5...no 6 new additions!!

Okay, I've been lacking in my blogging. Lots of pictures to update! On the 5th, Charm, one of my crossbred ewes whom I'm hoping to use for making butcher lambs, gave twin ram lambs. One white, and one RED?! Where the heck did that red come from? I'm assuming somewhere in Charms backround. The ram was 1/2 Coopworth, 1/2 Border Leicester, and Charm is 1/4 Lincoln, 1/4 Corridale, 1/4 Shetland, 1/4 Karakul...So maybe the Karakul? They're cute nonetheless, but destined for freezer camp.


All the above photos are from the 6th, they were a day old.And above is a photo from yesterday. The white really stands out now, didn't notice it at first.

And yesterday I get home from a wonderful time (as usual) staying at Garrett Ramsay's farm over the weekend for the Exotic animal auction in Perham. Walked out to the barnyard...hmmm...everyone seems to be there...oh wait...where's Chalmeaux? I hear that soft almost nickering sound, omg she must be in labor! So in high platform sandals, I attempt to climb over the fence...ker-plunk! On my butt/lower back...of course all of my tame ewes came over for pets and treats, but I like to think they were checking to make sure I was okay. Which, I'm alive, but in a lot of pain right now. Don't think I did anything too severe, just stiff and sore mostly. So I hobbled over behind the quonset hut, and low and behold! Twins! Both...almost solid :( lol. That's okay, I've got healthy twins! Both boys... :( Oh well, they're still good, healthy boys. And cute to boot. Both moorit, one blettet for sure, the other may be a krunet, but still has a couple small white spots, so we'll see if they fade or not. Both are F2 Orions out of White Pine Philemon AI, and the one looks to have very nice fleece, other has a bit of a baby coat, but hopefully that will shed out.
yummy fleece!

And last night, mom walked out to the pen to find Maid Marion not a maid anymore! lol. She had a single pretty little fawn kat ram lamb with her. I'll hopefully get photos today or tomorrow :)

So that makes 1...2....3....4...5....oh yes, and number 6, last, but definitely not least. Well, she's kind of a camera hog, so you're going to have to wait til the next blog post to meet my little sweetheart. :)

Waiting impatiently...

I just wanna go squeeze Disa! She looks to be the first to go. Disa, Marion, Gail & Chalmeaux were all first in with Philemon, for about 3 weeks prior to everyone else. I've been trying to look up the exact date, but so far have been unable to. Last fall/winter was a pretty trying time for me, but it's a new year, and I'm working on a new me.

Sheepies look great :)

Of course...at the top...my baby Thor :) He's such a honey! And still sooooo soft. Actually thinking about wethering him this year because there is likely no way to get him registered :(

An ALWAYS fat Magnolia. I would hope she's carrying quads this year, but she looked the same last year with twins...hell, she looks the same when she's NOT pregnant...lol. Not wormy, doesn't seem to get too much grain/hay...just is a hefty girl! lol

Silver, our 1/2 Shetland gulmoget spotted ewe lamb. Her other half? Your guess is as good as ours...Goldie is an oddball :)

Beautiful Maid Marion hopefully isn't a maid anymore...:D She's really coming into herself, actually looks more like I thought Alice would...I actually THOUGHT she was Alice the other day, the ear tag gives it away though...because she looks exactly like Alice's mom, Bedegrayne.
And Alice!
Another shot of Maggie :)
And for Ginny...Dory! My beautiful little gulkat out of Torrent and Likei
Trying to get a photo of Raja, nearly impossible...
Chalmeaux :)
Torrent
Mary Poppins
Princess Aurora
This little guy is likely going to be for sale! He's a poll carrier/half poll out of Wintertime Blues X Glenmore March Madness. He is an Ag fawn katmoget. SUPER soft handle, wide crimp.

And mr. Lightning McQueen will likely be staying here. Mom calls him "boyfriend" because he loves her lol. He is Sheltering Pines Cornet X Wintertime Blues. And unfortunately has rooed all his beautiful neck wool! lol. He has little bone knobs, but nothing more. I put each boy over the others mother, so hopefully will get full poll lambs! I decided it can't hurt to have a polled line...right?

March...My old girl. She's such a doll, and I LOVE her face!


Now I need to get my lambs registered asap! Been procrastinating. Had a lot of life changing events happen this year, I'm lucky I even remember to renew my NASSA membership. Lambs will be late this year, and other than the two ewes for the polled line, all lambs will be sired by White Pine Philemon, so probably not too many spots this year as he's solid, but I'm hoping he passes on his wool quality to all his lambs. I still have to find a really nice white ewe this year, so be on the lookout for me! :) I also need to get fleece samples taken! Gah! So behind, so behind.

OMG! I found the sock stealing monster!

Damn cat....

Read the wrong blog! lmao...j/k! :D Stole it off a fellow shetland breeders blog, cuz she said to! :) Not much going on in the Northland, getting some decent weather finally. Totally jealous over Garretts babies!

"One Word"

"Your Cell Phone?Walkman

Your Hair? ponytail

Your Mother? friend

Your Father? gone

Your Favorite Food? adobo

Your Dream Last Night? falling

Your Favorite Drink? monster

Your Dream/Goal? spin

What Room Are You In? livingroom

Your Hobby? critters

Your Fear? abandonment

Where Do You See Yourself In Six Years? happier

Where Were You Last Night? work

Something That You Aren't? normal

Muffins? chocolate

Wish List Item? improvements

Where Did You Grow Up? hereish

Last Thing You Did? ate

What Are You Wearing? clothes

Your TV? n/a

Your Pets? spoiled

Friends? few

Your Life? meh

Your Mood? painful

Missing Someone? yes

Vehicle? car

Something You Aren't Wearing? jewelry

Your Favorite Store? HT

Your Favorite Color? black

When Was The Last Time You Laughed? gym

Last Time You Cried? Yesterday

Your Best Friend? Rocks :)

One Place You Go To Over And Over Again? walmart

Facebook? yup

Twitter? confusing

Favorite Place To Eat? Lobster...

I'll just tag whoever reads this... :)

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone is having a very merry Christmas season! Although I'm sitting here listening to hard rock (Distubred - Down with the Sickness at the moment...lol) I'm starting to get the Christmas tunes stuck in my head. It's usually sickening to listen to them because being in retail, I start hearing them about 2 months in advance of December...Yeah...Not cool! lol.

Anyway, some fun things coming up/happening in my life!

Got ticket to the Three Days Grace/Breaking Benjamin/Flyleaf concert! SOOO excited. Missed TDG & BB last time they were here in Duluth, was sooo sad. The last time I saw Breaking Benjamin was when they were a no name band with Evanescence at the St. Cloud college and it was just after Denny and I started dating...he actually bought me the tickets before we started dating (Christmas present). They are some very good bands, and I am very excited!

Got the breeding pens together FINALLY! White Pine Philemon has been with Disa, Gail, Wendy & Chalmeaux since he came home, so they should all have earlier babies, but boy did he get a big suprise last night when he got put in the BIG pen with most of the girls! He was one HAPPY boy! lol. Lightning & Woody got put in with each others mothers, in hopes for full poll lambs...that should make some of you poll breeders VERY happy, as these guys should throw GORGEOUS babies! Lightning is a grey kamoget and he is in with March who is a Musket, possibly modified (she's a very neat color). Woody is an Ag Fawn Katmoget, and he is in with Cornet who is a gulmoget...Crossing my fingers for a gulkat! Wouldn't it be fun to get a full poll, uber soft & crimpy, Ag gulkat ram? Although a ewe would be nice too ;-) Philemon got the rest of the girls minus Goldie. Which comes to another, although sad, story.

Likei is no longer top ram...by any means. They knocked him down and would have made mince meat out of him had mom not been there, so he got moved to a seperate pen, and now has Goldie for company and a lil' lovin, since she produced such a GORGEOUS spotted gulmoget ewe lamb last spring.
Silver

Silver & Goldie

Likei will likely live out the rest of his days at the farm, as mom is SUPER attached to him. I do admit, he's been our best ram. Never once put his head down towards us, even in the ewe pen. Mom never had to worry about him in his years here. Can't say that about ANY other ram we've had. Although mom gets a kick out of Philemon...She was worried at first because he was always crowding her, but he was just wanting a scratch and to be close to her because she is the "grain bringer" lol.

So, I thought Philemon was MORE than enough of a Christmas present...so a couple days ago, mom starts mentioning that she's getting me ANOTHER BIG present...I kind of had an inkling the way she'd been talking about our neighbor lady A LOT lately...our neighbor lady who likes to SPIN...our neighbor lady who has voulnteered her wheels for me to come SPIN on to try them out...low and behold...what does mom bring over yesterday?

Spoiled do you think? lol! It's a homemade wheel, but Carol even says it's WAY better than her first wheel ever was...*sigh* What ever shall I do with my mother...besides hug her :) lol. So now I need to watch some videos on Youtube so I can try to figure out what I'm doing...She also sent over some Corridale roving! Nice lady :) Apparently Moose Lake has open spinning sometimes in the evenings, and Carol thinks if I bring my wheel one of the ladies can get me started. Very excited to start spinning!

And this is for Ginny...her favorite ewe lamb of mine...well, at least the only one she's ever mentioned!


This is Dory, Torrent X Likei. Cute little fuzzy gulkat. She's open crimped, and feels pretty soft when I've gotten ahold of her. Unfortunately not registerable :( But a gorgeous gulkat nonetheless.

Anyway, I think I'm going to try to get some things done today. I hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Free Chicken nesting box!

Excellent giveaway on http://georgiafarmwoman.blogspot.com/2009/12/chicken-nest-box-giveaway.html A free nesting box! Go, sign up now!! :) I'll blog later for real :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours...And happy shopping in less than 12 hours! :)

TWLOHA Day

To Write Love On Her Arms day...Depression Awareness. Emily has a nice blog about it. Please don't overlook it if you think someone may suffer from depression.

Doggies!

My Smudgy showing off her pretty nailcaps! :)

Was going to get breeding groups together this weekend, but my back is out, and that makes for not fun moving big sheep. lol. Sooo it will have to be next weekend. I already have an idea, but I'm sure I'll be making last minute changes!


These are all backwards of how I wanted to post them, but here goes anyway! This is Wally...short for Walrus...LOL. He was the single survivng puppy out of Meekas 2 pup litter (His sister had no sucking reflex and didn't last the day). Of course, he got all the milk...and he's a cute little chub because of it! He is SO darling. He is looking for a new home, please inquire if interested! :)



"What is this!?"

"Huh?"

"I've got squash on my face!"
"Here, this is my good side"


"What's this thing in front of your face?"

"PLAY WITH ME!"
"Hey you..."


"Whachya doin' down there?"
"This is humiliating! And cold!"



"Pet me! Pet me! Pet me! Pick me up! PLEASE!"
Here he was saying hello to Oden...the dog who could likely eat him in one bite...but LOVES other dogs, so would never hurt him intentionally...but he would love to play with him too, hence the fence...lol
"It's bright out here!"
"Yes, I'm beautiful!" Rebel is all grown up...almost!
Pretty Meeka is blowing most of her coat being it's weaning time for Wally!
Rebel's bracing himself for impact of...
TIMMY! lol


These two are best buds...it will be sad to see Timmy go, but Rebel also loves his girlie Madonna, and plays just as rough with her, plus she can keep up...longer legs help lol.


Mr. Priss is sitting on the step so he doesn't get his bum cold...I wish I could have gotten a good shot of his "pajama pants" SO cute...he's all frilly and fluffy in the back end right now...


Cutesey Wootsey Timmy...who is also looking for a home.