purplequeenvt
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I could probably send you some Border Leicester (white and/or natural colored), Shetland, and Lincoln. Southdown too if we saved one of their fleeces.
norseofcourse's journal - spring and show update
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norseofcourse
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Catching up on posts...
Thanks for the offer! I'm hoping to find enough sheep breeds, but I'll keep it in mind.
That would *really* be a challenge! lolMine are hair sheep......![:\](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/side.png "side :\")
That is great - thank you!! I will PM you...
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norseofcourse
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I have a line on some Cheviot fiber, just a few more breeds to go to get enough different ones for my guild's challenge! Anyone else that has raw wool to sell or trade?
This unusual warm weather is continuing, I'm starting to worry. I can see buds on my peach trees - if they leaf out and then we get some bad winter weather again, I might not get peaches this year. Same with the apple trees, and lots of other things. The rhubarb hasn't started sprouting yet, and it's usually the earliest to come up, so that's good. We may break the high temperature records tomorrow and Friday.
The ewes are doing well, getting wider, and starting to make pig-like noises when eating their feed
Sometimes I sit with them while they eat, and a couple of times Brosa came up to me for petting and scratches, after she'd eaten the feed, but before digging into the hay. Here's a pic I took a few days ago, when we still had a bit of snow on the ground:
Druna is on the far left. Not only is she youngest, she has a lot less wool than the others. Gracie's wool is nearly hitting the ground! It's so long it swirls around her as she walks. I need to get a good picture of her wool, it's so pretty. Lukka, far right, looks a bit different because I sheared her late last fall, just partly - her back and sides - to work with her wool at only a half-year's growth.
This unusual warm weather is continuing, I'm starting to worry. I can see buds on my peach trees - if they leaf out and then we get some bad winter weather again, I might not get peaches this year. Same with the apple trees, and lots of other things. The rhubarb hasn't started sprouting yet, and it's usually the earliest to come up, so that's good. We may break the high temperature records tomorrow and Friday.
The ewes are doing well, getting wider, and starting to make pig-like noises when eating their feed
Sometimes I sit with them while they eat, and a couple of times Brosa came up to me for petting and scratches, after she'd eaten the feed, but before digging into the hay. Here's a pic I took a few days ago, when we still had a bit of snow on the ground:Druna is on the far left. Not only is she youngest, she has a lot less wool than the others. Gracie's wool is nearly hitting the ground! It's so long it swirls around her as she walks. I need to get a good picture of her wool, it's so pretty. Lukka, far right, looks a bit different because I sheared her late last fall, just partly - her back and sides - to work with her wool at only a half-year's growth.
CntryBoy777
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Nice looking group, and it looks like quite a bit of Fiber there to work with....
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I absolutely love your sheep 
. They are stunning!
. They are stunning!
NH homesteader
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I almost got some Icelandics a year or so ago. I adore them. Yours are lovely. Is that the only breed you keep? Do you milk them? Sorry if I'm asking redundant questions, I have a 4 year old who steals my brain cells and I can't remember anything lol!
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norseofcourse
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Thank you, yes that's the only sheep breed I have. I did some milking in 2015, there's a milking thread here somewhere about it. I wanted to milk last year, but just could not manage it. This year I hope to do quite a bit of milking, and play around with cheese and yogurt and stuff.
Tell that 4 year old they can steal your brain cells if they give you some of their energy! LOL
NH homesteader
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I wish! I find myself exhausted at the end of every day, that's for sure! A family friend told me that Icelandics have the perfect milk for feta, and she is convinced I need some lol! Maybe someday... I do like the smaller size. And my aunt is dying to teach me how to spin... Oh now I want sheep.
Bruce
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Better add a few more acres to your minimal acceptable parcel size in TN @NH homesteader
NH homesteader
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Ha if I get sheep it'll be about 5 of them. I have no interest in shearing more than that! A ram, wether pal and 3 ewes.... Not that I've already thought about it this much... Ahem...
