Sunday, March 6, 2011

Lambies at Last!

We finally started lambing last week.  It’s been a leisurely pace so far but a quick scan of bellies and udders today leads me to believe life is going to get much more hectic very soon… 
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baw Brunhilde
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Rockies Wren
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baw Beebe
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Sweetgrass Katerie

Eight ewes have lambed so far with a total of 15 lambs.  Mostly Churros so far - I think the Jacob ewes are holding out for a better offer.  I’ve posted some of the lamb photos below.  For now they’re just cute lambs.  We’ll be evaluating them for breed quality characteristics when they’re a bit older…
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Spotted Badger N-C ram lamb #268
(baw Bernardo x baw Tessa)
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Spotted Badger N-C ram lamb #269
(baw Bernardo x baw Yolanda)
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Spotted N-C ewe lamb #270 
(baw Bernardo x baw Yolanda)
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Black and Tan (Reverse Badger) N-C ram lamb #271
(PDF Harry x baw Audrey)
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Black w/TGH N-C ewe lamb #272
(PDF Harry x baw Audrey)
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White N-C ram lamb # 273
(SLR Bejay x baw Amorita)
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White N-C ewe lamb #274
(SLR Bejay x baw Amorita)
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Black Badger ram lamb #275
(PDF Harry x baw Winona)
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Black w/TGH ewe lamb #276
(PDF Harry x baw Winona)

For more info. on the rams that sired this year’s lambs visit our website at:  www.bideaweefarm.com/2011LineUp.htm

More lambs coming soon (very soon!)…

Friday, March 4, 2011

Easy Keeper

Talk about an easy keeper!  He doesn’t eat, poop, ram things or wander off looking for girls.  Meet Capone II…P1010003

Jesse Leavitt of Willamina, Oregon, a fellow vendor at the McMinnville Public Market, carved him for us using a photo we provided of Maverick Capone, one of our past Jacob flock sires…
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Capone II has been guarding our booth at the market.  He’s a favorite with kids and dogs…P1010004 

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Here he’s pretending to be a Churro…
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Thanks again Jesse – we love him!

If you’d like to have Jesse carve something for you contact him at 503-876-7024