The Fiber Event at Greencasle Results

What a cold, rainy couple of days for vendors at The Fiber Event! We had some raw fleece sales and some yarn sales, but we didn't do as well as in the past couple of years. I suppose nearly $4 a gallon gas prices didn't help or the general state of the economy. We did sell all our Dor Galen breed fleeces, so that was very encouraging. Bad economy or not, we will continue to hang in here and develop our new breed.

Shearin' Those Sheepies!

Some photos from today of Hubby shearing Cory and Meliah......

Cory was first. You can see our new sheep shearing stand that we purchased this year........

Cory's fleece seemed spectacular this year.........

He stood very still for Hubby......

A gorgeous cascade of silver and browns.......

Meliah's fleece looked tiny in comparison, but she is a wee little Shetland who stood very still while sheared........

Missin' Those Babies......

Our farmer friend, Tim, picked up the three ewe lambs we were babysitting. I miss their backporch antics and greeting bleats. Here's a photo hubby took of them last week..........

Brittany's Redemption

Brittany has redeemed herself in my Hubby's eyes. She is raising her triplet ewes and no bottle babies from her ( so far...)!  Here is a photo he took of her yesterday.....

Brittany and Lambs

And here is a photo I took through our dining room window with one of her lambs playing on her back...

Playtime

She has always been an excellent ewe in my eyes..........

Not so Good News....

Sweetie lost both lambs. The first was stillborn and the second was also. Neither lamb looked fully developed although the first was much larger and more developed than the second. We are both disappointed and concerned for the ewe. She has not delivered the afterbirth yet so we are continuing to monitor her and hope there will be no further problems.

As I post, Sweet #17 is in labor.........

"Sweetie" started labor about 11;30 this morning. She is another first time mother so we are watching her closely.  I will update later.............

Information About the Horned Dorset Breed

A good read on the Horned Dorset.........