Our 2011 shearing is done, we have a few Bluefaced Leicester
fleeces available but I expect them to go fast. The Romney fleeces will be added
as we skirt them and have pictures ready. With all the rain skirting is slow
this year, I'm having a hard time getting my outside work done. The ewes stayed
blanketed this year from December when we began feeding hay until either they
lambed or were sheared, we have quite a few yearlings with their lamb clip. The
fleeces we've skirted so far have all looked very nice.
2011 Fleeces
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Kate
Kate, maybe our favorite Romney ewe. She is an
excellent mom, fosters orphan lambs without a
fuss and gives us nice fleeces like this one. Weighs 6 pounds, kept jacketed
from the start of hay feeding until lambing.
Priced at $10 a pound.
Romulus
Romulus, a Bluefaced Leicester: I don't usually
keep rams around long enough to get a fleece from them but
Romulus was nice enough to take to the Shiawassee County Fair where he was
Reserve Grand Champion Ram to his Sire.
We kept him jacketed all winter until shearing time. Nice Bluefaced crimp and
luster.
Weight is 2.2 pounds and priced at $16 a pound.
Cindy
Cindy, a Bluefaced Leicester: Cindy is my nicest
Blueface ewe, s
he gives me twins she raises every year without trouble and this very nice
fleece.
She kept her jacket on from the start of hay feeding until she lambed in the
spring.
Weight is 1.11 pounds and is priced at $16 a pound.
Greta
Greta, the last
of the Bluefaced Leicester fleeces I'll have until next year and the biggest
one.
Lovely crimp and luster, typical of a BFL fleece. We kept her jacketed from the
beginning of hay feeding until shearing time.
Weighs 3.3 pound and priced at $16 a pound.
Diana
Diana's first fleece! She's a Romney yearling ewe
and grew very nice wool.
Tight, even crimp and weighs a generous 4 pounds.
She was kept jacketed from the first of hay feeding until shearing. Priced at
$10 per pound.
Mariam
Mariam is a nice Romney yearling ewe we've kept in
the flock. Her first fleece makes us happy we did.
We kept her jacketed from the start of hay feeding until shearing. Weighs a bit
over 6 pounds, priced at $10 a pound.
Violet
Violet is a BFL/Romney
cross and was very pregnant when we took this picture.
Her fleece has quite a bit of the blueface character that makes it so much fun
to spin.
She was kept blanketed, her fleece weighs just under 5 pounds and is priced at
$10 a pound plus shipping.
Azalie
Azalie, lamb clip from a Romney ewe, very pretty gray, nice, even crimp and a good staple length. She weighs seven pounds and is $10 a pound, plus shipping.
Cyrus
Cyrus is a Romney ram, who gave
us a nice fleece this year, he was kept blanketed this winter.
The fleece weighs 9.2 pounds and is $10 a pound, plus shipping.
2010 Fleeces
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Hibiscus
Hibiscus, who we always called "Biscuit", a Romney
ewe. A smaller fleece, perfect for a small spinning project.
Typical Romeny crimp and luster, extra nice staple. Weighs 3.5 pounds, priced at
$10 a pound.
Callisto
Callisto is a Romney ewe is the hardest working
sheep we have, last year she gave us triplets and this very nice fleece,
this year she had quadruplets! We've kept one of her daughters, Europa and we're
looking forward to her fleece but in the meantime
we have this beautiful fleece. Weighs 7.5 pounds, priced at $10 a pound. Kept
jacketed from the beginning of hay feeding until lambing.
Coral
Coral, Romeny ewe. A very nice typical Romney
fleece, weight is over 8 pounds, staple length was over 5 1/2 inches.
Priced at $10 a pound plus shipping.
Holly
This is Hollyhock who was probably our hardest
working ewe this year.
She gave us triplets, including our new herd sire and this nice big fleece.
The staple was nearly 7 inches in places. Weight was 8 1/2 pounds and is priced
at $10 a pound, plus shipping.
Grace
Grace, this is Grace's two year old fleece with a
nice uniform crimp and a 5 to 6 inch staple.
Weight is a bit over 7 pounds. $10 a pound plus shipping