We've all just about about had it with this summer weather! The ewes think that the only solution is to stand in front of the fan in the barn. Delilah and her ewe lamb are fan hogs. Other ewes escape into the weedy fields in search of verdant pastures. Bad girls! I spent 3 solid days combing out fleeces, trimming hooves, deworming and giving shots. Stay away from those weeds going to seeds, girls! Fern's ram lamb, a handsome boy!
Finn, always my good boy.
Thunder, SRX 917T, our new boy is settling in just fine. Our ram Fable has befriended him, and they are now inseparable!
Our apples are getting ripe, so they sheep are enjoying an evening treat of windfalls every night. The weather is cooling off and fall is in the air! Girls, munching apples!
Oh what bad girls. My worst nightmare! I will have to do some tricky manuevering when I move the sheep from the back pasture. I have a lane full of Queen Anne's Lace! It is full of trees so hard to mow. Finn looks as handsome as ever!
I am very envious of all your green grass, but not the parasite problems that it brings! The weeds in the fleeces is just sad. Your fleeces are beautiful - when will you shear again?
I love the cooler weather too. Thunder has such a masculine face. Handsome ram. I would like to send you a couple of pictures of the ram lambs out of Finn. I think their horns are going to be great. How long does it take to tell if they will curl out away from their faces?
Queen anne's lace is not usually one of the problem weeds when it comes to fleeces. We'll be shearing this fall, late September/early October. Horns! It's hard to predict on a ram lamb what they'll do. After about a year, you will have a good idea. Kelly, you should post some photos on your blog of the sheep. They are so beautiful this time of year.
Flicker brushes work well, the ones you use when preparing wool. Also, dog combs work too. I have found that it's much easier to get the burs and seeds out of the fleeces when the wool is still on the animal, instead of waiting until skirting time.
Home to a beautiful flock of registered Icelandic Sheep in Northern Illinois. 2011 was is our ninth season of lambing. We’ve worked hard to build a flock that encompasses all the aspects we love about the Icelandic breed--hardiness, exceptional meat conformation, superb maternal instincts, prolificacy and outstanding fleeces. Please look around and feel free to contact me with any questions you might have. We offer quality breeding stock, both mill spun and hand spun yarns, roving, and raw fleeces. Welcome to Red Brick Road Farm!Questions?rbrfarm@centurylink.net
Wondering about the names of our sheep? "Most" of our sheep are named according to the year they were born, especially those born here on our farm. Our first lambs had "A" names, so this being our 6th year, our lambs all have "F" names. It makes it easy for us when looking at our flock to know the age of the sheep. The sheep that we bring in to our flock sometimes have their own names, or I'll rename them according to our flock year. On this blog, I'm trying to post the oldest ewes first, then I'll move on to rams, then lambs.
We've all just about about had it with this summer weather! The ewes think that the only solution is to stand in front of the fan in the barn. Delilah and her ewe lamb are fan hogs. 
Other ewes escape into the weedy fields in search of verdant pastures. Bad girls! I spent 3 solid days combing out fleeces, trimming hooves, deworming and giving shots. Stay away from those weeds going to seeds, girls!
Fern's ram lamb, a handsome boy!
Finn, always my good boy.
Thunder, SRX 917T, our new boy is settling in just fine.
Our ram Fable has befriended him, and they are now inseparable! 
Our apples are getting ripe, so they sheep are enjoying an evening treat of windfalls every night. The weather is cooling off and fall is in the air!
Girls, munching apples!
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Oh what bad girls. My worst nightmare! I will have to do some tricky manuevering when I move the sheep from the back pasture. I have a lane full of Queen Anne's Lace! It is full of trees so hard to mow.
Finn looks as handsome as ever!
I am very envious of all your green grass, but not the parasite problems that it brings! The weeds in the fleeces is just sad. Your fleeces are beautiful - when will you shear again?
I love the cooler weather too. Thunder has such a masculine face. Handsome ram. I would like to send you a couple of pictures of the ram lambs out of Finn. I think their horns are going to be great. How long does it take to tell if they will curl out away from their faces?
Queen anne's lace is not usually one of the problem weeds when it comes to fleeces. We'll be shearing this fall, late September/early October.
Horns! It's hard to predict on a ram lamb what they'll do. After about a year, you will have a good idea. Kelly, you should post some photos on your blog of the sheep. They are so beautiful this time of year.
Silly question, What kind of brush do you use to comb out the wool?
Flicker brushes work well, the ones you use when preparing wool. Also, dog combs work too. I have found that it's much easier to get the burs and seeds out of the fleeces when the wool is still on the animal, instead of waiting until skirting time.
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