Great Plains Genetics at Willow Garden
About a week ago, before the rain, cold, snow, and gluminess set in ... I took a bunch of pictures of ewes from Carol Arthur's Great Plains flock ... and the lambs from their breeding. Above and below is WillowGarden Mutsu ... out of Great Plains Cherry and Great Plains King Arthur. She STAYS ... ;-)
Next is Great Plains Skye. She is a real character, let me tell you ... :-)
This is WillowGarden Vistabella, out of Great Plains Robin and Great Plains William the Conqueror. I LOVE this lamb!
WillowGarden Melba, out of Great Plains Sylvia and Great Plains King Arthur ... has a big, soft, crimpy fleece. As you can see around her neck, she is a lamb that thinks the grass really is always greener on the other side of the fence ... hehehe. I think that I can pull mioget lambs out of this one!
WillowGarden McIntosh, a grey katmoget ram lamb out of Great Plains Isabel and Great Plains King Arthur. He is a lovely ram, but his fleece lacks the handle that I would have expected, considering his parents. I will keep him around, though, to see what he grows in to. It will HAVE to be wonderful ... :-)
Great Plains Kilda ... one of my true FAVES ... :-)
WillowGarden Pippin, a mioget ewe lamb, out of Great Plains Tulip, and WillowGarden Duke Ellington. This little girl is a triplet, with a dense, full, even and crimpy, SOFT fleece ... and a real gift.
WillowGarden Chick Pea, out of WillowGarden Sophia Loren and Great Plains William the Conqueror. This little girl is Ag and crimpy from one end to the other, AND she is changing to a VERY dark blue grey ... at the moment. She has a very 'close' hind end, BUT, with the colour, crimp and handle of her fleece, she'll be added to the breeding program here for sure.
Kilda had twin girls for me this year. Yah gotta love that ... :-) This one is WillowGarden Gala, an emsket ewe lamb, out of WillowGarden Duke Ellington. This will be a big fleece, quite dense, and VERY crimpy from one end to the other. This girl is going nowhere ... :-)
This is a fleece that is thinner than I'd like ... BUT ... VERY fine, crimpy, and uniform. It feels like butter ... and is the kind of fleece you can't leave alone ... :-) It is on WillowGarden Cortland, out of Great Plains Sarah, and Whistle Stop Lerwick. This guy is smaller ... but very square ... and ohhhhh the fleece! He may be for sale after breeding season.
And last, but far from least ... WillowGarden Fuji, another Kilda daughter, and twin to Gala. This gal has a light grey fleece that is coming in with a nice even, tight crimp. She will also be carrying the modifier. She has been on and off my sale list over the past few months. Right now, I am keeping her ... happily ... we'll see what happens with her. She is a doll ... :-)
About a week ago, before the rain, cold, snow, and gluminess set in ... I took a bunch of pictures of ewes from Carol Arthur's Great Plains flock ... and the lambs from their breeding. Above and below is WillowGarden Mutsu ... out of Great Plains Cherry and Great Plains King Arthur. She STAYS ... ;-)
Next is Great Plains Skye. She is a real character, let me tell you ... :-)
This is WillowGarden Vistabella, out of Great Plains Robin and Great Plains William the Conqueror. I LOVE this lamb!
WillowGarden Melba, out of Great Plains Sylvia and Great Plains King Arthur ... has a big, soft, crimpy fleece. As you can see around her neck, she is a lamb that thinks the grass really is always greener on the other side of the fence ... hehehe. I think that I can pull mioget lambs out of this one!
WillowGarden McIntosh, a grey katmoget ram lamb out of Great Plains Isabel and Great Plains King Arthur. He is a lovely ram, but his fleece lacks the handle that I would have expected, considering his parents. I will keep him around, though, to see what he grows in to. It will HAVE to be wonderful ... :-)
Great Plains Kilda ... one of my true FAVES ... :-)
WillowGarden Pippin, a mioget ewe lamb, out of Great Plains Tulip, and WillowGarden Duke Ellington. This little girl is a triplet, with a dense, full, even and crimpy, SOFT fleece ... and a real gift.
WillowGarden Chick Pea, out of WillowGarden Sophia Loren and Great Plains William the Conqueror. This little girl is Ag and crimpy from one end to the other, AND she is changing to a VERY dark blue grey ... at the moment. She has a very 'close' hind end, BUT, with the colour, crimp and handle of her fleece, she'll be added to the breeding program here for sure.
Kilda had twin girls for me this year. Yah gotta love that ... :-) This one is WillowGarden Gala, an emsket ewe lamb, out of WillowGarden Duke Ellington. This will be a big fleece, quite dense, and VERY crimpy from one end to the other. This girl is going nowhere ... :-)
This is a fleece that is thinner than I'd like ... BUT ... VERY fine, crimpy, and uniform. It feels like butter ... and is the kind of fleece you can't leave alone ... :-) It is on WillowGarden Cortland, out of Great Plains Sarah, and Whistle Stop Lerwick. This guy is smaller ... but very square ... and ohhhhh the fleece! He may be for sale after breeding season.
And last, but far from least ... WillowGarden Fuji, another Kilda daughter, and twin to Gala. This gal has a light grey fleece that is coming in with a nice even, tight crimp. She will also be carrying the modifier. She has been on and off my sale list over the past few months. Right now, I am keeping her ... happily ... we'll see what happens with her. She is a doll ... :-)
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