We have sold all of our lambs that were available this year, as well as three from our sister flock at Morning Glory Farm. Blossom's twins (a ram and a ewe) went to Athens, Ohio with a ewe from Morning Glory. Two little cross-bred ewes named Hannah and Jemima are at a wonderful pet home with a Morning Glory ram right here in Bucks County. King Solomon has traveled down to Aberdeen Maryland and will breed two 2008 ewes this fall. Jacob II - our second crossbred ram to be sold for breeding into a Shetland flock (Jacob I went to western Pennsylvania several years ago) just had to cross the bridge into NJ to get to his new home. Jonathan and Caleb are still here for now - they will be wethered and dog-broke so that when they go to their new home in New York State in October they will be all ready to meet the herding Shelties on their new farm.

We are keeping Simon of Cyrene and he will replace our wonderful black ram Brian as our black breeder ram. Brian was killed last fall just before breeding time - he was Simon's grandpa. We also have a sweet little girl named Dark Star who was born with a defect that prevents her from being bred. But she is thriving, and we are sure she will give us a beautiful white cross-bred fleece next year. (The dark star is over her right eye!)

Since we have sold all of our lambs that were available for the last two years we plan to keep three purebred ewe lambs next year to put into our breeding flock. We have several older girls, both pure-bred and cross-bred who would be available to pet homes. We only breed them bfore they turn 9 - after all, they have earned their keep and deserve a retirement! So far they have been leading a healthy life up to 12 or 14, but having babies is hard on them and they are not "commercial" animals - they are our family. Several of them have gone to a Bucks County farm of a fiber friend where they are enjoying their retirement and giving her nice fleeces. I call it "Shady Pines for Sheep".

Here are some photos of the lambs from this year - they grow so fast!