"Inky," my grade black ewe (3 June 1989 -- 2 August 2003), with her 1995 twin ewe lambs and a bunch of freeloaders -- and here she is right after being shorn
Inky as an old lady in 2002
Photo courtesy of Anita Banta
"Delilah," (3/6/93 to 3/22/02) a Scottish Blackface ewe and her 1995
grade ram lamb twins
Here's Delilah's replacement, "Emma" (11 May 2002 to 9 June 2008)
And here she is hanging out with Inky
Two shots of "Dodge," the Suffolk-type ram I bred the girls to in 2002.
Inky's replacement was "Cordelia" (2/14/04 to 11/25/07), a Black Corriedale
Here she is napping and thinking about having a scratch
"Emma," with her '06 twin ewe lambs, fathered by a Cotswold ram
Here's Cordy with her '06 twin lambs "Tall Boy" and "Blackie" (same father as Emma's lambs) at one hour and several months later -- some kids never grow up!
Cordy and Emma meeting "Bowler," the Cotswold ram they're being bred to for their '07 lambs
Cordelia's 07 triplets just after their birth, with Emma looking on
Emma and Cordy's replacements, my new Icelandic sheep -- "Blue" (born April 2004) and her daughter "Lucinda" (born April 10, 2008)
Shearing day for Blue and Lucinda
Their friend "Lubella," the miniature horse that they winter over with
My flock in 2013
"Hay! Where's my carrot?"
Links:
Books:
Storey's Barn Guide to Sheep edited by Deborah Burns, Sarah Guare & Dale Perkins, 2006, 93 pp., Storey Publishing, ISBN: 1-58017-849-5.Hang this on the barn wall (it's spiral-bound and made to be hung) -- very basic info, clearly illustrated, on everything from basic care thru lambing and castration.
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