Who is Who? The Sheep

We also have sheep at our farm: one ram and 5 ewes with 2 baby lambs.

Our sheep don't actually have names, just numbers, but we find we end up calling them names.  Like the mom of the twin lambs we call "Ma".

Here are the twins:

Here are the ewes with the ram diving into some hay:

There you can see how their winter coat is falling off.  They are hair sheep (not wool sheep) so we do not shear them, their wool naturally comes off.   I have noticed the ram's hair came off first.

Here is the ram (the one in the back who's face is fully showing and his summer hair coat is showing):

There is also panda, one of our ewes who has neat markings:

Who is who? The Boys

The boys were less than cooperative with pictures so I did not get individual pictures of them.  I fought them for awhile and it just wasn't happening.  Boy?!!?

Here are all four, but of course my favorite is the black one, Gabe (Gabriel Star of RobAsia)

It is true that they are have great fiber and all bring something to the table for the ladies :) I just happen to like the black and my dream from the time we started was a black boy.  I admit it, I favor Gabe.

Here are the other three:  Bubba (the other Gabriel but in beige), Vamil (white) and Greyt (rose grey)

We actually also own three other boys who are not on our farm.   Smokey is a modern dark silver grey, who has very soft fiber.   He is an older experienced male (the sire of our own Twilight who is one of my favorites).   Then we have two juvi boys, Max a true black suri male and Stoney, a silver grey huacaya male.

Who is Who? Farm Friends

We don't just have alpacas on our farm. We have our farm dog, a Great Pyrenees, Spot, who is a wonderful Herd Guardian Dog. And we have two cats (who protect me from mice!!!).

~ SPOT ~ PHANTOM ~ BUDDY ~

Phantom is Zack's cat, the one that is mostly white with some grey patches.  Buddy is Emma's cat and he's the tiger striped one.

Who is Who? The Old Girls

I don't say "old girls" to be mean, since I consider myself in that category.   We actually have sold off most of our older girls so there are only three who fit into this category (ie over 2 years old).

~ CHERRY~

 ~ TEHYA~

~MYSTERIA~

While all these older wiser girls are great, Tehya has a special place in my heart because she was born on our farm, the first year we had our own cria.  She came to our farm inside her mother and we waited so impatiently for her impending birth.

Who is Who? The Two Year Olds

These girls were born in 2010 and will turn 3 years old this year. Some of them are bred and will have their first cria this year.

~ ROSE ~

Rose is a beauty and has won many first place awards (see our 1st Place Winners page).

On the farm she's less glamorous, and kind of likes her food:

~ TWILIGHT ~

Twilight is a beauty on and off the farm (she even eats dainty like ~ well compared to Rose anyway):

 ~ GIGI~ 

I snapped that picture of her while she was chomping on some hay.

~ COCOA ~