purplequeenvt - Ivy Knoll Farm

[purplequeenvt]

Those pictures are so cute!

Once I see your Shetland lamb pictures I'll probably awwww out loud and get a ton of funny looks.

Do you sell your wool?

Here are some teaser pictures for you then....these are my babies from 2012

The three colorful lambs are Shetlands and the white one is a Shetland/Friesian/Texel/Border Leicester/Dorper cross

I haven't sold any Shetland wool yet, but this is only my second year with them and we are way (6 years!) behind in our wool processing.

 

[greenbean]

I think I just died a little from all the cuteness.

I got an email from a Shetland breeder about 30 minutes from me and she has 8-10 for sale. I am so tempted to get some of them, but I'm not sure yet. I'm going to see if they'll let me go out and see them.

I love the Shetlands at school, the yarn my teacher made from their wool is really nice.

 

[Bridgemoof]

SO cute! I love their little mottled faces. I have 3 Shetlands and their names are Cinnamon, Pepper and Salty due to their coloring. They are a little on the wild side though and only Salty lets me pet her. I haven't sheared them yet so I am very excited to get the fleeces off of them, but it's not quite time yet. Although that's very interesting info about the stress on their wool from lambing. Also good point about getting them to come to the barn because they're cold. Hmmm I may have to rethink my shearing strategy. They have all been bred to a Brown Finn ram. So I hope their babies are as cute as yours!

 

[purplequeenvt]

SO cute! I love their little mottled faces. I have 3 Shetlands and their names are Cinnamon, Pepper and Salty due to their coloring. They are a little on the wild side though and only Salty lets me pet her. I haven't sheared them yet so I am very excited to get the fleeces off of them, but it's not quite time yet. Although that's very interesting info about the stress on their wool from lambing. Also good point about getting them to come to the barn because they're cold. Hmmm I may have to rethink my shearing strategy. They have all been bred to a Brown Finn ram. So I hope their babies are as cute as yours!

I bet your babies will be pretty cure too! I know someone that had Finn/Shetlands and the lambs were very similar to Shetlands. My 3 adult Shetlands are pretty stand-offish, until they get close to lambing. Then they will follow you around like a puppy and want to be pet and scratched all the time.

 

[purplequeenvt]

I think I just died a little from all the cuteness.

I got an email from a Shetland breeder about 30 minutes from me and she has 8-10 for sale. I am so tempted to get some of them, but I'm not sure yet. I'm going to see if they'll let me go out and see them.

I love the Shetlands at school, the yarn my teacher made from their wool is really nice.

You should at least go visit!

 

[purplequeenvt]

Here's a neat old picture.....

It is my great grandfather with his flock of Hampshires in 1922.

 

[SheepGirl]

So funny how breeds look soo different than they did 90 years ago!

Cool picture, BTW!

 

[Bridgemoof]

REaLLY cool picture! They look so healthy, too! That's really neat that your ancestors were shepherds, too, and cool that you are fortunate enough to have a picture like that.

 

[Queen Mum]

Very cute! I really want one. But I don't have any place for them to graze!

I love the old picture.

 

[Southern by choice]

Love that picture... awesome heritage you have!