Knee Deep in Sheep: The Holdout

Thursday, April 19, 2012

The Holdout

This is Alexandria, the last pregnant ewe I'm waiting for. Everyone else was done by the 14th.

Do you mind?? That's really unflattering.

Based on when the rams were removed from their breeding groups I know the last possible lambing date is the 24th. I would really - really - like her to hurry up and not take till the very last day.

I'll lamb when I'm good and ready, dearie. In the meantime if you want something to do you can go skirt some fleeces. Or something

Fair enough. I have plenty of that to do.

(But hurry up.)

1 comment:

SweetLand FarmApril 20, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Oh i hope she goes soon. looks so uncomfortable! Can't wait to see her lambs!
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At Nistock Farms we're Knee Deep in Sheep

I'm frequently reminded by my dear husband that when we got married in 1990 and I brought my little flock of fiber sheep to the family farm, they were supposed to be "just for me, you know, to spin with and be pets". Over the years circumstances changed, as circumstances do, and the flock has evolved to nearly 100 ewes and rams (not counting lambs), and taken over the big dairy barn. We work hard for them and they work hard for us. We have a widely varied handspinning flock including white, black and moorit crossbreds of Border Leicester, Romney, Finn, Rambouillet and CVM, and our wonderful purebred heritage breed, Cotswolds. We raise our own corn and oats, bale the hay and straw, cut mountains of firewood for the house and workshops, can and preserve, stretch fence, dig ditches, pour concrete, build stuff, plant crops, do plumbing, wiring, welding, and anything else that needs doing. We're born and bred Farmers. You never know what the heck is gonna happen...... If you'd like to see all the sheep and wool products available from the flock, take a look around our website. http://www.nistockfarms.com/