Sheep Introductions

I just spent the last few hours submitting registration applications for this year’s lambs. So I have current photos and thought I’d make introductions of these and new sheep that I got last month.

Meridian Betsy (Ruby Peak Tamarisk x Meridian Betty) is a ewe lamb that is still on the sale page. I wouldn’t mind keeping her but I probably have too many sheep and I’ll have more next spring.

Meridian Columbine is a ewe lamb out of Cashew, who lambed this spring as a lamb herself.

Meridian Juniper is one of the few lambs sired by the the ram lamb (now yearling), Rambler. Her dam is Jasmine.

Meridian Lupine (Meridian Axle x Meridian Vixen) is the only lilac ewe lamb I kept. She also has almost the most color of all the lambs staying. It seems I ended up with a lot of light lambs.

Meridian Quinci (Ruby Peak Tamarisk x Meridian Quartz) is on the sale page and may be spoken for but if she doesn’t sell I’ll be happy to keep her.

Her sister, Quail, is one that I had my eye on not long after they were born. I thought she looked very flashy. Now that they have grown up I like Quinci’s horns much better than her sister’s. This photo was taken several months ago. I need to get a current photo.

This is another photo from a few months ago. This is Beauty (Meridian Jasper x Meridian Belle), owned and named by my granddaughter.

Isn’t this a cute lamb? She is Patchwork Amara, a lilac lamb from Georgia and is a real sweetheart. I have a t-shirt that reads “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy a sheep and that’s almost the same thing”. I am very happy because I bought six new sheep that arrived last month. A friend made all the convoluted transportation arrangements and she and I both got sheep from three breeders in Georgia and Michigan.

This is Amara’s BFF, Patchwork BettyLou. They are both very sweet lambs who come up to the fence for treats if the big scary ewes aren’t in the way.

They are now friends with Hillside Grace, a pretty lamb from Michigan.

These three all hang out together, often away from the other sheep.

BettyLou and Amara have no qualms about approaching for treats. Grace is much more hesitant but if I’m very still and her friends are right there, she’ll risk it.

Sweetgrass Tranquility and Eilwen are two-year-old ewes who came on the same trip with the lambs. I sure look forward to seeing what their lambs will look like next year.

At first the five new ewes didn’t mingle with the rest of the flock. The two older ewes and the three lambs still associate mostly with each other. I also got a new ram lamb, but I’ll do another post to introduce all the rams.