Giant Angora Babies.

Litter of Giant Angoras born last night.  Out of Dusty's Jael and Bluewood Bunnies Black Ice.  Both parents out amazingly nice wool so I have big hopes for these little ones.  3 REWs and 5 Blacks God Bless hope your all doing well and looking forward to seeing some of you at convention. 

How Stella got her groove back!

We have been thinking about getting an LGD to watch over the sheep since I am to trusting in the llamas ability to keep coyotes and dogs out.  I was going to look at some pups on Tuesday but found an Anatolian Shepard a lady was giving away.  God always provides just in time!  So this is Stella our new guard dog, right now she is not allowed to be out with stock alone I took her out today on a line so I could keep her with me.  She was so strong I had to wrap the line around me to keep her from pulling it out of my hand.  She is defiantly happier out in the field with the flock than she is in in the barn alone.   She is very playful which is why the lady wanted to find her a new home.  Once the puppy stage is over and she learns not to play so much she should be fine.  Until then though she will just get supervised visits, so this is how Stella gets her groove back.  She is only 10 months old and HUGE!  Hope you enjoy the pics!  God Bless

Bailey and Bruno

Well I said I would try to post pics of some of my black Giants but I have not seemed to take any pictures yet.  I did however get some pics of my Boxers Bailey and Bruno.  Bruno has not been on the blog before that I can remember.  He is a full brother to Bailey but from a different litter.  The lady never had his tail docked so he is all natural so to speak.  Other than him going to see the vet Friday to be neutered.

Bruno loves his toys and will pull almost everyone out of the box to play.  He plays with toys more than Moses and Bailey combined.

As you can see he sure does love his sister!  She loves him to unless there is food involved LOL.  All 3 of my kids (dogs) have middle names.  Moses Matthew after my little brother Matthew Charles.  Bailey Marie just cause the way I liked the way it sounded.  Bruno is named after my mom her middle name is Dawn so I named him Bruno Donly.  Hope you enjoyed the pics God Bless!

Ewe Pictures and a llama

It is incredibly nice out today and the sheep have been out grazing so I thought I would take pics of a couple to share with all of you.  When its really hot the sheep tend to lounge out under the trees and go out to graze late when the sun is going down.

Martha one of my first Shetland Ewes she is a moorit.

The black ewe on the left is 3/4 BL and 1/4 BFL She is from the same farm as my Finn crosses and Cormo crosses but I was not so sure at first about the BL, once I seen them after they got a little bigger I really liked them.  The ewe on the right is a Shetland Finn cross she has a wonderful fleece growing in!

This is Victory she is the first lamb born here on the farm.  A moorit Shetland out of Martha who will be staying here.

This is one of Dad's Cormo cross ewes, I still have her lamb fleece in the work room to get washed and figure out what I want to do with.

2 more of Dad's ewes not totally sure what the big ewe is and the lamb which is hers is 1/2 Cormo.  I am pretty sure Dad has more sheep than I do.  Once I got my Shetland he got bit by the bug and wanted some bigger sheep to raise.  I was ok with that as long as they had nice fleeces of course, not that I really had any say but hey if I get some nice wool out of it it sounds good!  He also got his way on the new ram, will be picking up a 3/4 Cormo ram lamb for this falls breeding.

The ewe in the middle is the Cormo cross ewe from a couple pictures ago.  The 2 lambs on each side of her are my Cormo Finn cross ewe lambs.  Not sure which is which but we have Miss Daisey and Rosie.

Of course I could not end this post without adding my favorite guard llama, Gama.  I have wanted a llama for as long as I could remember and have always said his name would be Gama.  I might have been 27 by the time I got him but the Lord blessed!  If this nice weather continues I will have to pull out some rabbits form my black Giant project to show you all as well.  God Bless! Dustin

Ashley and Mona

My niece is over tonight and wanted to help milk the goats, she did very well for a first time milker.  Afterwards she wanted to take Mona for a walk.

I am in the process of drying Mona off which is going to be long process.  Joyce warned me she was hard to dry off last year, before I started.  I have been milking her once a day for 2 weeks now and soon will start milking ever other day.  Plans for that this week we hope will have to wait and see how her production is in a couple of days.  Once Mona goes to every other day milking Rachel is going to twice a day.  Rachel is doing very well and is giving quite a bit more milk now than when I first got her.  I am hoping to breed Mona next month for Feb kids.  I was going to breed her to another Togg but found a lady very close with a full blood Boer and a Kiko, once I get a chance to see them I will pick which buck to breed her to.   God Bless Dustin

Rachel

This morning Joyce and I made a trip up to see Lisa and her daughter Hallie Thyr and I picked up a new Alpine Dairy goat.  This way I can stagger my breeding and have fresh milk year round.  Dad's small truck in broke right now and its been so hot to haul her home in the back of a truck in the sun and I really did not want to pull an 18ft goose neck trailer up there for one goat, so this is how she made the ride.

In the back of my SUV LOL  Here are a couple more pics of her once I got her in the barn.

So now I am either going to have to find me a buck to breed them to or find a closer breeder.  The lady that is going to breed Mona for me this fall is quite a drive, but I  really want some Toggenburg babies so will be worth the drive.  Dad is not a goat a fan at ALL but the good Lord blessed and I was able to get up there and get her in the barn without him knowing yet.  So maybe I will safe for a little longer.  You really never know what your going to see when it comes to me huh?  God Bless Dustin!

New Mill Spun Yarn

My new yarn came back from Stonehedge Fiber Mill today.  I was so worried about how this would come back, I dyed the wool 2 shades of pink, violet, and periwinkle.  Must have done something right because it looks great!  I have to say I love my mill they have super fast turn around time and always do a great job.  This is Dorset cross lambs wool I got from a neighbor lady after I sheared her 2 lambs.  I had it spun worsted weight and in 250 yarn skeins.  These are for sale for $14 a skein email me at psalms121@rocketmail.com if interested.  Here are a couple pics I took out in the natural light.  God Bless!