Psalm23Farm: Current Flock Sires

PS23 Craigrothie-F1 Skeld out of Holy Hills Onyx. Very silky and lustrous fleece with a nice bold crimp. He can sire moorit as well as "modified" colors (his dam was sheala.) Craigrothie has aberrant horns and can throw polled ram lambs. Born in 2006 Craigrothie will be used this fall on several girls.

PS23 Fairlight-F1 Jings out of Sabbath Farm Fonteyn. Very soft, crimpy fleece. Carries moorit and his lambs this year were great. Polled/scured. Born in 2009

PS23 Fife-F1 Orion out of Sheepy Hollow Sienna. Very, very fine and crimpy.Nice moorit color. Born in 2009

PS23 Huckleberry-F1 Ram (aka Black) out of Sabbath Farm Fonteyn. Nice crimp and good color to this boy's fleece. Born in 2011

PS23 Hector-F1 Jings out of PS23 Forsythia. Very fine and soft fleece and a tiny tail. Born in 2011

PS23 Ivan is out of Sommarang Gilroy and PS23 Dingdong. Very crimpy and soft fleece. He will most likly be used this comming fall for the first time. Born in May 2012

Everest-white teaser ram. He is used to synchronize the ewes before breeding. (His sire is Craigrothie-Everest is actually bigger than his sire.)

Ile De France X Dorset for a terminal sire (no coat) and Coopworth for a crossing sire to make commercial ewes

Windham-white color carrier 1 year old Australian style Corriedale for commercial ewes and market lambs.

Albee-AAGBA reg. 1 year old buck from OR. His fleece is very locky and shiny. His fleece is not as fine as Danburry's fleece, but has more shine and is a heavier fleece. I'm looking forward to using him this fall.

PS23 Henry is a white color carrier CAGBA buck out of GoatHill Caspian and Bleeting Heart Haven Belle. He has a nice shiny, locky fleece.

*Photo Soon

Lavendar Hill Nepal is a black CAGBA buck

Reference sires:

PS23 Fandango-F2 Greyling out of PS23 Crombie and WalnutRise Trevor. Grey katmoget , carries moorit. Nice crimpy, silky soft fleece. Very little britch wool.

SheltringPines Justinian (F1 Dillon) out of Lugthart Goldthread is a big ram and has a med. fine fleece. (He was sold and moved back to MI.) I have several of his daughters.

PS23 Drummond (F1 Brent out of Longshadow Amber) Drummond had a very long intermediate type fleece and lots of luster. I have two of his daughters and several grand daughters.

PS23 Campbell-F1 Jericho out of Longshadow Orphan Annie. He was a fawn katmoget and had a fine, soft, and crimpy with good staple length. I have several of his daughters and grand daughters and will have some 2011 lambs from him.

also used these rams, but don't have pictures of them:

WindyAcres Golden Eagle- (Red Ram Billy Joel X Windswept Squid ) was a mioget 100% Dailley ram with nice wide horns and a soft "intermediate" fleece. I have several of his fawn, mioget and emsket daughters two of witch are spotted as he carried spots. He was sold a couple years ago for breeding.

Lil'Country Damascus- F3 Dillon, F4 Holly/Greyling/Timothy (SheltrgPines Pompey Magnus X Justalit'l Twinkle) was a polled moorit with a soft silky single coat. I have one of his daughters (PS23 Ely Cathedral a fawn katmoget) and several grand daughters.

V Creek Prince Valiant-F3 Dillon, F4 Lightening/Greyling (V Creek Von Diesel X V Creek Joy) was a med. grey gulmoget with an "intermediate" fleece. I have one of his daughters (PS23 Evening Primrose a black gulmoget.)

MacEwen Lincoln-(Glennsdale Honor X MacEwen Kaylee) was a 100% Dailley lt. moorit with a blettet face. He had a double coated fleece and I have one of his granddaughters (PS23 Eastwind an emsket HST.)

Maplewood Licorice- (Smoke Ham Florian X Maplewood Espresso) was a black 100% Dailly ram with a double coat. His fleece was not the nicest, but he sired a dark brown ewe (PS23 Bethany) who had a much nicer fleece than his. I have a several of his granddaughters and great granddaughters out of Bethany.

Caspian-CAGBA reg. 4 year old buck. Faded red. his lock structure was a big corkscrew style. His kids have excellent shine and similar lock structure to his. I have two of his daughters and bred one doe to him this fall for 2011.

Danburry-AAGBA reg. buck. Very fine fleeced buck from TX. He also carries color as several of his kids this spring were faded red.

Rocky-AAGBA re. buck. Fine, locky fleeced buck from TX. I used him this fall (2012 and should get kids out of him this spring) Unfortunately he died this winter.

Welcome to Psalm 23 Farm

I'm breeding my NASSA registered Shetland sheep for fine and med. fine lustrous single coated fleeces in both the crimpy and the locky, wavy fleece styles. I have a wide range of colors and makings as well as the bright pure whites. I'm emphasizing on production, mothering ability and sound conformation. I have both horned and naturally polled Shetland rams and a few horned Shetland ewes.

I also produce fast growing grass-fed market lambs and commercial ewes with excellent fleece. (Shetland x Coopworth and Shetland x Australian Corriedale.) These F1 (first generation cross) ewes are great maternal ewes to put under a terminal sire for the ultimate grass fed market lamb.

Angora goats are my other love. I'm selecting for fine yearling grade mohair in adult animals. All of my goats are CAGBA (colored) or AAGBA (white) registered. I'm also selecting for sound healthy goats.

Posts will be about the Shetlands and Angoras with an occasional post about the other animals on the farm. Posts will also be about wool, spinning and a variety of other topics.

Psalm 23 Farm sells raw "jacketed" wool and mohair fleeces, mohair locks, dyed and natural Shetland and Shetland/mohair roving. Also sheepskins, quilt batts, handspun yarn, mohair lock yarn, and mill spun yarn.

From the Shetland Sheep Society

"Shetland sheep have for generations been noted for their very soft and well crimped fleece. The wool is the finest of all native breeds and shows an amazing variety of colours and patterns. There are 11 main whole colours and 30 recognized markings.

By selecting from coloured fleeces a range of naturally coloured yarn can be produced. This eliminates the need for dyeing and therefore retains the soft feel of the natural fibre and is favoured by those who prefer a totally natural approach.

Shetland wool fibres are of a simple construction witha central cortex covered by a thin scaly cuticle, and have an average diameter of about 23 microns. However there is a range from 10-20 microns for neck and shoulder wool to 25 to 35 microns for britch wool. the average staple length is 3.5 inches. The amount of crimp varies, and is most important in providing the 'bounce' required for knitwear. There is a positive correlation between fineness and crimp, with wool of the finest quality being crimped at between 8 and 12 to the inch. Wool from Shetland sheep is used to produce gossamer lace, the famous 'Fair Isle' knitwear, and fine tweeds. Pure bred Shetland sheep tend to shed their fleece in spring. The growth of new fleece can cause a rise or weak point and where this is present the fleece can sometimes be plucked or 'rooed' by hand. The timing of this can be different in each sheep, however, it is worth taking the care to get it right as rooed fleece can be amongst the softest because the fibers have no harsh cut ends as occurs with a sheared fleece.

Shetland fleece can be handspun straight from the fleece or made into rolags and then woollen spun. It can also be worsted spun by hand, used on a peg loom or handwoven. It also felts well using either dry or wet methods. When processed commercially the wool can be made into the finest lightweight worsted cloth or heavier weight, harder wearing fabrics and tweeds."

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