First Lambs of 2012

Declan did an early morning barn check and came back with the news that Pumpkin had two lambs at her side.  She is usually the first to lamb.  What beauties these are.  Woden is the father as I wanted to bring out the fine fleeced moorit pattern in this breeding.  The ewe lamb has sugar lips so she will be moorit grey and the ram lamb is solid moorit.  The ram is available for sale and I may be keeping the ewe . . . just depends on if Elena finally gives me a ewe this year.  The ram lamb weighed 6 pounds and the ewe about 5 1/2 lbs. 

Breeding Group Listing for Lamb Reservation

At long last I am finally catching up here with my blog. The girls are starting to have that "pregnant" look about them and the boys have finally settled down after some pretty impressive head butt contests in the paddock. We already have 5 lambs reserved (I am waiting for deposits on four of them right now).
We will only be selling the 10 best lambs this year for breeding stock - due to the high demand for our meat. Our farm has some incredible ewes and I will not be adding to our ewe line-up this year (that is . . . unless Elena finally gives birth ot a ewe lamb:)

Lambs are due starting in mid-late March. Pumpkin was the first to go last year and I think she may be the first again this year. I will be listing the Ewes bred to each Ram following the photo. I have written about many of my ewes over the last few years . . but please contact me if you would like more information about each. Lamb reservations are taken on a first-come, first-serve basis. A non-refundable deposit is required to hold one of our lambs. Ewe lambs are $650.00 registered and $500.00 non registered. Ram Lambs are $500.00 registered and $350.00 non-registered.

We breed for temperament, fine fleece, good health and conformation. Please phone me at 207-726-4765 if you would like to reserve a lamb. I request an initial phone call as it is much easier to get a read on exactly what you are looking for. Thanks so much for all of your support last year . . . we sold our of our quality Icelandic breeding stock and our meat! This year we are excited to offer cuts of lamb from our Farm Store . . . look for cuts to be available beginning in late August. Buy Local . . . . Eat Well . . . .

Lennie: Pip, Bee-Bee, Saltie, Saltina, Hunnie, Daisy, Panda, Liz, Co-Co

Hun: Spike, Tolkie, Manon, Snugs, Sammie, Helen, Pepper, Penny, Ayn

Woden: Pumpkin, Elena, Sugar, Fang, Lil' Snugs

Lamb Update ~ March 30th

Woke up yesterday and looked out my bedroom window and saw a newborn lamb by himself staggering around the pasture. I ran out to the barn to find Liz licking off her second lamb. The first had wandered outside the barn. This year our lambs have been very vigorous . . . . up only a few minutes after birth. I am so glad I moved all the girls into the nearest paddock to the house to keep an eye on everything. After saving Liz's wayward baby I put both into a lambing jug immediately. The first lamb was chilled and I needed to get more colostrum in him to warm him up. A few minutes later, I noticed that the babies were just standing at Liz's side and not nursing. I had to strip the teats to get the milk flowing. Liz had a slight case of mastitis last year ~ my fault as I left her ewe lambs with her too long and they damaged the udder and caused mastitis when they got too big to nurse. Her udder had grown huge over the last few weeks and I was afraid that her mastitis was back and she would have no milk . . . . not the case as both sides of the udder were producing loads of milk. I finally got the babies to nurse and they were up and bouncing around later in the day. Liz had a gorgeous 8 pound black/grey lamb ram and a 6 pound moorit mouflon ram lamb. Both are available for sale.




By mid-morning I noticed Pepper had separated herself from the flock and saw her as she ran to the barn . . . . I knew it was her time and because she has been such an easy lamber and Pumpkin's daughter, I knew that I should just give her some privacy and go check on her a few hours later. Imagine my surprise when I went out to the barn two hours later to see her in the final stage of labor as she was finally pushing out the largest lamb ever born on our farm. He was a whopping 12.5 pound black spotted ram lamb! He has both Liefer and Ari leader genetics behind him as well as Noi and Peli. Such a great combination. This big boy is for sale.

Lamb Update ~ March 27, 2011

On our barn check this morning my ewe, Spike, was struggling to give birth to a huge 10 1/2 pound ewe lamb. Although the lamb was presented correctly - her sheer size was causing Spike a great deal of pain and effort. Mark held Spike, while I eased the birth along. This was Spike's first lamb and she is a beauty. A black grey ewe lamb that expresses both the mouflon and badgerface pattern just like her sire - Hun. I can only hold over four ewe lambs this year so I may be keeping her. If interested, please contact me and I will put you on my lamb list.



After breakfast we headed out to the barn to move Spike into a smaller lambing jug. Mark peeked in the girl's pen and saw Tolkie with two gorgeous newly born ewe lambs already up and nursing! Both weighed about 7 pounds. Tolkie is a very intense mom and was not happy when I scooped them up to move her into her lambing jug. One ewe, a Black Mouflon is for sale and the other lamb I will be keeping. She is a gorgeous moorit grey spotted badgerface.



Buy local . . . . Eat well . . . .

First Lambs of 2011

Just like last year . . . my beloved, Pumpkin was the first of our girls to give birth. This morning when Mark and I went out to do chores she had taken over one of our connecting stalls and was protecting the most beautiful set of twins. One ram lamb with beautiful coloring and huge dual colored horn buds (weighed nearly 8 pounds) and a more petite (six pound) solid Moorit ewe lamb.



I have decided to keep the ewe lamb but the ram lamb is gorgeous and would be suitable for breeding stock . . .he is available for sale ($500 registered, 400 non-registered).

All of Pumpkin's lambs are incredibly healthy. Lenny is Pumpkin's grandson so you can see the breeding behind this boy. He has many leader lines in his lineage. Notice how he is checking out the Turkey's in the second photo. He is going to be one smart boy.

Buy local . . . . . Eat well . . . . .