Lamb's Wool

Yesterday, my shearer, Jenny, came out and we took the woolly coats from 5 lambs. Two Shetlands, Sam the Ram, and two whethers that are 3/4 blueface and 1/4 coop. Talk about BEAUTIFUL wool!!!

Sam the Ram......look at that luster!

I have since re-evaluated my breeding program for this year because the fleeces of the 'sons of Hoosier' were about as good as it gets at Rocking Dog Ranch.  So next week....I will begin the process of flushing and picking the ewes to be breed to Hoosier.  Sam is going in with the Shetland ewes.  And Imur the hair ram will have 8 or so girls to call his own.  I am also trying to synchronise my breeding this year......trying to get lambing done in a couple of weeks instead of the never ending lambing season of 2010!

So have you seen the scores from Meeker.....woozier!  So many things play into a good run: the difficulty of the sheep, the terrain, the course time.....certainly makes Meeker one to measure a good team by!  Best of luck to those who run today....and for those who make the semi-finals tomorrow.  Those in charge are doing a splendid job of keeping the scores updated....check it out here

MEEKER SHEEPDOG TRIAL

Seize the Day!