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 | Backyard Traffic Jam | Sometimes the ones at the front simply stop moving. The first two sheep are Barbado hair sheep ewes, the one in front of the donkey is not quite a year old, and was mixed with a wool sheep. Aggie is the patient donkey in the back. For sure they would move faster if I put food out. |
|  | Soft Kisses | This is a young ram I used to have. We got him as an orphan. He is a Barbado hair sheep, this breed of sheep sheds like a dog and when mature the rams have beautiful curved horns. We sold him at an odd and unusual pet and livestock auction. |
|  | Crystal, Diamond, and Grandma | Crystal is the llama, Diamond and Grandma are two of our older sheep. Diamond is what people might normally think of when they think of sheep, she has wool. Grandma is a Barbado sheep, hair only! This picture was taken in November. |
|  | The Sheep in November | This is half of our flock of pet sheep. From the left, a Katahdin ewe lamb (no name), Diamond, Dark Brown Barbado (that is her name) Katahdin ewe lamb (sister of the other, also no name), Grandma Barbado, and in back is this years ram, a Katahdin, he has no name yet. I guess the other six were camera shy. Katahdins and Barbados are hair sheep. |
|  | I Did Not Give My Sheep a Mohawk | The first sheep is a ewe lamb who is shedding her woolly winter coat, she is a part Katahdin hair sheep - they shed. Her mother and sister (both not in this photo) shed totally, but this gal looks like she has a mohawk. The other sheep is actually an older ewe, of a different breed, a Barbado. |
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|  | Sheep Shed | Actually a shedding sheep! Patsy is the combination of a Jacob wool sheep crossed with a Barbado hair sheep. She is black, brown, and white, and at one year of age, she is shedding, and looks pretty messy. The advantage of hair sheep is that they do not need shearing, which is a lot of work. Patsy has five horns. |
|  | A Few Good Sheep | All our sheep are good, but this is just a few of them from fall of 2008. No, no, no, we don't eat them. They are pets and for pasture control. It is a good thing too, this spring there have been grass fires so keeping tall grass down is important. |
|  | This is my Breakfast, Leave Me Alone | Here we have some of my hair sheep ewes having a fine breakfast of hay and oats. You can see some of their lambs jump right into the feeder. Moments after taking the picture my wife called because another ewe had just delivered twins and she (my wife) needed help with getting them into a stall and warmed up. It was a cold morning. |
|  | Grandmas Son | This is Grandma Barbado, she is a hair sheep. On January 14 she had two little lambs, this is one of them. The other is camera shy. In this picture the lamb is four days old. Hair sheep have the advantage that you do not have to shear them. |
|  | Family Portrait? | Does anyone resemble anyone you know? |
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