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 | 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. |
|  | 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. |
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|  | Family Portrait? | Does anyone resemble anyone you know? |
|  | Three Bleached Sheep | This originally was a quick snapshot to e-mail to a prespective buyer of one of our barbado ram lambs last year. I've used a bleach bypass filter and a grey tinting filter to enhance this photo. The buyer did eventually purchase the little ram lamb in the front. |
|  | Barbado Ram: Stomper | This little guy came to us at an auction, his mommy didn't look after him so he was a bottle baby. We bought him and I spent many nights with him on my lap. He is a Barbado Hair Sheep, he gets long hair in the winter and will shed in the spring. He is seven months old in the photo. |
|  | Barbado Dad and Lambs 2008 | Barbado sheep are hair sheep - this gives them many advantages over other sheep, they shed much like a dog, so do not require summer shearing, and are hardy in most weather conditions. |
|  | Curious Lamb Asks a Serious Question | Barbado lamb asks a question - proving animals are just like people. |
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