Sheep Portraits

It was a foggy morning and the fog didn’t lift until mid-afternoon.

The sheep had already been out before I walked to the pasture so they didn’t bury their faces to start grazing immediately. It was a good opportunity to take sheep portraits.

Yearling ewe, Meridian Zoe, a 4-horn lilac.

Meridian Hailee has a nice wide spread to her horns.

Meridian SallyR, a ewe lamb.

Patchwork Amara, a lilac ewe, who came from Patchwork Farm in Georgia.

This is yearling ewe, Bide a wee Bobbie Jo, one of two ewes I got last summer, originally from Oregon.

Meridian Lenore, another lilac ewe.

Meridian Pecan. The ewes born in 2020 didn’t get as much handling as in other years because that was after my accident and head injury. They were all a bit nutty and that’s why most of them have nut names.

Jannie, a ewe whose horns took an interesting twist.

Corri-3, one of the three Corriedale ewe lambs I got in September.

The Flock

Every year I put together a Flock List for the Farm Club members. This includes photos and a little information about each sheep (and dog and other characters) on the farm. I like to get current photos of each sheep and I’ll share a few here. Shearing Day is in just a month so they are in almost full fleece. I’ll have to get before and after shots of them as well. 11047-zoey-3

Zoey.

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Alexandria.

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Sonata.

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Ears.

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Cascade.

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Jean.

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Two almost 2-year-olds, Honey and Zinnia.

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Marilla, a 2016 lamb, and her mother, Marilyn.

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This photo was taking during the summer of two of the sheep I bought from flocks in Oregon. That is Kenleigh’s Sheena on the left and Shadow Mountain Shelby on the right. I found this photo while I was looking for another. It is a good example showing a lilac ewe (right) and a black and white ewe.

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Most sheep eyes.

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Some of the lilac sheep have striking blue eyes