New Kids On The Block

We drove down to Franklin, Kentucky, yesterday to look at some Jacob sheep. Blue Ewe Jacobs is, as far as I know, the only other flock of Jacobs in Kentucky. And now they are moving to Wisconsin :-/. We were glad to finally meet them though and look at their lovely sheep and were excited to bring home two lilac weanlings.



I love the look on Hank's face. "Hi! My name's Hank. What's yours? Are you coming to live here? Do you like dogs? Um, you don't eat dog food, do you? There's a creek out front. Do you like to go exploring? Sometimes we go out back and there are some bees out there. Do you like bees? This is B. Willard and Sherman. They're about your age. Are you all going to play together?..."

While I realize that a quarantine pen that allows everyone to touch noses is not really a quarantine pen, in this heat, this is the best we can do. And if I thought there was anything to really be concerned about bringing a new sheep on the farm, they wouldn't be coming on the farm on the first place...



Blizzard and Mia. Brother and sister, taking good care of each other.



See the brown spots? While all of our Jacobs fleeces look brown and white as they grow out, that's just their black spots sunbleaching to brown. A lilac starts out brown - see around Mia's eye? Their legs spots are brown too. Lilacs are not very common and we are excited to finally have a couple.



Technically, handsome Blizzard should have a full eye patch on his right eye, similar to his left, but as we aren't planning on breeding him, that's of no concern. I like the spot on his cheek. It matches his sister's.



Isn't she pretty and petite? Both have beautiful, super soft fleeces.

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