I thought about just taking a week off from the Sheep of the Week. I hadn't found the time to go out and get a good portrait and I'm running so behind on the Iknitarod that I really needed to focus on that. I hated skipping a week though because then it gets easy to skip another week when I can't manage my time and then another week...
The request for this week/last week had been Tabitha. She is one of the five young(ish) Jacobs we have. She's the only sort of chummy one in the group so she stands out. Chummy as in she will come up to you to get a cookie. The rest like cookies...but you have to toss them from a distance. Jacobs... ;-)
When I was doing the barn check this morning, I found her front and center, almost like she was reminding me I hadn't taken her picture. It was still pretty dark, but the iPhone does a great job in low light and this is not too bad. I will try to get a better portrait this week though.
Here is as close to a baby picture as I have of her. She and her fellow Ts arrived in January of 2017. She would have been maybe eight or nine months old here. I don't have any funny stories about these five crazy Jacobs, but their trip up here from WV was a pretty cute post.
I had them set up in the horse stalls for quarantine and I enjoyed using Kate to move them out to the yard to graze every day and then back in. Tilly even helped a little. Those were fun days.
I love Jacob sheep. I think they are beautiful and if I could only spin one type of wool for the rest of my life, I'd pick Jacob. Their fleeces are easy to care for and process. They yarn spins easily and can do quite a few jobs depending on the individual and whether they are on the softer side or more medium. The fun you can have blending the colors is the best.
What I don't enjoy as much about Jacobs is their more "primitive" personalities. Henri was a friendly Jacob and Annabelly was sweet, too. Tabitha is as close to "friendly" as we have anymore. Tavia could probably be talked into being more friendly if she didn't have the other three bad influences around.
That's okay. We have quite a few less colorful...but more colorful sheep who are more than happy to fill the sheep are so fun roles :-). Everyone has a place.
Special request for next/this week?
5 comments:
That extra horn.... is that a thing with Jacobs? Or an anomaly?
Pinto sheep! Two colors for the price of one in the fleece!
Oops, I forgot to mention her most interesting feature too this week, the extra horns. She has five! Jacobs have to have at least two, but can have up to six.
And the colors, you not only get two, but as many variations of gray as you feel like blending together :-D.
I really enjoyed reading this week's installment! I had a Jacob cross that was nowhere near as beautiful as Tabitha, but she definitely had the primitive personality. I had no idea they could have up to 6 horns either. Would you do a Cheeto post?
Such pretty and unusual sheep
She has a good look, I like her horns too:)
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