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
Herd Master
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.
Baymule
Herd Master
I love the colors that you have. It’s too bad your friend has to give up her sheep, but with you, she knows they will be loved and very well cared for. Maybe you could make her a shawl from “her” sheep’s wool as a thank you?
