Remember Chipotle breaking off a horn? Now he's managed to break off the other one. (Although the originally broken one--the longer one in this picture--seems to be doing well.) We're considering him for a replacement ram because he has a lovely fleece and is not related to too many of the ewes (like the boys on our sale page).
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| Chipotle, destroyer of horns |
Clove's horns look great.
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| Clove is getting to be a big guy. |
Lavender's horns look great, too. Wait, you might be thinking, Lavender is an ewe! Shetland ewes sometimes have horns, and Lavender is our first one with honest-to-goodness horns.
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| Lavender: How cute do her horns look?!? |
Goodbye, Pepper
Pepper was the first lamb of the season to find new home. He didn't seem to realize how lucky he is to be going off to be a pet sheep. Marble, his mother, was a tiny bit freaked out last night but seemed fine this morning. I was worried that it would be like the year we sold Tricot's wether, Slate, and she (loudly) looked for him for days and days.
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| "Um, where's my lamb?" |
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| "Whew, it's nice to not be nursing someone with horns!" |
Getting Friendlier
Pawlonia has never been skittish, but she's never been the kind of ewe to hang out with people (unlike Henrietta and Czadas!). Last night, she was hanging out with me...
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| Pawlonia: Looking just like mom and grandma. |
...and again this morning.
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| Pawlonia |
She's also been hanging out with her grandma Hazel. It's hilarious because they look so much alike.
And the biggest surprise of all-- one of Elsie's girls is getting (somewhat) friendly! Or maybe she's just figured out where the food comes from. Vanilla is the smartest lamb out of this year's bunch.
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| Vanilla Bean checks me out while the rest of the lambs eat. |
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| Elsie's ewes: Cinnamon Bark & Vanilla Bean |
And just because...some of the grown-up wethers and rams.
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| Yeti, Spruce, Cypress, & Almond |
