Kess's Ewe Lamb

With all the moorit happening here I do have one unusual lamb in the mix. Kess (left) a two year old moorit ewe. Truffles / Dugan

Bred to my ram Cider

Newton / Limerick
had this pretty little ewe lamb. Her coloring is not like the other lambs. She has the lighter moorit color around her ears upper legs and tail and her face is a grizzled brown. I don't have a better word for it,

like a grizzly bear! Unlike the Ag gene most of my sheep carry she does not have "sugar lips" nor is her fleece growing in lighter now like the others. (Click on pictures for a closer look)

Strong sturdy built lamb with soft, soft fleece she is special!

Do I just call her moorit or brown? She should have a special shetland color name. In the mean time I'm still looking for her Desert Peach...... name.

Tess's Lamb

Here is Tess and one of her ewe lambs born on April 1st. Her other ewe lamb is still alive and in the barn warm and cozy. Something awful is happening I'm loosing lambs and so far no vet has heard of this and no other shepard I've talked to has had this problem.

First Lamb in 2008

Here is Oma's first lamb and my first lamb of 2008! Born March 28th her name will be Desert Peach Zephyr (Zephie) weighing in at a big 5 lbs and born during one of our famous Washoe Zephyrs. She had a brother (Washoe) but he died the day after he was born. Still looking into that to see what could have caused his death. This is also Newton's (dad's) first lamb to be born. I wanted some genetics with spots and it looks like it worked! Oma is not into letting me get near for a close up so I settled for an action shot!