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Shearing 2018

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Yesterday was our annual shearing day and the first time in our new, not quite finished barn.
Big thanks to our shearers: Lorrie Reed, Logan McDermit, Donald Struck, Bonnie McNary and Reba McNeil.
Also, very glad to have help from our son, Carson; grandkids, Taylen and Hunter McDermit; and friends, Heather and Julian Ireland.
The snow storm arrived at 2:30 and we were all done by 7:30. What a good feeling to have all the sheep in the barn, as snug as bugs in a rug with the nasty weather going on outside.  (Click on the photos to enlarge them).

Spring Lambing 2017

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Lambing is pretty colorful this year with 5 different breeds of lambs being born.
We have Dorsets, Blackface, Scotch Mules, Scotch Mule x Suffolks, and 3/4 Bluefaced Leicesters.

It has been a 2 1/2 year process since we started our Scotch Mule program, and we have been waiting anxiously to see how they perform.  So far, we absolutely love them.  Their mothering is second to none, and their Suffolk sired lambs are gorgeous!  They have not disappointed us.  Now we know for ourselves, why there are millions of Scotch Mules in the UK!  We will be keeping track of the rate of gain on their lambs to see how they do.

We plan to continue to build up a flock of about 100 Scotch Mule breeding ewes and then we will start selling ewe lambs and yearling ewes.

Scotch Mule x Suffolk ewe lamb.

3/4 Bluefaced Leicester day old ram lamb.

Scotch Mule ewe lamb.

Twin Blackface ewe lambs.

Dorset lamb.