Pending evaluation when he gets a little older, this boy may indeed be for sale!
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About Me
- Alaska Shetland Shepherd
- Wasilla, Alaska
- I have been owned by Shetlands and Shetland crosses since 1997. The first 4 arrived to assist my AKC Australian Cattle Dogs with learning herding maneuvers. I bred to registered Shetland rams to improve them and kept good ewe lambs back each year. I slowly built up my flock and now keep 40 or so year 'round. Recently we had the flock tested for OPP and Johne's diseases also and I'm happy to say all tested negative! WOOHOO!! My interest in registered Shetlands was always there. I bought a few each year. As my registered numbers grow, my unregistered sheep numbers will dwindle except for a few old favorites who will stay. I grew up around sheep in Michigan and have been around the big wool breeds for years, but the Shetland is a far superior breed with fantastic wool and small size as well as big personalities. They do very well in Alaska! In 2007 I flew up 8 spotted Shetland lambs for my breeding plans and new genetics in Alaska, and 2 more lambs in 2008. I really look forward to the future lambs to arrive here at Silveraurora! I'm also busy with a wonderful dairy goat herd as well, so occasionally you'll see some of my beauties on this blog too!
7 comments:
wow, they sure do look alike..interesting that the sire can have such power over the ewe's genetics. Congratulations on your spotted lambs. I hope they grow like weeds.
Amazing! Love those big white spot sheep. Congratulations on such beautiful lambs.
Hi,
Thanks for visiting my blog! Did you know that I chose Bahama as my new ram because I admired Barbados so much! They are full brothers. Peeps is going to deliver my group soon, Marshmello included. We must have similar taste, I know you thought about flying her up to you. Did your others get there yet? My husband spent some time in AK after college. I was lucky enough to visit a couple of times. So beautiful!!
Congratulations on another spotty! I know you've been looking forward to them so, and you can't be disappointed. Makes my little flock look plain, I suppose, but you know what they say: "Every crow thinks her chick's the blackest." :-) Better go get my chickies in the fold for the night....
hahahaha! Thanks Michelle! I've been looking at solid colored sheep for more than 10 years so it's sure nice to see the recessives out there now.....more variety!
And thanks Kara - you'd better take great care of Marshmallow, she is my favorite girl and so is her beautiful lamb. My others come up in a few week!
Karen and Peeps, thanks for the comments. I agree, sometime a ram can be prepotent and that's a good thing. Both lambs have a very nice temperament, and so does their dad Captain Hook. But I'm sure Captain inherited that from the Great Pan too. I'm bottle feeding the ewe lamb twice a day even tho she doesn't seem to need it, but she's learned to rush over and let me pet and scratch her now so I will have my pet ewe, something I've always liked. Not EVERYONE has to work for a living here! :-)
Awww, gotta love that one :o)
What a beautiful ram! Spotted lambs are so fun!!
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