PASTURES & SHEEP SALES

Turned the sheep out onto their various fields this afternoon, because the weather is supposed to be very hot and dry for this entire week and I felt they needed to be out finding the shady spots where the breezes can blow. If I have to I'll start watering the fields, as they are already looking as though they want to dry up and turn brown. We just finished putting together a system to work an oscillating sprinkler from water we bring up from the stream. The Cormo X's are having the most trouble dealing with the heat and bugs. Fortunately our shearer is coming out Tuesday early in the morning to remove their heavy fleeces.

We have the following animals for sale:

Wintertime Garnet(NASSA)--Moorit twin ewe lamb sired by Wintertime Black Forrest and out of Wintertime Ruby. Friendly, growthy lamb with a nicely developing fleece. Tail is longish. $200 OBO. SOLD.

Wintertime Barqs(NASSA)--Moorit gulmoget twin ram to above ewe lamb. Frosted sides. Lovely personality and polled. He is developing very nicely and has a soft, crimpy fleece. Price has been raised to $300.


Wintertime ?(NASSA pending)--Black(silvering)gulmoget krunet ram lamb with scurs. Sire is Wintertime Black Forrest. Dam is Winter Sky Secondhand Rose. Very squarely built, solid ram with dense fleece that is crimping. Good tail. $250. SOLD

Wintertime Fedora(NASSA pending)--Ag gulmoget twin ram lamb sired by Wintertime Black Forrest and out of Sheltrgpines Isidora. Elegant, refined, crimpy, typey. Being retained until August for further evaluation.

Winter Sky Secondhand Rose(NASSA)--Six year old light moorit ewe with minor spotting on poll. Very nicely built ewe that isn't overly large. Only registered daughter of Winter Sky Skater Boy. Good mother. No health issues. $50.00. SOLD.

Sheltrgpines Bug(NASSA)--Moorit flecket scurred yearling ram with short, extremely soft, fine fleece. Good color. Excellent tail. Longer bodied. Hocks turn in slightly but his lambs aren't showing that trait. Nice disposition. $350 OBO. SOLD

Ganache--Cormo X dark brown two year old ewe with a very dense, soft, 4-5 inch fleece. Solid build and not overly tall. Good mother. Very laid back and easy to work with. $350 OBO SOLD

China--ACSA registered white Cormo yearling ewe. Beautiful 19.5 micron fiber that is very dense with good length. $350. SOLD.

Winter Sky Alafair--Black with some age-greying ewe with a great personality. Just had triplets and is taking good care of them. No health issues. 50% UK lines(Jamie/Holly). $50 to a loving home.

WOW!!

Will have photos sometime soon of the lovely lambs I found down at Stephen's farm. The list of the best:

Twin Ag gulmogets sired by Wintertime Forrest and out of Sheltrgpines Isidora(North Wind Holiday daughter)--musket ewe and grey ram. Both with perfect, elegant, typey looks and marvelous personalities. Full of fun. Wintertime Isabella & Wintertime Fedora.

Moorit krunet polled ram sired by Wintertime Forrest and out of Winter Sky Khaya. Just perfection from head to tail. My Tennyson replacement. Now to find the perfect name.

Moorit gulmoget ram lamb with lovely horns developing. Sired by Wintertime Forrest and out of Winter Sky Ani. He may be for sale. Once again the build is all there...solid elegance with a lovely tail and typey head.

Forrest will be in a breeding pen again this fall as we are finding the right crosses produce some of the best lambs I've seen for type, style and fleece. He is aging beautifully. One would never imagine he was so gawky, leggy and dog-fleeced as a lamb. Sometimes one must be patient to find the gems.

I traded Raggedy Ann's daughter for a really typey black yearling Shetland ewe for Meghan's flock that is sired by Bono Creek Caper. He was a fawn katmoget ram I had briefly for a winter. I thought he had perfect type and a beautiful fleece but never had the opportunity to use him in the flock. Because I forgot to read the fine print and bring my own pen to the fiber festival on Saturday I made a new connection with a small Shetland breeder and found this ewe and some other lines I thought were lost. Fate steps in. Thanks Dan.

EWES FOR SALE

Winter Sky Geneva(NCWGA Black Forrest daughter out of Underhill Loretta Lynn)--Two year old. Black fleece tests 24.6 AFD/6.1 SD/24.9 CV/12.8 CEM/82.7 CF. SOLD.

Winter Sky Foxtrot(NCWGA Orion F2 out of Winter Sky Calypso) two year old musket ewe.Fleece tested in January 27.8 AFD/5.1 SD/18.2 CV/9.5 CEM/71.9 CF. $100.00. Dam of Vogue. SOLD.

Wintertime Lizzie(NASSA registered daughter of Firthoffifth Thayu X Whistlestop 0427). Early June twin modified moorit twin yearling ewe that was left open this winter. First fleece tested 20.7 AFD/4.8 SD/23.3 CV/9.1 CEM/97.1 CF. No longer for sale.

NASSA REGISTERED LAMBS' UPDATE

Sheltrgpines Bug X Owl Hill Lady Grey--"WaterBug"--Ag blettet ram lamb with small hornbuds. NFS at this time.
Sheltrgpines Bug X Sheltrgpines Mustang Sally(Blues X Salicional)--"LadyBug"--Black with some white on poll. May be retained.
"Garnet"--Wintertime Black Forrest X Wintertime Ruby moorit twin ewe lamb. $250.
"BARQS RB"--Forrest X Ruby gulmoget ram lamb with small button(?) scurs. $250
Another shot of "BARQS".
"Grasshopper(on left)" and "Moth" on right. Sheltrgpines Bug X V Creek Princess Buttercup. Grasshopper appears to be clean polled and is being retained. Moth has small hornbuds and is for sale for $200. SOLD.

HOMAGE TO TENNYSON

I truly believe that Winter Sky Tennyson was one of the best moorit Shetland rams in North America at the time of his premature demise. Fortunately for me I had one ewe that settled to him prior to his death--Winter Sky Foxtrot(Orion F2 out of Winter Sky Calypso). And she presented me with this absolutely stunning moorit ewe lamb--Vogue. There are no unsoft spots on this lamb and she is full of Shetland vigor, personality and enthusiasm for life. Thank you Tennyson.

LAMB PHOTOS

Winter Sky Tennyson X Winter Sky Foxtrot--single ewe lamb "Vogue". NFS.

Wintertime Black Forrest X Wintertime Ruby--Polled moorit gulmoget ram lamb. NASSA registerable. For sale.

Full sister to above ram lamb. NASSA registerable. For sale.

Headshot of "Grasshopper"--Sheltrgpines Bug X V Creek Princess Buttercup. Twin spotted fawn katmoget ram lamb. NFS.

Grasshopper is being retained in the flock for now.

"Bust A Move"--Winter Sky Buster II X Winter Sky Breathe--Linebreeding on Winter Sky Sandstone. Polled smirslet twin ram lamb. For sale--not registerable. SOLD.

"Breakaway"--Full sister to above ram. NFS.

LAMBING UPDATE--PHOTOS SOON

Breathe X Buster II--Dark moorit smirslet/sokket ram lamb(appears polled)"Bust A Move",
moorit smirslet ewe lamb"Breakaway".

Princess Buttercup X Sheltrgpines Bug(NASSA registerable lambs)--Fawn yuglet/sokket katmoget ram(polled)"Grasshopper", Flecket fawn kat ram(mostly white with probable scurs).

Kir X Buster II--Moorit gulmoget ewe lamb "Cinnamon", moorit gulmoget ram lamb(polled)"Rabbit".

Geneva X Buster II--Black ram lamb "Meatball".

Staccato X Buster II--Musket ram lamb "Meatloaf".

V Creek Sarah X Wintertime Fudge(NASSA registerable lamb)--Black ewe lamb

Wintertime Ruby X Wintertime Black Forrest(NASSA registerable lambs)--Moorit gulmoget ram lamb(polled), Moorit ewe lamb.

Foxtrot X Tennyson--Moorit ewe lamb "Vogue".

Alafair X Wintertime Fudge(NASSA registerable lambs)--Two black ewe lambs, moorit ram lamb.

Sheltrgpines Isidora X Wintertime Black Forrest--Black(Ag) gulmoget ram lamb,musket gulmoget ewe lamb.

Bramble Poppy X Wintertime Black Forrest--Twin black ram lambs.

Winter Sky Secondhand Rose X Wintertime Black Forrest--Black gulmoget ram with krunet.

We will have some very nice, select polled or half-poll ram lambs for sale from fine fleece lines. Also some mature stock and a few ewe lambs.