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Barnyard Buddies:  Our Sheep  |
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
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 Posted - Oct 31 2012 : 5:49:39 PM
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Here's a picture of our sheep. We started out with Precious and her black ewe lamb. The lamb was killed by a cougar while they were next door clearing the garden. So we don't loan out our animals anymore!
Precious is a moorit/brown Shetland ewe.
The rest are Icelandic lambs from May this year.
Gus is the ram who was bit by a wolf last night. He's doing great with the Melaleuca and Frankincense treatment.
Cricket is black ewe(hiding in the house)
Duchess is a badger face ewe.
I'll get better pictures when they're less stressed out!
~Hen 4316~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana.
Starting a family and raising up a small ranch using natural resources.
www.mydoterra.com/thurman |
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
1510 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2012 : 6:47:46 PM
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How Adorable! Sorry to hear about their encounters with wildlife. I hope Gus feels better soon!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
http://blueskyanddaisies.blogspot.com
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2012 : 8:44:28 PM
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They are amazing!
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farmgirl sister #922
I am trying to be the person my dogs think I am.
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2012 : 8:53:03 PM
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I'm really excited to make felted soaps all sourced on the ranch :)
~Hen 4316~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana.
Starting a family and raising up a small ranch using natural resources.
www.mydoterra.com/thurman |
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Emily Anna
True Blue Farmgirl
863 Posts
Emily
Fort Atkinson
WI
USA
863 Posts |
Posted - Oct 31 2012 : 11:48:00 PM
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They are beautiful! Thank you for taking a picture and sharing it with us! So sorry about Precious's lamb and again, so glad Gus is ok. He is a handsome boy!
Emily |
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
1291 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
1291 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2012 : 02:02:51 AM
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They are so sweet ... I love my Shetlands ...
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
www.whitesheepfarm.com |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Nov 01 2012 : 07:51:42 AM
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They are so cute. But that Shetland is adorable. I would like a few Shetland here but can't seem to find any. I have some Finn and Katahdin-Dorper. Sorry about your Gus. He seems to be doing much better. Has it bothered his eating being bitten on the mouth like that?
Kris
Happiness is simple.
www.kris-outbackfarm.blogspot.com |
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2012 : 10:05:43 AM
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Thanks everyone, we love the sheep. They are so easy-going and simple compared to the goats we had! I always heard that sheep were 'dumb' but these ones sure don't seem to be. The goats were only smart enough to get themselves into trouble!
Teri- Precious was a bottle baby, named by the little girl who raised her. She is the sweetest (and noisiest) sheep we have. I have noticed that the Icelandic wool doesn't pick up and hold onto 'junk' (hay, burs, weeds, dirt, etc.) like the Shetland wool does. Is there a trick to help the Shetlands stay cleaner? I notice the difference in texture when I pet them, so maybe it just is what it is?
Kris- no, he eats like normal, thank goodness! He had a bit of a hematoma subcutaneously from the puncture forward towards his nose that I drained for him. It hasn't filled back up. I was rather impressed by the sheer volume of blood he shed. He is the biggest of the three, and I'm very glad for that! His clotting factors work excellently, and I'm happy with how he's healing :) By looking at him today, you have to know that he was injured to know anything is off. The flock is coming down off their high alert now, and I'm going to get them some grain treats when I hit the feed store today :)
~Hen 4316~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana.
Starting a family and raising up a small ranch using natural resources.
www.mydoterra.com/thurman |
Edited by - YakLady on Nov 01 2012 10:07:07 AM |
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
1291 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
1291 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2012 : 4:02:17 PM
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Natalie,
I just really keep at my pastures ... hubby says I'm crazy out there digging and pulling any weed out!
Also if you use a comb and hackle on their fleece it really works much better than hand cards or a drum carder ...
Kris,
If you want Shelands ... let me know, we can work something out. I have a beautiful ram lamb right now, he is soooooo cute!
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
www.whitesheepfarm.com |
Edited by - kysheeplady on Nov 02 2012 02:26:26 AM |
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2012 : 6:22:24 PM
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Thanks Teri- Where does one get all the tools to process fleeces?
I think we're good for now. Originally, we were just going to keep two ewes and pay for them to be bred, but we lost the lamb, and Precious needed some friends soooo the Icelandics joined the family. I like both breeds, but I don't know if I want to keep two flocks, if that makes sense? Precious is dog-sweet, and has papers, so depending on how big Gus gets, she may need a new home. Don't want her getting hurt by a big boy!
~Hen 4316~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana.
Starting a family and raising up a small ranch using natural resources.
www.mydoterra.com/thurman |
Edited by - YakLady on Nov 01 2012 6:23:55 PM |
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
1291 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
1291 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2012 : 02:28:07 AM
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Natalie,
it depends on what you want to do with your fleece ... Do you spin? I will em you later.
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
www.whitesheepfarm.com |
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
3331 Posts |
Posted - Nov 02 2012 : 04:40:35 AM
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My goodness that must have been scary. He really does look ok though. And cricket seems a bit shy. But, how cute they are together.
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KatTylee
True Blue Farmgirl
230 Posts
Katrina
Mitchell
Nebraska
USA
230 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2012 : 6:46:15 PM
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Hi Natalie,
Now I see a farmgirl from Western MT. I just moved away from there. Dang! Bummer about your guy getting boogered by the wolf. Even knowing where he got nailed you can't tell in this picture. Glad it looks like he'll be okay. Cute sheep though. Someday soon I hope to have my own place and since I spin I wouldn't mind getting a couple. We shall see what I end up with though. Enjoy yours.
~"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
— Oscar Wilde~
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2012 : 8:03:17 PM
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Aw, stinks that you moved! Thanks :) I like them a lot, and yes, Gus is looking good!
~Hen 4316~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana.
Starting a family and raising up a small ranch using natural resources.
www.mydoterra.com/thurman |
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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
1096 Posts
Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
1096 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2012 : 06:26:35 AM
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Beautiful sheep Natalie. I admire you for the work you are doing with them. That is a lot of time and planning you are putting into them and it shows. I wanted to ask what is felted soap? Also I know very little about sheep but we used to show our dairy goats and after we would bathe them we would put old t shirts on them to keep them clean for show. I know that you are looking for a way to keep some of your sheep cleaner and it would mean all the time instead of just for 1 night till show time, but just something I wanted to share in case you can use it. I wonder though if it would put them in danger of getting tangled up and strangled too. But you would know more than I.
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2012 : 07:03:57 AM
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Marianne, Cricket is shy, but that's because she wasn't messed with much at her old home. So I don't hold it against her. I got them all some sheep grain, so they'll be coming around shortly :)
Thanks Laura! Well, the Icelandics get just as messy as Precious, BUT they don't seem to have anything actually stick to their fleece long-term... I much prefer their wool after observing them for a while! I'm not out there combing them out or anything, too busy for that. They are all doing great in the new pen. and since they're sharing fence line with the yaks, nothing is bothering them now :)
~Hen 4316~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana.
Starting a family and raising up a small ranch using natural resources.
www.mydoterra.com/thurman |
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ClaireSky
True Blue Farmgirl
1792 Posts
Julie
Arcadia
WI
USA
1792 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2012 : 09:43:38 AM
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Hi Natalie,
I am sorry to hear that you lost one to a cougar. But, your Duchess is soo cute! I love the markings on her face. I, too, was wondering what felted soap was....
Julie
Farmgirl #399
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Edited by - ClaireSky on Nov 10 2012 4:19:14 PM |
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2012 : 4:17:07 PM
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Felted soap is a normal bar of soap over which you lay roving and felt it, so it's like a wash cloth around the soap and you can use that in the shower instead of getting a mildew-y wash cloth. The wool discouraged mildew naturally :) And it's exfoliating!
I'll have to do a give away when I start making them!
Duchess is a badger face :) She's very pretty (and a little prissy, thus the name!)
~Hen 4316~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana.
Starting a family and raising up a small ranch using natural resources.
www.mydoterra.com/thurman |
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ClaireSky
True Blue Farmgirl
1792 Posts
Julie
Arcadia
WI
USA
1792 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2012 : 4:20:49 PM
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Natalie, I would really like to buy some of your soap when you get it made.
Julie
Farmgirl #399
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. |
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YakLady
True Blue Farmgirl
652 Posts
Natalie
Montana
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2012 : 8:09:56 PM
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Aw :) Thanks Julie!
~Hen 4316~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana.
Starting a family and raising up a small ranch using natural resources.
www.mydoterra.com/thurman |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Nov 10 2012 : 9:37:50 PM
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Natalie, your sheep are precious. I had never heard of felted soap. Sounds good to me.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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