Purplequeenvt - New Journal

[Baymule]

That’s good news with Oskar! Sometimes it takes awhile for a dog to grow up. He has the makings of a fine dog.

Poor Hazel. Her face says it all, the leg cast is definitely a torture device!

 

[purplequeenvt]

13 sheep went to the sale barn today. 5 adults and 8 lambs. I kept back the 5 Shetland ewe lambs, 2 Shetland ram lambs, 1 Border Leicester ram lamb, and the 3 Border Leicester ewe lambs.

I was debating about whether or not to send one of the Shetland ram lambs. He’s a nice color/pattern and his fleece is really pretty, but his horns are growing in funky. If he was friendly I’d probably have wethered him. I had him in the catch pen last night before I made the final decision. He made the decision for me when he got his horn hooked on the fence and he couldn’t get himself unstuck.

My Shetland breeding ram went too. His attitude makes it hard for me to try to sell him privately.

Now I’m ram shopping. I’m talking to a couple people at the moment. One is dispersing her flock and has an adult ram available. He’s the pattern (katmoget) that I like and he doesn’t carry the gray gene. He also carries moorit. His fleece looks nice from the pictures. The other lady has a couple ram lambs.

 

[Baymule]

Improving a flock is an ongoing process. Sometimes it’s hard to let some go, but you have to make room for the ones you are keeping. I hope you find a good ram. That adult ram sounds pretty good.

 

[purplequeenvt]

I spent 12hrs in the car today driving most of the way through OH and back to get my new Shetland ram. I also picked up 3 other sheep from the same farm and delivered them to someone else on my way back. They paid me to deliver and that covered my gas for the drive.

I threw something together on Wednesday to make sure there was enough room in my car for 4 sheep. The goal was to keep them from being able to crawl into the front seat and also keep them away off the windows.







The adults were tied up and the lamb was loose. My box worked perfectly and the sheep were excellent travelers. They didn’t make a peep the entire trip.

Triton, the new ram is in a stall by himself for the night and is completely chill about the change of location. Last time I checked the camera, he was stuffing his face.

My co-pilot was cute, but kind of useless. He slept, ate my snacks, and blew his coat all over the seats.

 

[SageHill]

Wow! Now that’s a good road trip

 

[Baymule]

No rattling trailer with hot wind blowing through it for your ram and extra passengers! No sireee!! Air conditioning! Soft fluffy bedding, plastic liner for the inevitable pee and poop! Travel in style with Purple Queen Sheep Transport Service!!!

 

[purplequeenvt]

No rattling trailer with hot wind blowing through it for your ram and extra passengers! No sireee!! Air conditioning! Soft fluffy bedding, plastic liner for the inevitable pee and poop! Travel in style with Purple Queen Sheep Transport Service!!!

They were all prepared to be very upset about being in a car with a human and a dog and then the a/c kicked on.

 

[Baymule]

Ahhhh……. That cooling breeze!! It must be magic! I think I’m gonna like this lady!

 

[purplequeenvt]

Triton in a stall didn’t last long. Someone, not sure who, played with the gate latch last night and released him so now he’s in the barn/field with the lambs and 2 old ladies. He’s being nice to everyone so I let him stay. He was living with ewes, lambs, wethers, and rams when I picked him up so he’s used to that. I’m going to give him a bit to make sure he’s settled and then introduce him to the rest of the boys.



Hazel is 5 weeks out from breaking her leg. She’s walking better on it and I’ve started letting her come outside to do chores again. I did have to remind her about the leg several times today though.



Every year during the Tour de France, spinners around the world follow along in what they call the “Tour de Fleece.” There’s lots of different teams and groups that do challenges or competitions. I’m making a leisurely effort to participate this year. I wasn’t up for much else today so I spun.

Not my usual type of spinning, but I used up a tiny bit of my fiber stash of mystery fiber someone gifted me.

 

[Mini Horses]

The new boy is VERY handsome! Nice horns too.

Glad Hazel is doing well.

As always, your spinning is awesome. Such talent. Such patience. I mean, it's pretty enough to just lay out & look at it