Eve

This is Eve. http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/nassa_pedigree.php?pregno=S35375
She is our first home grown fine fleeced shetland.  Last year she gave us a fine fleeced little ram that we
kept and added to our group of keeper rams.
This year Eve has delivered another awesome little ram...who I dare say may be finer than his half brother.
This little guy is Katmoget pattern, and I would say fawn in color.  He is just precious.
His Sire, Grand Luxe   http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/nassa_pedigree.php?pregno=S34244
Grand Luxe has an amazing fleece and micron to boot. 
Mic Ave 23.4  SD 4.4  CV 19  CEM  8.1  <15 2.2="">Not bad for 4 years old.

Galaxy

Galaxy  http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/nassa_pedigree.php?pregno=S27196
delivered these lambs Tuesday evening.  A ram and ewe, both are all white.
She was bred to Duroy http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/nassa_pedigree.php?pregno=S34126
These lambs are a nice improvement in fleece type from their Dam.
.....expecting more little ones tonight,  as Eve is in labor.  Hopefully more pics. tomorrow.

Mimosa

Mimosa delivered this beautiful big ewe lamb this morning.  She has speckling on her head and sugar lips and already below that black fleece you can see grey.  What a big ewe, as you can see the lambs behind her are five and six days older than her, and smaller.
Mimosa http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/nassa_pedigree.php?pregno=S32022
was breed to Duroy http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/nassa_pedigree.php?pregno=S34126
Mimosa is the Daughter of Lialac, who is in the back in the above picture.  Lialac has wonderful sheen and has passed this along to many of her lambs, including Mimosa and her triplets that she had this year.
......just love looking at the little spotted ram.  He makes me smile!
18 ewes yet to deliver.....and finally warmer weather on the way.

That's all for today.....

Cori with twins

Cori had twins today.  The Katmoget (the one on the left) is a ram and the Moorit with white speckling on her face is a ewe. 
This little ram appears to have crimpy fleece, the ewe a bit more wavy fleece.
Cori http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/nassa_pedigree.php?pregno=S32023
Bred to Duroy our white shetland ram
http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/nassa_pedigree.php?pregno=S34126

Hopefully we will have more deliver yet this weekend.

Lialac does it again!

Lialac has done it again for three years now, she has had triplets!  Lialac is the white ewe, with her three speckled lambs around her.  The two in the front with the (i think) yuglet markings on their faces and in the back is a spotted ram lamb (i don't know if he is considered blaget?).

Someone with more experience in the Markings of Shetland can let me know about that.

Lialac http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/nassa_pedigree.php?pregno=S26912

was bred with Sheltering Pines Grand Luxe

http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/nassa_pedigree.php?pregno=S34244

Now how sweet are these guys?? I mean girls and guy!

These are the ewes.

This is the little spotted guy on the right and one of his sisters on the left.  This little ram will have horns, as they are already protruding from his head.

and this is the other little ewe.  Not certain on her markings either.
Anyone who follows and knows, please let me know!

Many more ewes to deliver, but I think we are a few days out on the others.....hopefully they will wait until the weekend.

Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea delivered these gorgeous little lambs this morning.  The nursing lamb is a ewe with a white blaze down her face, in 'shetland terms' I believe this is called smirslet.  She appears to have crimpy fleece and darker coloration, maybe a fawn like her sire.

The little guy in the front is a ram with Katmoget markings, brown base fleece and crimpy, maybe fawn in color also.

Sweet Pea's pedigree: http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/members/nm_pedigree.php?pregno=S36683

Bred to Grand Luxe: http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/members/nm_pedigree.php?pregno=S34244

That's all for today!

Welcome Spring!! New lambs!

We began our lambing season Friday evening.  This ewe's name is Oregon, a grey Katmoget

http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/members/nm_pedigree.php?pregno=S33987

She delivered two beautiful Katmoget ram lambs.  I didn't get a lot of 'hands on' time with them, as she was doing quite well by herself.

She was bred with Sheltering Pines Grand Luxe, a very fine fleeced fawn ram.

http://www.mtn-niche.net/NASSA/members/nm_pedigree.php?pregno=S34244

I'm sure either of these two little guys would make someone a great ram.

  



One of my Shetland crossbred ewes also delivered last evening.  I put my crossbred group together with three rams, a purebred white shetland, a shetland/rideau arcott cross and a shetland/cormo cross.
She delivered two ram lambs, one white and one black.  Everyone is doing well.

We have about 24 more ewes to deliver, many of my finer fleeced ewes I have bred with Grand Luxe.
Can't wait to see what we get.........just hope it's not a ram year as it has started so far.

Oh, and you were right Michelle, my crossbred group did not breed earlier as I had hoped......genetically they're just not inclined to breed in September.

Happy Lambing to everyone!!