tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59412785467693866742024-03-13T08:10:17.540-07:00Psalm23FarmThe Lord's my shepherd I'll not want.He makes me down to lie in pastures green : he leadeth me the quite waters by. My soul he doth restore again; and me to walk doth make within the paths of righteousness, even for his own names sake...Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586123852648939448noreply@blogger.comBlogger270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941278546769386674.post-85020562074215047982016-06-04T14:01:00.001-07:002016-06-04T14:01:52.358-07:00Livestock SalesI have 14 registered Shetland ewes left.... so I updated and deleted the sold ones.<br />
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I may have a few crossbred ewes for sale and will have crossbred ewe lambs. This year the crosses are out of two rams:<br />
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A moorit Bond X Corriedale with a fine, crimpy fleece. Sorry no moorit ewes! (One wether has an amazing moorit fleece......)<br />
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A white (throws colors) BFL/Teeswater/Wenslydale with a long, silky and locky fleece. Oh, there are also two ram lambs out of this boy.<br />
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I am offering all of my NASSA registered Shetland sheep for sale. Half of my Shetlands are now spoken for. $50 less if you don't want the registration papers. 10% discount for large groups. Starter flocks available.</div>
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In Dec. I took a machine shearing class in Brookings, SD. I also took a class in Sep. in Augusta, WI from David Kier. Both classes were really good and I learned a lot!</div>
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Machine Shearing! :<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFzJhg9WTc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFzJhg9WTc</a></div>
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Here, I am doing a blade shearing demo: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ZF5TvwXeI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ZF5TvwXeI</a></div>
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I left a day early for South Dakota and had a day for tourist stuff. Enjoy!</div>
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One of several huge piles of corn<br />
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, DeSmet:<br />
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DeSmet town school (It had been converted into a house and then back to the school, that is what the wall paper is.) These were the only inside pictures I was allowed to take.<br />
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The surveyor's house<br />
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Pa's grave. His is the only original gravestone. Note the mason sign. I had not realized he was in the masons.<br />
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All that is left of Silver Lake, a marshy low spot that has water in the winter, but is dry in the summer.<br />
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An old wood stove chick brooder<br />
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A sheep tread mill for belt powered washing machines, butter churners, etc.<br />
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The box drove away. I think the human might control the box as the human gets in the noise machine (truck) that seems joined onto the box.<br />
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The box came back! I and all my friends came running to see who is going to come out of the box. I stood by the door baaing as I could hear my lamb. My lamb came running and got a nice drink from me. Boy my lamb is getting big! He is almost as tall as I am! I can hardly smell his tail (to make sure it really is him not some sneaky lamb trying to steal my milk.)<br />
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The box kept coming and going and each time it came more friends or family were coming out! So each time it came we all had to come running and circle round it until the new mob came rushing out. Then we were all here and the box didn't come back. The noise machine did as the human needed to give us water. The noise machine makes water (from a tank), that must be magic too. We always come running when the noise machine get here as our human comes out. We like our human. She I think our human is a she her baa, is it called a baa?, isn't very deep. She is reassuring to me and my friends and sometime gets us new tasty food! So we always come, cause you never know when the new food will be available.<br />
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I was in southern IN last week and was reminded that spring does exist! BUT I had to leave it behind, so I captured some of spring. Hopefully spring finds those of us who are still under old man winter's thumb. Enjoy!<br />
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All of these sheep that are for sale are really nice. I culled heavily last year. I am keeping sisters, half-sisters, half-brothers or dam's to all of them. Some I could not decide who to keep SO YOU get the choice on a few!!! All are registered with NASSA, except the rams, who will be when I send in the papers. Sheep that are for sure for sale are:<br />
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5 year old ewes:<br />
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PS23 Forsythia-light grey, fine fleece. Great milky mother. F2 Greyling/Skeld<br />
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PS23 Fiona-sheala fine fleece. <br />
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PS23 Flourance- white, super silky fleece. <br />
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PS23 Glitter-white, locky fleece.<br />
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PS23 Gloxinia-dk musket, almost moorit-seasonal fader silky fleece.<br />
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PS23 Gladys-white (grey katmoget recessively) , may carry spots.<br />
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PS23 Gem-black gulmoget, silky fleece<br />
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PS23 Heather-grey katmoget, fine fleece. OR her daughter out of PS23 Fife. Buyers choice.<br />
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PS23 Hydrangea silky, fine fleece Sabbath Farm Swan X Skeld (AI) OR her white yearling out of PS23 Fife. Both are white, both are nice. Buyers choice. <br />
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PS23 Hyacinth-grey katmoget, dark patches, fine fleece. <br />
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PS23 Hadassah-moorit horned ewe. Fine-super fine fleece. Her daughter that I'm keeping is also horned. <br />
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PS23 Hummingbird-dk sheala, fine fleece (fleece won Best of Show)<br />
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PS23 Honeydew- fawn katmoget, silky fleece.<br />
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PS23 Hollyhocks-fawn, silky fleece. Threw a moiget ewe lamb and a spotted mioget ram.<br />
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PS23 Isadora white (moorit recessively)<br />
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PS23 Isabelle-lt. grey, super fluffy fine fleece. Threw a spotted lamb.<br />
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PS23 Iris-lt grey, silky fleece. OR her dam PS23 Goldenrod-musket, silky fleece<br />
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PS23 Ingrid- grey, seasonal fader. Silky fleece.<br />
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Moorit yearling- fine/ very fine. Horned. PS23 Forsythia X PS23 Fife<br />
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Black- yearling- fine/very fine. Horned-out of a horned ewe.<br />
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Too early to tell, but right now it looks like I will have a couple black (some look like super fines) ewe lambs and a couple whites. I will have to check the ram lambs to see what I have.<br />
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Lambing has gone well so far. 89 lambs born, 8-9 ewes left to lamb (one may be open or VERY late, like June or July late.) </div>
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Triplets! This year I have had three sets of triplets, all are white crossbreds.</div>
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Katmoget/badgerface ewe and lamb (both lambs are crossbred)<br />
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Nice big black crossbred lambs. One was 14.5# at birth!!<br />
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Sleepy crossbred lambLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586123852648939448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941278546769386674.post-62969051628026631822013-12-30T14:47:00.002-08:002013-12-30T14:49:26.607-08:00Vest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This yellow vest is made from 60% Shetland X Merino wool, 30% mohair and 10% silk threads. All from my flock, except the silk! </div>
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My poor Craigrothie had to be put down. Craigrothie was a special pet. I have had many sheep (um well, over several hundred, last year I peaked at about 230ish sheep/goats) most are just sheep. Craigrothie was special. He was one of a set of first AI twins from UK semen and he was white, all my other sheep up until he was born were colored. Craigrothie was named after Craigrothie, Scotland.<br />
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He was a tame and friendly boy. He loved his scratches and would come running over to be petted.<br />
He was a peacemaker in ram pen, not aggressive ever. Craigrothie also attacked a dog once. My brother came home with an adult male black lab and every day Craigrothie tried to get out until he succeeded. He butted the poor dog several times and "won", I caught <br />
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him and put him back (that dog was rehomed with a very nice lady who had dogs.) He was protecting "his" flock. Most sheep are scared of dogs and will run away. (It was summertime and I run my ewes and rams together as they don't breed in mid-summer.) <br />
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Craigrothie was an excellent jumper, yeah, he got to stay because he was my pet. He was a pest at breeding. BUT he NEVER smashed a fence. <br />
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Craigrothie had a very nice fleece and his lamb fleece won a Champion under Martin Dally at the WI Sheep and Wool Festival. I kept his last fleece from spring and am going to spin it . :) A couple of his daughters live on in my flock, but they are just sheep. There will never be another Craigrothie.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586123852648939448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941278546769386674.post-52473209577676138262013-09-26T19:34:00.002-07:002013-09-26T19:42:12.074-07:00Sheared Goats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The contest was at the Genesee County Fair near Flint, MI. There were 12 professional machine shearers, 2 beginner machine shearers, and 5 who entered in the blade shearing (3 of whom are professional machine shearers.) There are not enough blade shearers to have more than one division. I was competing against Kevin Ford, shearer of more than 30 years; Doug Rathke; Sy Caryl; and Alex Moser. All of these guys have been shearing for way longer than me! <br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">I placed fourth out of five. Doug Rathke placed first; Kevin Ford, second (by 4 points)<a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000634014325&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/sy.caryl?directed_target_id=0"></a>; Sy Caryl, third; </span><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Alex Moser was fifth. (I believe was also on the US team for the World shearing competitions last year) placed first in the professional machine shearing division and would have done better with better blades (the ones he had were some that<span class="text_exposed_show"> were given to him and were dull), he was the fastest! We are judged on quality and time. The judges have a clicker and click for any second cuts, and flesh cuts, and tags left on. I was second for quality in the first heat. Kevin was 33 and I 39 for quality in the fist heat. I was the slowest though. I didn't do as well in the second heat as I got really nervous and cut a few (minor nicks.) Overall I am happy with how I did. There was also prize money which helped pay for the trip and everyone who entered got a free shearing singlet, I didn't take one as I could have worn it for a dress! They had X large and XX large only!</span></span></div>
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This was my list of breeds that I had sheared from spring:<br />
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Now my list includes Rambouillet, CVM Romaldale, Teeswater, BFLs, Suffolk X Hampshire (big heavy sheep), Cotswold, Romney, Tunis, Suffolk (that was an amazing job! I got up to 3 1/2 sheep an hour and they sheared beautifully), East Friesian (dairy sheep.)Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586123852648939448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941278546769386674.post-71935933941140534082013-07-16T16:30:00.001-07:002013-07-16T16:48:00.452-07:00Sheep and Goats on Holiday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Looking down from the road to the pasture where the sheep/goats are. Andy, the guy I'm renting this from had the land divided into three pastures for beef cows. He wants to get beef cows again, but hasn't used the land for 10 years. So I can graze it for, at least this year. <br />
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No sheep! They are all up and over the hill.<br />
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The bottle babies still stick together and come running to me!<br />
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Snooze time. (Crossbred lamb.)<br />
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Coopworth crossing sire looking good, er a bit fat. He is the only fat sheep I have, but what can I do!<br />
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And something new and improved, a water tank! I used to use 5 gallon pails, but they would not work going down a hill so my sheep kindly bought me a present! I like this and am going to be glad to use it on our land too where a hose is hard to reach.<br />
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I have added a few more Shetland ewes to my sales list. Fleeces range from super fine single coats to a couple more double coated girls. All have lambed (except the yearling.) They are all good mothers. Some roo. <a href="http://psalm23farm.blogspot.com/p/shetland-sheep-for-sale.html">http://psalm23farm.blogspot.com/p/shetland-sheep-for-sale.html</a><br />
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Moorit-super fine fleece out of PS23 Irene and PS23 Huckleberry, F1 Drum Black. Both parents rooed. Single out of a yearling ewe. $300<br />
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White- super silky and fine fleece out of PS23 Hope and PS23 Fife. Twin out of a first time lambing 2 year old. $250<br />
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White- silky and fine fleece out of PS23 Glitter and Sommarang Gilroy $250<br />
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Grey Katmoget, very soft and fine (full sister from last year rooed), twin. Out of PS23 Funzie, F1 Jings and Sommarang Gilroy $300<br />
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Half poll/scurred black (may carry spots) twin out of PS23 Goldenrod, F2 Orion and Sommarang Gilroy . Super soft fleece. $275<br />
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White- Crimpy fine fleece (may carry spots) twin out of PS23 Grettle, F2 Jings and Sommarang Gilroy. $250<br />
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I also am going to be selling a few crossbred ewes. I have two BFL X Shetland ewes, one is a grey katmoget and the other "English Blue" or charcoal. I have white Corriedale X Shetland, Shetland X Merino and Coopworth X Shetland ewes. I am not particular as to who gets sold vs. kept so you can choose. All types of fleeces (these girl's fleeces have won prizes at fleece shows including Champion, Reserve Champion and a Best of Show) sell for me and they are all good milky mothers or they are sold for slaughter only. I bred the crossbred ewes to an Ile De France X Dorset ram and the lambs are growing fantastically well.<br />
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If you are looking for crossbred ewe lambs I have plenty of white Coopworth X Shetland ewe lambs and also one black Corriedale/Coopworth/Shetland (very nice fleece on her!) $150-175 each. Group discount available depending on how many you take.<br />
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Here are some picture of some of the crossbred girls with their Ile De France X Dorset sired lambs. The ewes will do well under a variety of rams. They could be bred to a Coopworth, Romney, BFL, CVM or Corriedale ram for more commercial ewes with great fleeces or put to a terminal sire for market lambs.<br />
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First place on a white Coopworth X Shetland, "Henrietta".<br />
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Second clip kid, "Indonesia"/ #613 won first place. (I never showed a mohair fleece before, their aren't too many shows for mohair.)<br />
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A silver Corriedale X Shetland lamb fleece, "Iola".<br />
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I won a first place with a white Corriedale X Shetland/BFL, "Hava". (Hava should also win a prize for having the biggest lamb. He was 15.5# at birth and is close to 80# now!)<br />
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I won a second place with a 3/4 Coopworth X 1/4 Shetland lamb, "Idalia"<br />
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586123852648939448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941278546769386674.post-18673469574169058882013-05-15T16:31:00.001-07:002013-05-15T16:31:34.709-07:00Shetland Ewes For SaleI have made a list <a href="http://psalm23farm.blogspot.com/p/shetland-sheep-for-sale.html">http://psalm23farm.blogspot.com/p/shetland-sheep-for-sale.html</a> of Shetland ewes that are for sale. I am selling them because I have their sister, mother or daughter and am cutting back on my flock. I am wanting to reduce the burden on my pastures, barn and want more time to shear sheep! My dream is to go to NZ for a level 2 shearing class some day.<br />
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I will also be offering PS23 Craigrothie, F1 Skeld (threw a couple polled boys) in Nov/Dec. after I use him. He is super friendly and not aggressive. He has a soft, silky, crimpy fleece that is around 26 microns (I can look it up if anyone wants to know.) Good tail. <br />
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I also am going to sell 8-12 crossbred ewes. They are all good mothers and have excellent handspinner fleeces. If you are looking for a certain cross ask. <br />
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586123852648939448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941278546769386674.post-13516411695865226442013-05-11T07:09:00.003-07:002013-05-15T16:48:50.832-07:00Wow! Some people have too much time on their hands!I just deleted around 40 or 50 spam comments on my blog. I noticed a couple comments that did not make sense. One was on a post of lamb pictures and was talking about brussles and a video (no video on that post.) Some were in broken English. So.... now I have set my comments to moderate.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586123852648939448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941278546769386674.post-23949951671953371972013-05-09T06:05:00.002-07:002013-05-09T06:07:05.593-07:00Shearing This post is all about shearing! My little sister can't understand why anyone would want to get all dirty and greasy and sweaty and wrestle sheep. The reason... it is addicting! There is something almost magical about taking a full fleeced ewe, tipping her over and doing a sort of dance pattern around her while gliding the blades through her wool and watching the wool roll off. Then all of a sudden she is a new sheep!<br />
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Before taking the class from Tony Dobbs I was at a point of not wanting to shear all of my sheep anymore. My blades were so dull I had to chop at the wool and I did not know the pattern. I was taking forever to shear a sheep. (I tried the machine shearing pattern and it felt really awkward, that is because the blade shearing pattern is different.) I took the class because even if I hired a shearer I would still have to shear some of my sheep, since Shetlands are not all ready at once and I don't want to wait until May to do my crosses or goats and a shearer would not want to come 4-6 times a year! (I could not find anyone who could sharpen blades and I tried out about 6 different people! I could not afford to buy new blades for every 15 or so sheep.) So back to the class...<br />
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I took the class and learned how to sharpen blades so they are razor sharp and can gleefully slice the wool. The pattern is great, it makes total sense once it is learned, I thought, "Aha, wow, this is great, it just keeps flowing." The shearing pattern is to have the sheep's weight on your legs, not your back. The pattern is also the most efficient way to shear. <br />
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In New Zealand the shearing schools have 4 levels. http://www.tectra.co.nz/ Someday it would be cool to take the next level in NZ and shear in sheds there. It would also be cool to shear in Scotland if I get good enough to travel for pay. Even if I don't get good enough (fast/strong enough) I still want to shear my flock and several small flocks!<br />
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They say that it take a shearer 8-10 years of full-time shearing to become highly proficient, so I have a lot of practicing to do!<br />
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Yes, shearing is very physically demanding. They say if one shears for 8 hours it is like running two back to back marathons. I am working on getting stronger. I'm doing sit-ups, push-ups, hamstring/leg exercises and working on getting my left arm stronger. (Instead of routinely carrying things with my right arm, I'll switch to using my left.) My left arm is not my dominant arm and is used a lot during shearing.<br />
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The second day of shearing all day in a row I felt awful. Every muscle hurt (even my feet) and I felt sick. David Kier, a professional machine shearer said the pain is why most learners quit shearing. He said that once one shears in under 4 min. the pain goes away. Yeah, he still hurts after a hard day, but not the awful burning pain of learning. Right now I am shearing sheep about 2 days a week and I think I'm getting a bit stronger. (Here is an article by David, <a href="http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/50501692.html">http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/50501692.html</a>. David is one of the best shearers in WI and is very knowledgeable in wool and general sheep knowledge.)<br />
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My goal in taking the class was just to shear my own sheep a little faster with better blades. Now I am shearing for others and I really like it. It is nice to drive through the country to a spot I've never been and meet new people and shear their sheep. It is a good feeling to see a pen of freshly sheared sheep.<br />
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So far I've gotten to shear some Horned Dorsets, an English Leicester, a hair sheep cross, Babydoll Southdown, Coopworth, Shetland, Angora goats, Corriedale, an Ile De France X Dorset, Polypay X Dorset, Wenslydale, Polypay, all my crossbred girls (Shetland crossed with Corriedale, Coopworth and/or BFL) and some unknown breed crosses. Each sheep breed is slightly different to shear, some are easier than others. So far I think the Polypays and their crosses are the easiest. <br />
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I will leave you with a video of a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J317vAKFxiQ">blade shearing shed</a>. <br />
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<br />Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586123852648939448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941278546769386674.post-5951956429922540012013-04-07T12:23:00.002-07:002013-04-07T12:23:19.866-07:002013 Lambs<b>116 Lambs on the ground. Here goes for the list. </b><br />
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<b>Sommarang Gilroy-</b>black, fine fleeced, horned and spotted. I'm hoping his groups throws lots of spots and fine fleeces. <br />
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Early Spring-mioget (carrys spots.)<strong> Lambs:</strong> black ewe, black krunet (white spot on head) ewe <br />
Elm-lt. grey (carrys spots)<strong> Lambs:</strong> black ram, black ewe<br />
Ferndale-sheala F1 Gordon <strong>Lambs:-</strong>2 black ewes<br />
Glitter-white <strong>Lambs: </strong>white ram, white ewe<br />
Gardenia-grey gulmoget/katomget F2 Dillon <strong>Lambs:</strong> black gulmoget ewe, grey katmoget ewe<br />
Goldenred-moiget/musket F2 Orion <strong>Lambs:</strong> black ram, black ewe<br />
Grettle-white F2 Jings <strong>Lambs:</strong> 2 white rams<br />
Gladys-white F2 Jings <strong>Lamb:</strong> white ram<br />
Hollyhocks-moorit (carrys spots) F2 Jericho <strong>Lambs:</strong> black yuglet, 3 white socks lamb (spots!) ewe, moorit ram<br />
Honeydew-fawn katmoget (may carry spots) F2 Jericho <strong>Lambs</strong>: grey katmoget ram, black ram<br />
Sheepy Hollow Sienna-moorit horned ewe <strong>Lambs:</strong> moorit ewe, black ram<br />
UnderTheSon Jelly Drop-emsket <strong>Lambs:</strong> 2 black ewes<br />
Funzie-grey katmoget, horned ewe F1 Jings <strong>Lambs:</strong> black ram, grey katmoget ram<br />
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<b>PS23 Fife</b>-moorit, F1 Orion fine fleece and fully horned out of a horned ewe. Long and deep bodied.<br />
Flourance-white F2 Skeld <strong>Lambs:</strong> white ram, moorit ram<br />
Fairlie-fawn F1 Orion. This is a linebreeding, hpoing he make the lambs crimpier and she makes them silkier as she is not very crimpy, but very silky. <strong>Lambs</strong>: moorit ram, moorit ewe<br />
Gloria-white F2 Jings <strong>Lamb:</strong> golden musket ram<br />
Hyacinth-grey katmoget F2 Jericho <strong>Lamb:</strong> moorit ram<br />
Heather-grey katmoget F2 Jericho<strong> Lambs:</strong> black ewe, dk. grey katmoget ewe<br />
Hope-white F2 Jings <strong>Lambs:</strong> white ewe, moorit ram<br />
Hummingbird-black F2 Jericho <strong>Lambs:</strong> black ewe, black ram<br />
Hydrangea-white F1 Skeld <strong>Lambs: </strong>white ewe, (black ram-died)<br />
Forsythia-lt grey F2 Greyling <strong>Lambs:</strong> musket ram, black ewe<br />
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<b>PS23 Hector</b>-white F1 Jings super fine fleece. Fine boned and small-my smallest ram, refined. (Not undersized, just by comparison to my other rams.) I was actually going to use Fairlight my other F1 Jings who is much more meaty and a flock book type, but decided to use him at the last minute instead.<br />
Under The Son Aran-sheala <strong>Lambs:</strong> black ewe, black ewe with small white spot on head<br />
Under The Son Hopi-sheala/dk brown horned ewe F2 Skeld <strong>Lambs:</strong> black ram, white ewe<br />
Hadassah-moorit horned ewe F2 Orion <strong>Lamb:</strong> moorit ewe<br />
Harmony-fawn katmoget, horned ewe F2 Orion <strong>Lambs:</strong> black ram, (white ewe-died)<br />
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Gilroy's lambs: 12 rams, 13 ewes<br />
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Fife's lambs: 8 rams, 6 ewes<br />
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Hector's lambs: 2 rams, 5 ewes <br />
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All Shetlands together: 22 rams, 24 ewes<br />
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Coopworth X Shetland Lambs: All whites 12 rams, 16 ewes out of 15 ewes<br />
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IleDeFrance/Dorset sired Lambs: All whites 22 rams, 16 ewes out of 22 ewes <br />
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2 girls cycled around and will be late-one of the IleDeFrance's and one of Gilroy's-Eastwind a spotted emsket. Just when I thought what nice spotted lambs they would have. Oh well. I have 9 does due to kid starting today. Then I will be done!<br />
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I should have several purebred ewe lambs for sale as well as a few purebred Shetland ram lambs. I also will have white Coopworth X Shetland ewes for sale. The Coopworth X Shetland have very nice silky and shiny fleeces and a med. sized ewe that is a great commercial ewe with a nice handspining quality fleece . <br />
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<strong></strong>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586123852648939448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941278546769386674.post-30549808064825345842013-04-06T06:53:00.002-07:002013-04-06T06:53:24.529-07:00LambingI have over 110 lambs and down to four more ewes to lamb and nine does to kid. I have a bunch of pictures, but can't get them on the computer right now (it has been updated and does not want to upload any pictures.) <br />
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I found this picture of a Finn ewe with seven lambs. ( <a href="http://www.kitsapsun.com/photos/2012/apr/13/288959/#axzz2PgqWXIuK">http://www.kitsapsun.com/photos/2012/apr/13/288959/#axzz2PgqWXIuK</a> )<br />
I'm sure glad mine don't have 7 each or I'd have over 450 lambs!!!!<br />
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<img alt="'Trina,' a 3-year-old Finnsheep, stands with her unusually large brood of seven 2-1/2 week-old lambs in a field at the home of their owner Colleen Peck , Thursday, April 12, 2012, in Snoqualmie, Wash. Finnsheep, a breed of domestic sheep known for multiple births, commonly give birth to up to five lambs. The healthy septuplets, including four boys and three girls, are fed both by their mother and a supplemental formula hand fed by Peck. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" id="media" src="http://media.kitsapsun.com/media/img/photos/2012/04/13/media_da8dd0b458644defa9b940ff0db0e69e_t607.jpg" width="607" /><br />
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586123852648939448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941278546769386674.post-57297051755128521342013-03-23T07:06:00.001-07:002013-03-23T07:08:43.669-07:00Ducks On The PondI have started lambing in full swing, up to over 40 babies. I need to get some pictures up. <br />
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In the mean time I found this video of an all women shearing team who donated a day's shearing for cancer research. They are great! I love the pink shearing singlets too. :)<br />
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Before: Pen full of crossbred girls. (28 in all)</div>
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After: Happy bald sheep! They all ate their dinners and settled down to ruminate. As you can see they are quite pregnant, 1 week off from lambing.<br />
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I was going to wait until after lambing for these girls, but changed my mind for several reasons. 1. less barn space needed 2. It is easier to shear before lambing on non-primitive sheep 3. I wanted to practice more!<br />
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It took me two days to do them. The first day I did 12, and had to stop early as a neighbor was coming to clean out the barn. The second day I did the rest, 16. I am slower than I hoped to be, but definitely faster than shearing with the sheep standing up, and these girls were hard as they have such big bellies. This brings my tally to 39 sheep since the class and I did about 12 there. Someday I'll be faster!<br />
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Shetland girls in the rain. I rarely have my Shetlands and the crosses in two groups. It's kind of nice to see them as two groups. They have all been crutched (back ends and lower bellies sheared) so they don't get as messy, and so the lambs can find the milk bar easier. They will be sheared after lambing, in April/May depending on when they get the rise.<br />
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Everyone has been vaccinated and dewormed, I just need to buy some hog panels for lambing jugs (I foolishly let the ones I had get frozen in the deep snow/ice, well I need more anyways.) I also need to rearrange a few animals to free up the new sheds I built for lambing.) Then let the <strike>good times </strike> sleepless times roll!<br />
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Well, I'm finally getting around to getting the post on Zeilinger up. I got to visit Zeilingers when I did the shearing class, we got to go there for a tour. Winter set in and I'm just milking cows, feeding sheep, doing some exercises (to get in better shape for shearing), washing wool and dyeing wool. I also have been spinning occasionally.<br />
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Note: Kristen Rosser took some of these pictures as well as myself. Some I'm not sure who took. She took the pictures of the lake and the town.<br />
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The dehairing machine. It works by humidity and blowing air. The coarser fiber fall to the bottom and the fine stuff makes it to the end. I asked the guy who was running the machine (it had Pygora) how much loss there was. I was shocked that the Pygora LOOSES 75%, alpaca and llama are not nearly as bad. In my opinion, why raise a Pygora? One looses so much during processing and then it costs a lot to process. Angora goats can have amazingly fine fleeces and the only loss is grease. They are also easier to shear, I would think. (I've never shearer a Pygora, but did shear 2 Alpine/Angora crosses once.)<br />
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The coming machine. It runs carded roving through all the fine teeth and combs it removing all hay and noils. It is the machine that performs magic, in my opinion, turning icky hay filled neck wool into dream fiber.<br />
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Spinning frame<br />
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Carding machines<br />
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Bath tubs to wash wool in<br />
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Knitting machines-Z Wool does fantastic socks.<br />
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This was a cool picture of a halfway shorn Merino ewe that Z Wool had.<br />
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The shop<br />
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Frankenmouth<br />
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I don't know what lake this is, but it was pretty!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586123852648939448noreply@blogger.com2