RAN218X Ewe Bitterroot Silvie X Autumn Hills Finnegan

Bitterroot Silvie is an AI quad daughter of Barlaes Titan out of Bitterroot Maureen.  Silve produced quads herself this year when bred to Autumn Hills Finnegan. There were two ewes and two ram lambs.  The two ewes will both be registered as Black Patterned - as you can see from this photo.  Not quite as large as some of the other lambs born this spring but catching up fast.  Good bone, good length, good fleece characteristics!

RAN213X Ewe Dana X Carlin

Dana is a Beeston Blackmoor grandaughter bred to an AI son of Carryhouse 281 R1 an Elite plus sire in the UK.  Carlin is solid with excellent bone and good fleece.  Dana is a mid range ewe who fed twins this spring without losing a huge amount of condition.  Easy keeping is perhaps how you would express it.

RAN210X and 211X Koenig Viola X Autumn Hills Finnegan

Not the greatest photo of two of the triplets, but the best I have - if you look on the Female Photo page, you will see a better photo taken in late June I think so there has been quite a bit of growth since then!  Viola is another Beeston Blackmoor daughter bred to Autumn Hills Finnegan ( a Heinz Talisker son- great grandson of Beeston Titan).  Finney is slightly finer boned that Carlin and has an excellent fleece.  Viola nursed all three triplets.  I supplemented them for a period of about 3 weeks before the flock got out on grass and that was all. 

RAN206X Ewe Bokiddick x Carlin

Koenig Bokiddick is a Beeston Blackmoor daughter - that is her hind end in the photo - look at that udder and the shape that it is in on a 2006 model.  This lamb is what - look at the bone and sturdy legs that she has under her.  Another lamb with great fleece and great prospects.

RAN202 Ewe Koenig Mae x Carlin

Lamb is very growthy with excellent fleece prospects.  I am also looking for animals with strong feet and legs.  Koenig Mae is a Beeston Blackmoor daughter which means that she carries colour.  Although this lamb is white, it is possible that she too could produce coloured lambs.  I do have semen coming on a coloured ram from the UK.

Lambing results for 2010

Thank goodness - we made it through lambing season! I had great plans of taking photos of each new set of arrivals, but things quickly got out of hand and I never really did catch up. The last lambs were born on April 27 - twin mule ram lambs from a North Country Cheviot mom!

The BFL's were amazing! 10 of 10 ewes lambed. Only the yearling had a single which was great and she is doing a fine job. There was 1 single, 7 sets of twins, 1 set of triplets and finally after much waiting and watching and worrying we were presented with a set of quads! In total there are 13 ewe lambs and 8 ram lambs.

In addition there are twin BFL x Shetland ewe lambs, 1 BFL x NCC ewe lamb and 3 BFL x NCC ram lambs. It was pretty intense with the majority of babies arriving between April 5th and April 17th. Only one lamb was dead at birth (cord ruptured inside we think). I was able to foster one of the quads on to that ewe and am bottle feeding the smallest quad.

So, not only will I have a good selection of replacement ewe lambs to choose from, but there will also be some available for sale!

Watch for photos, but don't hold your breathe!