What a beautiful morning sky we had one day this week.
Some snow is on the ground but the feel of better weather is in the air.
It has been busy here, just coming off of the Wild and Wooly festival.
What a nice event I must say.
This was just what I needed to get me back into the swing of things.
I wanted to give everyone a heads up on our SHEARING DATE !!!
We will be shearing the morning of Friday, March 6th!!
This is a week earlier than normal but the weather is warmer this year than last
and it just works out with our shearer to get it done earlier.
Our shearing will take approximately 4 ish hours. Hopefully beginning at 8am and finishing around Noon.
We have just over 50 sheep that will be shorn and their fleeces will be available for purchase.
If anyone is looking for farm fresh fleeces contact me by email to participate in my shearing day.
In recently sent out my yearlings fleece samples for micron testing.
These fleece samples are from seven ewes born in 2018 that are now 2yrs. old.
All of them are nice. There are some that are not has fine as others due to the latest ram we brought into the flock to use for breeding. Although I tried to pair him with finer ewes, it still sets you back a little.
Thea's micron average is 24.0
Pumpkin's micron average is 23.6
Gretel's micron average is 23.9
Ginnie's micron average is 28.2
Gretel and Ginnie are sisters (twins) and there
is a big difference in their fleece types.
Ziva's micron average is 22.3
Speck's micron average is 26.4
Lark's micron average is 21.2
As of today I have begun to prepare for our shearing date.
Starting with trimming hooves, I plan to get them all trimmed over this next week.
CDT shots will be next and then clearing out my wool room....
aka. reorganize, stack and clearout to make room for possibly 50 fleeces.
In the meantime ....
I have begun to see udders appearing on some of the ewes.
I hope they hold off till after shearing.
We started to feed the ewes our better hay during these last few weeks before lambing.
This has really boosted the nutrition level they are getting from their feed.
Which is what you want in the late stages of pregnancy. They don't have as much room in their ruminant (stomach) for food so you want to be sure that the food they do get is good quality.
That's all for today. Contact me if looking for some wonderful wool.
