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Tuesday, May 25, 2010


Boy,we go from 50 degrees to 90 degrees today.It was to hot out today to do anything so my work had to be put on hold until I have off on Wednesday. On to the introduction of my small herd. This is KC. She is a registered Lincoln Long wool and she's 3 years old. She is the one on the left in my opening blog page. Her sister JC is on the right. They are 4 months old in that picture. I took this when I took her coat off to get sheared . She's the only one that kept her long facial dreadlocks this year. I got a wagon load of hay in November that was full of burdock. Not a fiber sheep's best friend. So I ended up doing a lot of cutting of face and neck fleece. She had her first baby at the age of two but I did not breed her this fall. She had a gray ewe by the name of Tamara which I kept. I will introduce you to her tomorrow. She ended up giving me 21 lbs of very nice fiber. Her average length was 13 inches. She's beautiful isn't she. And that's it for me until tomorrow.

5 comments:

Kathy in KY said...

Linda - I love the looks of the Long-haired Lincolns! Where do you find a market for your fleeces? I meant to go to a Sheep and Fiber Festival that was here a couple of weeks ago, but it was raining. I was hoping to talk with some of the fiber artists to find out what type of fleece they like to work with, and also see what type of sheep are raised in my area of KY. Do you do your own shearing? And do you use electric shears or the manual blade-type shears? I'm curious to see which ones are preferred. I'm off to my job interview this afternoon. Hopefully everything will turn out fine with it. It's a 2 hour drive SW of Lexington, and they're on CST, I'm on EST. Wish me luck. Take care, Linda.

Kathy in KY said...
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Kathy in KY said...

Linda - I ended up deleting a comment because I ended up posting the same thing twice - still figuring out these blogs thingys. Hope you're having a good Tuesday, and tomorrow on your day off you'll probably be very busy since it rained before. Around here all of the farmers are getting in and cutting their hay fields since it finally quit raining, and has been just a little humid, but very warm temps so the hay will cure well on the ground. Take care, from Kathy in KY.

sheeps and me said...

Hi Kathy- I wish I could shear these girls myself but they are just to big for me. They go 250-275pounds so I have someone come in to do it for me.I did shear Oliver myself though and the smaller sheep.I have an Oster shear master I use.I have no problem selling the wool.It goes by word of mouth or at the Jefferson Sheep and wool show. I'll do a blog later on the fleece from the Romney and the Lincolns and also show you what and how I spin it. How did the job interview go?

Kathy in KY said...

Hi Linda: The job interview went well. There are 6 or 7 candidates that they will be choosing from, and they'll decide next week. It doesn't pay much at all, but I think the cost of living down there is much cheaper. In fact, I've found a house to rent in town that sits on an acre for only $350/month, and the landlord is OK with my 5 cats, and me having a garden, and no extra deposit for the cats nor an additional monthly charge for the cats. And I would pay electric and water. I've been worrying myself sick all day trying to figure if I can make it on that salary, and just need to sit down with all of my expenses and go over everything, and also check around for cheaper car insurance. I would be bringing home less than $1000/month net. Thanks for asking, and I'll keep you posted. Pray for me to make the right decision if I am picked for the job. Thanks so much.