SageHill
Herd Master
Your lambs are adorable.
Purplequeenvt in 2025
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Baymule
Herd Master
Do you ever shear the lambs before they start turning grey? Is their wool softer?
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purplequeenvt
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No. It goes gray really quickly. She’s already gray next to her skin.
She’s called an “Ag gray.” Ag is considered a pattern along with katmoget, gulmoget, solid, and white. Ag is a fading pattern and it masks katmoget, gulmoget and solid. Each sheep has 2 patterns. She’s Ag from her mom (who is Ag/solid) and solid from her dad who is (Katmoget/solid).
I don’t like the Ag gene as it hides so much and I love the colors so I’m trying to breed it out of my flock as much as I can. So far there’s only one obvious Ag. The youngest ram lamb might also be Ag, but I can’t tell yet. 1 Shetland left to lamb and she isn’t Ag so I won’t get any Ag lambs from her.
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purplequeenvt
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2 new Shetland babies this afternoon to new mom, Orla.
Ram and a ewe. This brings the count to 21 with only 4 being boys.
These are the last pure Shetlands out of my ewes. I have the 2 new girls due at some point. My “Shetland Supplier” lady told me today that I’ll be getting the 2 ewes I really wanted. The other person isn’t able to take them until the fall and she needs them gone soon.
Ram and a ewe. This brings the count to 21 with only 4 being boys.
These are the last pure Shetlands out of my ewes. I have the 2 new girls due at some point. My “Shetland Supplier” lady told me today that I’ll be getting the 2 ewes I really wanted. The other person isn’t able to take them until the fall and she needs them gone soon.
