Psalm23Farm: Adult rams and bucks

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Adult rams and bucks

PS23 Campbell(F1 Jericho out of Longshadow Orphan Annie) Campbell is a smaller ram, but he has a very nice fleece and nice horns. Campbell could be leased out.

PS23 Craigrothie (F1 Skeld out of Holly Hills Onxy) Craigrothie has excellent conformation and a very nice fleece. Craigrothie carries solid moorit . Craigrothie has abberant horns and has sired several scurred/polled ram lambs. I'm not using him this fall though as I have some new rams to use. He could be leased out.

PS23 Drummond (F1 Brent out of Longshadow Amber) Drummond has a very long intermediate type fleece and lots of luster. Drummond does carrie solid moorit so I'm hoping to get some dk. moorit lambs. I only have one lamb out of him and I love her. I am using Drummond this fall.

SheltringPines Justinian (F1 Dillon) Justinian is a big ram and has a fine fleece, but not as much luster as I like so I'm going to breed him to ewes with more luster.

North Country Cheviot ram. He is used as a crossing/terminal sire as he is very "meaty".

Danbury the white Texas buck. I'm using him on all my does both the colored and whites so I expect all white kids next spring, but that is fine as I don't want too many colored goats. I think about 2/3 white and 1/3 colored will be good.

Caspian my faded red buck. He could possibly be leased out since I'm not using him this fall.

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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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