Waiting for lambs

It was about this time last year that we thankfully had a few very warm days, and in those warm sunny days we had 6 lambs born! They were from 4 new ewes who we had been told were due in April! What a surprise! Our girls are supposedly all due in May but because of an accidental break out of our rams we thought we might have a few due in February. But it seems like we might be in the clear, no signs of impending labors yet!

In other fibery news, we are definitely now renovating our porch starting in March to be an awesome dyeing and wool washing studio! We're very excited about this :)

It's great to be a sheep in winter! This morning as I was leaving for work they were all leaping, running, butting each other and having a grand ol' time! The two new ewes are rambunctious and have even the oldest of grandmothers kicking up her heels! Tilly (the colored ewe in the picture above) was so excited (she is also quite round - adding to the humor of the experience) was just standing in one spot and leaping on all fours again and again!

The first picture is of our "guard" dog Britta - who was actually witnessed the other morning actually sitting guard along the property line! She must be growing up!

We have also added another to the family - a smallish (in comparison to Britta) black and white border collie/healer mutt was seemingly dumped off near us last weekend. He is so sweet and old that we may just need to give him a home!

Our Saturday excursion

On Saturday Keith, Stella and I are making a trek up to Boyd, WI (about 3 hours north) to meet and pick up a couple new ewes! I'm very excited because they are Cormo/Blue Faced Leicester crosses, shall we say YUMMY fleece? A friend of mine who is the culprit of this purchase is also going and purchasing two ewes as well. So be excited! We'll split these 2 fleeces plus the BFL rams fleece between all the shares!
Pictures to follow...

Once upon a Frosty Morn

We woke up to some gorgeous frosty fog this morning!

Here are a few pictures to get you acquainted with us and our land. We're perched very high atop the ridge. Our sunrises and sunsets are gorgeous, but in the winter the wind is bitterly cold! Good weather for sheep, they love it! Even on some of the coldest days, if the sun is shining they'll all be outside sunning themselves, sprawled out in the snow!

Welcome!

Junior would like to welcome you to our new blog, your link to our farm and YOUR fiber, which the woolly beasts are busy growing right now!

With subzero temperatures the sheep have really "fluffed" out right before our eyes in the last couple months! What a cold snowy year it has been thus far!