The Sheep

This week, I got to go out to Jenny and Briar's at Rock Ridge Suffolks. They imported all of their sheep from Oregon, and breed them every year in time for market wethers at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer. Well I went over, just to see the lambs, and boy are they cute!

As you can see, they are truly precious. These guys were all born about a week before these pictures were taken.

Here Jenny tags Briar's 2011 market lamb, Harold (has a Dr.Who theme going this season!). Rock Ridge is Scrapie certified, so they get custom tags.

This year for the fair, they will most likely supply the entire crop of 2011 market lambs.

I'm hoping (with Boers) to keep track of weight gains this year, the buck I shipped up from CA, from Toth Boers was 68lbs at 2 1/2 months old. the minimum weight at the fair is 55lbs, so...maybe I can still breed them for April...? LOL, I hope so. I hate kidding in this nasty winter weather, too windy (almost 60mph winds, constantly). We'll see what the ADG is on these guys in 2011. Looking like lots of multiples in there!

And.. Back on track. Here's the last, and my favorite photo taken on that day, a nice ewe named Loretta. I love how protective they are of their young. Every step the lamb takes, the dam takes note!

--Katrina