~EWES~
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Kenleigh Acres Azalea
DOB: 2/16/10
2-horn ewe 25% Black/White Micron Count: 33.7 |
SIRE: Kenleigh's Reno DAM: Kenleigh's Symphony Twin of Kenleigh's Dallas |
Azalea's wool has a light crimp with a staple length of about 4 1/2 inches. Her fleeces weigh 3-4 pounds.
Azalea has strong horns that sweep back nicely giving her entire head a very pretty appearance.
Azalea was one of our first 2 sheep. We have watched her grow from a nervous little lamb into a very confident ewe. She is an EXCELLENT mother. She had twins her first lambing and delivered flawlessly with fantastic instincts to get her lambs cleaned, on their feet and nursing.
Azalea has strong horns that sweep back nicely giving her entire head a very pretty appearance.
Azalea was one of our first 2 sheep. We have watched her grow from a nervous little lamb into a very confident ewe. She is an EXCELLENT mother. She had twins her first lambing and delivered flawlessly with fantastic instincts to get her lambs cleaned, on their feet and nursing.
Alabaster Chambers Lyra
DOB: 8/11/13
2-horn ewe 20% Black/White Lamb Fleece Micron Count: 24.6 |
SIRE: Newberry Mr. Boots DAM: Kenleigh's Cascadia Twin of Alabaster Chambers Ara |
Lyra--pronounced "Lie-ruh"--is a constellation, and is Latin for "lyre" (a lyre is a stringed instrument similar to a harp). Lyra's left side markings resembled a swirl like musical notes when we first found her lying in the dirt, abandoned by her mother only a couple of hours old. The constellation Lyra is directly overhead in the night sky in the Summer season, when she and her twin were born.
Lyra is quite petite- she received almost no colostrum from her mother, despite our efforts to hold the ewe still and to milk out what we could. In addition, Lyra had a significant allergy to the only lamb replacer formula available in our area, a whey-based formula. When the allergy showed itself, we switched her to store-bought goat milk, lacking in some necessary nutrients--we had no raw goat milk or any other milk available at that time. She detested grain as a lamb and still does not care for it much. She would not eat alfalfa hay as a young lamb--only an orchard grass mix--so, we had a difficult time getting weight on her.
Lyra was raised in a downtown apartment--the same one that her older brother, Coventry, was raised in. She was weaned a couple weeks later than we wanted, but we were relieved to see how quickly she adjusted to living outdoors with the "real sheep" and is now best friends with her brother and twin, and is even included by the other ewes in frolicking about the field.
Lyra's lamb fleece is like a little cotton ball. It grew in quite thick once she began living outdoors and her first shearing at almost 9 months of age yielded a 1.5 pound fleece with a staple length of 3" after we removed excessively dirty edges. We're excited to see how her adult fleeces will grow.
Registration pending.
Lyra is quite petite- she received almost no colostrum from her mother, despite our efforts to hold the ewe still and to milk out what we could. In addition, Lyra had a significant allergy to the only lamb replacer formula available in our area, a whey-based formula. When the allergy showed itself, we switched her to store-bought goat milk, lacking in some necessary nutrients--we had no raw goat milk or any other milk available at that time. She detested grain as a lamb and still does not care for it much. She would not eat alfalfa hay as a young lamb--only an orchard grass mix--so, we had a difficult time getting weight on her.
Lyra was raised in a downtown apartment--the same one that her older brother, Coventry, was raised in. She was weaned a couple weeks later than we wanted, but we were relieved to see how quickly she adjusted to living outdoors with the "real sheep" and is now best friends with her brother and twin, and is even included by the other ewes in frolicking about the field.
Lyra's lamb fleece is like a little cotton ball. It grew in quite thick once she began living outdoors and her first shearing at almost 9 months of age yielded a 1.5 pound fleece with a staple length of 3" after we removed excessively dirty edges. We're excited to see how her adult fleeces will grow.
Registration pending.