Yesterday morning I took the time to catch and halter the little boys so I could put a coat on Bunker, put a bigger coat on Blake (size E on both of them), and keep Byzantine from interfering while I worked. Of course I took advantage of the opportunity to indulge in "fleece porn," practically drooling over both my boys' wonderful fleeces. Bunker's fleece is so dense that there wasn't too much VM to pick out/brush off; he is soft-soft-soft and has a super-fine crimp. Blake's is also very soft and dense, has a lovely crimp, a longer staple - and isn't it the most gorgeous color? (If you're a fellow fiberholic, prepare to swoon if you click to biggify. :-)
The jury is still out on his genotype, but to me it looks more modified than Ag.Both ram lambs' fleeces will be tested next spring along with the rest of the flock. At this point in time I am very pleased with the quality of my three rams, and can see several years of mixing and matching them with my girls to produce wonderful Shetlands!
Random photo for the day:
The sky highway directly over our place.That's it for now at . . .
9 comments:
Oh, Oh, Oh - I want that one!! (Like I need another fleece - you should see my master bathtub full!!)
Oh my, that is gorgeous! Which one is pictured? Blake?
Rich
My two bigger ewe lambs are in the D size, and almost ready for the next size, but there were swimming in the size E, I would have had to do some major taking in to get them to fit. I wish they had a size that was halfway between the D and E. Even my small yearling ewes have trouble fitting in the size E.
Your white ram must have a long body to fit into the E so well.
Lovely!!! And yes, I am drooling over his fleece. I wish I could reach out and touch it!
Yes, Rich, that is Blake and his fleece is YUMMY! I showed Bunker's fleece in a recent post so didn't show it again here. And yes, Susan, Bunker has a long body! I think I could use some longer toplines in my flock, so I'm glad for that.
Wow, that IS gorgeous!
Maybe we need to bring some of those Shetlands east! Gorgeous stuff!
Beautiful fleece. Doesn't it make you want to snip out a little chunk (just to play with)?
I laughed at Diane's comment..~ snip out a little chunk to play with...
This wool is so beautiful, would make me itchy to just get my hands on it and make into something beautiful.. You wooly girls have way too much fun with these sheep..I still love Willard..
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