Shetland sheep have changed my life and touched my heart. They have brought me joy, adventure and serenity. Follow along as I live each day influenced by memories of my mighty flock of mini sheep ~ aided and abetted by "Bellamica", the English Shepherd,"Sable", my livestock guardian dog and "Hero" the rescue dog that stole my heart! You'll also meet many of the homeless dogs that I rescue and rehome as part of Bluff Country Canine Rescue.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
TOUGH Decisions....
The lambs are growing so fast that the pictures I take one day are out dated the next!
This is my beatufiul Cassy ("Bluff Country Casino Royale") and her twin sister "Chance". I'm planning on keeping Chance but Cassy and her dam: Little Red Oak Serendipity are on my 2008 Breeding Stock For Sale List.
Sera is a beautiful yearling ewe that I purchased from Gail at Little Red Oak Farm, in Central Minnesota. I love her dearly and she is SO pretty ~ but I am serious about cutting back my numbers and keeping her daughter means that Sera will have to make some other Shepherd beautiful babies....
This incredibly handsome ram lamb is "Bluff Country White Night"
I'm thinking he just MIGHT carry spots.... ;-)
Night has a beautiful, twin sister that I plan on keeping. Which of course means that their beautiful dam, "Bluff Country Flash Flood", will have to move on. THAT'S going to be hard!
We're doing the same thing here, Nancy. When you have a small place, you really have to keep the numbers down. I will be keeping a few ewes, but most are for sale and two with ram lambs at side right now. It's so hard to make these decisions....now I know why people have big ranches. So you can keep 'em all!
I know what you mean about change. The twins already look a kit different than they did on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteLambs are still outstanding! Thanks for advice.
We're doing the same thing here, Nancy. When you have a small place, you really have to keep the numbers down. I will be keeping a few ewes, but most are for sale and two with ram lambs at side right now. It's so hard to make these decisions....now I know why people have big ranches. So you can keep 'em all!
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