Wilson's Shoppe

When you come into Warren, NH you are greeted by a missile in the center of town.

Isn't this cool? The following blog gives more information about the missile in the center of town.
http://cowhampshire.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/24/2337500.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren,_New_Hampshire This is a quaint little town in the upper 1/3 of the state. This is back in February when we dropped off our products. She has since opened and sold a couple of hats for us. Hopefully she will get busier during the summer months. Pat Wilson, the owner, has put a lot of time and effort into this shoppe. If you are in the area, stop in and buy a cup of Green Mountain coffee and peruse the shoppe. We hope to go back up by mid-May to take more pictures.

Her business card and some of the items in the shoppe.

Pat Wilson (in the center making Jerry coffee) and a couple of her friends. Some of our yarn.

http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_9n9q1 Business info about the shoppe.

The last of the fleeces have been posted

For some reason Google has limited my picture storage. I use blogger to post fleeces and farm new because it is free. And now that Google has gotten involved, they want me to pay for extra picture storage on all of my blogs. So...anything before the beginning of 2008 has been deleted from the blogs. Some day if we ever get big enough, and trust me I am not in any hurry, we will pay for a true web site. But, in the meantime, I thank you all for reading our blogs and any purchase you have made, or will make.
Remember, all purchases go right back to the farm for grain & hay for the sheep, grass seed for their pastures, and hopefully this year to help pay for the property tax. Thank you ALL for your time!! And your interest in reading our blogs.

Off to enjoy the sunshine and skirt some uncoated fleeces!! These are destined for roving.

OH!! If you get a chance...read this website. It is very informative for any of us who spin. And she covers 3 of my breeds. http://www.spindlicity.com/2009_01/big%20box.html

Extreme Sheep LED Art

Click on the title to go to the coolest sheep video I've seen on YouTube yet!

White fleeces are done and posted!!

http://eweifarmfleece.blogspot.com/

Salt

A few years ago we had our first (and only) triplets. Unfortunately, they all ended up as bottle babies. Since Jerry couldn't be home all the time to help feed, he built this feeder for us. When there were three bottles going at once, they were bungee corded in place. It can hang anywhere on the green gates and the wooden arm adjusts the angle. It is set up to mimic mom's teats. Except we use the Pritchard teats instead of the hard black teats, as discussed in an earlier post.

Salt is one of two lambs born to Moose. His twin is Pepper. He was 10#, Pepper was 14#. He appeared to have white muscle, despite the fact that we add Selenium to the feed and minerals, and he was not getting enough milk from his mother. So, we are supplement feeding him 3 times a day. He sucks down his bottle and then goes and finds Moose and nurses from her as well.

We are not keeping him. He is a market lamb, and hopefully we can get him up to weight in time for Easter market.

More Cornelius lambs

Please be warned that some of these pictures are pretty graphic and close up of two different ewes giving birth!!
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Fluffy gives birth. Twin boys. They are Border Leicester/Romney/Columbia X Horned Dorset.

Proper presentation of a lamb.

This is how I usually see a lamb presented. Two hooves and the 'beak', and then the head.

Right after the 2nd is born.

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These are Susan and Cornelius's 'children'. The first 3 are Spot, the ewe that we are keeping. Susan is Maggie and Charlie's daughter. That makes her Dorset/Romney/Shetland X Horned Dorset.

Her twin, Double Spot, may have horns. I don't think she will.

These were taken of Susan, Fluffy and there 'kids' while waiting on Psycho to give birth. Fluffy's children show the Border Leicester ears from their grandfather, Joshua, who is Border Leicester/Romney.

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Fluffy and her twins. Susan and her twins. These were taken shortly after their births. These lambs were born 3/8/09-Susan, and 3/9/09-Fluffy.

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Psycho gives birth to twins. I miss her birthing this one, but caught on 'film' the next one. Pictures are pretty graphic. These lambs were born 3/12/09.

This is the first birth I have seen and documented that the lamb was born totally encased in its birth sack. Usually, as seen with Fluffy before, the sack will start to tear as the lamb is being born. When the head is out the lamb can start to breath. This lamb could not breath on its own until it hit the ground and the sack then broke.

If you click on the pictures, you can see the blood vessels in the sack.

Psycho's second lamb newly born. I cleaned off her mouth and nose and then backed away so she would bond with her.