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Lambs, Lambs, and more Lambs!

Posted by kenleighacres on February 1, 2015
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It has been busy since my last post!  We are up to 12 lambs – 4 boys and 8 girls.

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Delight and Folly both had twin ewe lambs.

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We have been very lucky and the lambs have been able to enjoy a lot of sunshine.

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Delight’s ewe lamb, Glitch.

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Folly’s girls got an extra dose of cute 😉

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and it looks like they are well on their to being friendly, just like their mom.

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I love the facial markings on Spangle.

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Serendipity’s facial markings are pretty cute too.

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Lily-Grace is a first time mom and she has handled it like a pro!

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Her lambs were really enjoying the sunshine today.

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Ailsa is VERY proud of her ‘mini me’ ewe lamb.

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Legacy and her lambs – Lickety-Split and Lollygag.

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Smooch is still quite the character 🙂

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He has his mama’s sweet eyes.

We have 6 more ewes left to lamb, unfortunately it doesn’t look like they will be doing it in the sunshine.  It has been nice to see it in January 🙂

Happy Feet!

Posted by kenleighacres on January 19, 2015
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It was a beautiful day and the babies enjoyed their time outside!

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Lots of jumping, bouncing, and happy feet!

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Banjo and Bazinga stayed close to mom, but Smooch was a little more adventurous!

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Susannah is very proud of her babies!

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This is the third year in a row that we have bred her to Windy Acres MacCallum and I love the cross.  This is her ewe lamb, Bazinga.

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Here is her ram lamb, Banjo.

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Smooch was into stirring things up and having a good time.

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He thinks he is pretty special 😉

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We are all wondering when the rest of the babies will make their appearance…

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but the rest of the girls don’t look like they are in any hurry.  From the looks of things, I think next week will be very busy!

Lambs, lambs, lambs!

Posted by kenleighacres on January 11, 2015
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We had 3 lovely little lambs born yesterday!

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Infiniti was the first up with her very big ram lamb.  This is how she likes to do things…lamb first and have big boys!

The naming theme this year is ‘Embrace your silliness’.  We like to keep it light and fun here!

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Infiniti’s ram lamb has the cutest marking on his nose and Smooch just fit.

It will be fun to match up the funny words on my list with the lambs as they are born.

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Susannah wasn’t far behind Infiniti and had a lovely set of twins – a boy and a girl.

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I love her little girl!!!  Her name is Bazinga 🙂

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She is so sweet and even agreed to pose with one of the felt pups that I recently finished.

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This is her very handsome brother, Banjo.

Not sure who will be next, but it looks like we will have a day or two before any more lambs are born.

The longest days of the year!

Posted by kenleighacres on January 6, 2015
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It has been awhile since I visited my blog, but the start of a new year seems like a great time to start blogging again.  Plus we will have adorable lamb photos to share very soon!

web-IMG_3977We are anxiously waiting for this girl to start the lambing season.  She is due on Friday and the next couple of days are going to feel like the longest days of the year.

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Avalon and Delight are the biggest girls this year, but they aren’t due for awhile.

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Poor Avalon always looks so uncomfortable.  She is one of the few that I don’t have a due date for, but she is definitely bred 😉

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Delight is already wide and low, but she isn’t due until the 31st of January.

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A couple of the first timers are going to keep me guessing, this is Magnolia and Meara.  I have breeding dates for them, but they sure don’t look very pregnant yet!

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Lily-Grace is another first timer, but there isn’t any guessing as to whether she is pregnant 😉

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A few of last year’s lambs are still hanging out with their moms.  This is Legacy and her daughter, Felicity.

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Still my favorite lamb from last year, Lulu, loves to hang out with her mom, Mollala.  Such a cute pair.

Hopefully I will have a new blog post very soon with cute lamb photos!

Making me proud!

Posted by kenleighacres on January 14, 2014
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Having sheep is so much more than just having livestock in the pasture.  They bring peace and joy and have provided many life lessons for all of us.  Being a good shepherd, includes:

–  Developing a close, intimate relationship with them so that they know your voice and trust you.

 –  Understanding the needs of the sheep better than they do.

–  Working to provide protection and security.

–  Comforts sheep when they are hurt or fearful.

–  Lead them to fresh pastures.

–  Gets deep satisfaction from seeing that sheep are contented, well-fed, and safe.

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Nothing makes me more proud than heading into the barn to find our son, calmly and gently, moving the sheep out for feeding time.  He didn’t know I was watching him and it brought a smile to my face to see him quietly talking to the girls as he ushered them out.

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While I was putting hay in the feeders, he was giving Delight the attention she was craving.  It looks like she will be the next to lamb.  The look on her face says it all…she was thoroughly enjoying the scratches and sweet talks.

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After spending time with Delight, he worked his way down the lamb pens and said ‘hi’ to everyone.  He spent the most time with this little girl.  Scout has become friendly and he will soon have another one begging for chest scratches.

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They make a pretty cute pair 🙂

I love this time of year and the bond we are creating with the help of our little spotted sheep.

Just like that…

Posted by kenleighacres on January 11, 2014
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We went from 1 lamb to 6!

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At this time yesterday, Legend was still the only lamb….not that he was really minding it 😉

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Sublimity lambed yesterday afternoon with 2 ewe lambs.

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First born was Caprice.

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Second born was Scout.  So stinkin’ cute!!!

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Their sire is Reno.  This is the third time doing this cross and it continues to put a smile on my face.

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Susannah was very close behind with a ewe lamb of her own.  Her sire is Mac, this was also a repeat breeding.

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I love her long eye lashes and cute little smirk.

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This morning I was greeted by Flirt’s two ram lambs.  This is Whistler.

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He was a sleepy boy.

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This is his brother, Asher.  They are also sired by Mac.

Azera and Delight look like they are lining up and getting ready!

Attention Grabbing Floozie

Posted by kenleighacres on January 6, 2014
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If that title doesn’t grab you, I don’t know what will 😉

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My friend has dubbed my ewe, Infiniti, an attention grabbing floozie.  I have to admit…the title does kind of fit.

In August, she was the first ewe to be bred, the same day we turned the rams in.  This wasn’t much of a surprise because she has been the first to lamb the last couple of years.   Unfortunately, she was then rebred by the clean-up ram.  I was looking forward to the resulting lamb of the first cross, so I was disappointed.

Since she was rebred (supposedly), this meant our first lambs would be due January 10th.  Well, you can imagine my shock to find this little guy…

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Looks like she was bred by the first guy!  Just her way of grabbing more attention 🙂

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Welcome ‘Legend’!  Such a handsome guy with a beautiful lamb fleece.

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Infiniti is such a good mama!

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He will soon be joined by a bunch of lambs later this week!

Where have I been???

Posted by kenleighacres on May 9, 2013
Posted in: Border Collie, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Dogs, family, Farm Life, Felting, Jacob Sheep, Lambing. Tagged: , , , . 4 Comments

2 months since I last wrote a post…what???  That can’t be!

I guess I can’t argue with the date on my last entry, but it sure doesn’t feel like a couple of months have gone by.

So, what have I been up to???

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Up to my armpits in sheep 🙂

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Bronwen FINALLY lambed.  She had two lovely ewe lambs – meet Chiffon and Magnolia.   I wish I could say she was the last to lamb, but she wasn’t.  Calgary was the last to lamb a week later with two ram lambs.

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I’m not a fan of April lambs, but it was fun having little babies again.

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Remember the soccer lambs, Blizzard and Ruby?  They have successfully become part of the flock and love to help lead the flock out to pasture.  Blizzard has become my little buddy.

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It only makes sense because his uncle Dreamer is my biggest buddy 🙂

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I have been busy keeping up with Kate’s full schedule.  When she isn’t managing the pasture rotation…

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she is ridding a local college of the pesky geese.

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Paisley doesn’t get to help Kate chase the geese, but she loves going with us.

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The boys have been doing a lot of fishing…

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we didn’t catch any fish on this trip, but the sunshine sure felt nice.

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A friend and I took a little roadtrip to California to deliver some sheep.  We found a lot of sunshine there!

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My Felt Pups are continuing to keep me busy and I love the stories and the connections people have with their dogs.

Ok, that was a VERY brief overview, but at least I feel like I am a little caught up and can get back to posting regularly.

Soccer Lambs!

Posted by kenleighacres on March 2, 2013
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What do you do when you are a 9-year-old boy with a couple of bottle lambs???

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You teach them how to play soccer!

It all started when the lambs were returned from their temporary mom, she did a fabulous job raising them and feeding them every few hours, as bottle lambs require at a young age.  She called a couple weeks ago and said it was time for them to come back to the farm.  Our son was thrilled to take over their care and has done such a good job with them.

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He has been reading to them, mainly from a book about playing soccer.

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Today was such a nice day, they decided to try their new-found skills out on the soccer field.

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I love how you can capture moments like this, it truly looks like Ruby just head butted the soccer ball.

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Sometimes a player gets distracted and has to be called back for the game…good thing he has been teaching them their names!

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Back to the game!

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They had quite the cheering section and I think a few of them were a little jealous.  Maybe he can recruit a few more for a full soccer team.

Frosty and Foggy…

Posted by kenleighacres on January 24, 2013
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and COLD!!!

My internet has been less than reliable the last week and it is now rainy and muddy again, but I still wanted to share these photos 😉

We have been stuck in a weather funk, ok maybe I have been in a funk because of the weather. Whatever it is, I have been very thankful for the brief moments when the sun shines….

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and watching the lambs race around the pasture certainly helps 🙂

It has now been 11 days since my last post and we have had 12 new babies in that time period and it has been frosty and foggy for all of them!

The still pregnant girls spend a lot of time wandering out to the pasture…

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back to the barn…

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and giving their poor legs a break.

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This picture makes me laugh.  Althea has now lambed, but her legs look so little and it is exaggerated by the big boy, Dreamer, standing behind her.

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Dreamer is really cute with the lambs.

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Seeing the babies snuggled up next to their mom is one of my favorite things about this time of year.

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At only a couple of days old, they are already trying out what is edible and what isn’t.

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As the title said, we had lots of frosty mornings with the temperatures in the low 20’s.  I am thankful the next batch of lambs is going to come in a bit warmer weather.

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Aragon is also happy to be waking up ‘frost free’.

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We are all happy to say ‘good-bye’ to that bank of fog that would roll in mid-morning!

We have 23 lambs and this next week looks to be extra busy with 17 girls due.

Here is a small sample of the lambs we have.

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For those interested, you can visit our website to see a listing of all our lambs.