December 9, 2009

Blizzard of 2009




Welcome to Snow Days!

October 12, 2009

Newest Addition!


Poco Pennington: Poco for short. His name seemed fitting, considering.

He is a 13 week old, Miniature Australian Shepherd. He already loves to run around the sheep.

September 22, 2009

Our new Home!



This is our new home! You'll see the inside when the episode airs - near December or January :)

D-Day

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Meeting Ty Pennington was one of the greatest days of our family's lives.

Extreme Makeover, Home Edition

Yes, it is true. We were whisked away by ABC and the Extreme Makeover team! I will be posting pictures shortly

May 21, 2009

House Fire: Farm on Temporary Hold

We had a house fire back on April 26th, and we have been quite busy. Things will be settling down soon. At that time, I will be processing this years fleece and posting them on our etsy store. The available lambs, ewe and ram, will have updated photos posted with prices as soon as possible.
Thank you all for understanding.

April 23, 2009

A few Ram Lambs!


Just a few of the boys.


Can you tell these two are twins: clones of their daddy, Israel! Their horns are looking great and their fleece is just as sweet!
These are a couple of ram lambs we are keeping our eyes on for potential breeding stock for this next fall - They will be available FOR SALE!

MiaKoda in all his splendor

I'm just now weaning him, he's not that happy being out of sight of momma. I think she just walked behind the grain bin. She's all about the eating without him on her (she's on vacation)!

March 29, 2009

We have EGGS!

We have added hens to our little farm. Since we brought them home, we've been getting 2-3 eggs every day! We get green, brown, and white eggs (of all sizes). I think we'll add more hens in the near future. They are so much fun to watch.

Welcome to Northwestern Illinois

Overnight Winter Storm 3/28/09
BEFORE


AFTER


Tar-Meena's lambs


born 3/27/09 around 9:30pm. Twin Ram Lambs!

March 26, 2009

NEW LAMBS!


Lambs, Lambs, everywhere Lambs!!! We have brown ones, black ones, white ones, black and white ones, and whites with little brown splashes! What to do with them all ???

I've been quite busy lately so I must catch up with my lamb posts. Here they are.
Many lambs will be available this year as fiber pets - feel free to email me anytime for a listing. We will also be offering small starter flocks for those wanting to join the joy of raising Shetland Sheep.
These are Felicity's twin ewe lambs, born 3/25/09.

Here we have Stary and her single ewe lamb, born 3/25/09.

This precious little one is Cordelia's ewe lamb, born 3/22/09.

This little one is Arnora's single ewe lamb, born 3/17/09.

March 20, 2009

GEM HAD TRIPLETS

We had just the one black boy - a little while later the black and white girl. Then. . . about 20 min. later - She had a third - a little white boy!
What a morning!

March 11, 2009

Midnight, 2 ram lambs!

Midnight had 2 Ram Lambs, March 11th, at 6:30pm.

March 8, 2009

QUADRUPLITS AGAIN! NALA DID IT AGAIN!


Nala did it again! This is the second year in a row she had quadruplits!
Last year she had 3 boys and 1 girl, This year (1:00pm today) she had 3 girls and 1 boy!

FIRST SPRING LAMB!



Togepi gave birth in the early hours of March 7 to a healthy ram lamb. His name is Dreani. We are just waiting on 10 more ewes! It's going to be an exciting spring!
Momma looks very proud!


Medichi and MiaKoda


Momma and baby are doing great! MiaKoda will be 8 months old on March 11th.
They are both a 'bit' muddy at the moment - gota love the spring!





January 10, 2009

Momma and Crew


I think Koda is getting use to all different types of farm animals. He seems to be quite content in this winterfest.

Koda is now 6 months old, and lookin' good!!!



Medichi and Koda are hanging out with Bandit (one of our Ram Lambs)