in March. I would have to see when the Cormo breeder sheared last year but I believe she does it in February so they are due for a trim. I'm going to make them wait for beginning of March though so I can do them all at once. I like them all done about a month before lambing.

 

[bonbean01]

Nice looking sheep!

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

So cool! I really like your sheep.

btw why do sheep need blankets when they have wool? I never got that.

They aren't for warmth, they just keep the fleece clean so it is more valuable with less effort. The Cormo wool is so fine and dense that it is hard to get all of the VM out. When you coat them it keeps all that VM out and you can sell it raw for more without having to spend hours and hours skirting it. The Jacobs have a much more open fleece and don't have the same value anyway so there's no point keeping them coated.