Lambs and Kids

Our 2009 Lambs and Kids are due Mid March!

We have pure bred Saanan dairy goats -- 2 bred yearlings available in now.

Our flock of Angora goats and wool sheep are bred for prime handspinning wool and mohair production. We breed for colour in our lambs and kids, fiber length and wool quality. Among our flock we can find sheep that have wonderful lustre, fiber length and lock structure that is perfect for rug weaving and hard wearing outerwear, as well as coloured fleece that has length, lustre, softness and crimp for ease of handspinning and soft next to the skin wear.

We love coloured fleeces for their natural colour variations--that change as the animal ages, as well as for the way coloured wool accepts dyes. We breed our ewes to a long lustre ram one year and to a fine wooled ram the next--to maintain the softness, length, and lustre in the new lamb's fleece. Our long lustre ram, Chili Pepper, is 1/2 Romney and 1/2 Cotswold in colour--this year a rosey grey.

	Angora kids and Yearlings lined up for shearing in August 2008. Angora goats are sheared twice a year -- March and October. The October fleece is the nicest since they've been on pasture all summer and their fleece have very little vm. Their sire was a chocolate buck, Pauly, from Ewe Kid lines and registered with the coloured angora goat registry.
Hugs awaiting her first shearing. She is a naturally coloured pure bred angora goat. She has very good confirmation and ringlet lock structure.
	Princess is two and her fleece is still ringlet soft.
Hollyhock before shearing. This is her third clip fleece.
	Hollyhock after shearing. Boy, it feels good to get that hot fleece off. Mohair is 4 times warmer than wool.

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