| A recap of May 2026! We are excited to share 120 day photos of our lambs that made the cut. Several of these lambs have already found new homes in fact! One of our hens gave us a surpise too! Enjoy! Amy | Table of Contents: ~ The Barn: 120 day evaluations & sales! ~ ~ The Coop: Babies! ~ ~ Flowers & Nature ~ ~ Thank You! ~ |
~ The Barn: 120 day evaluations & sales! ~
Decided to do weights a little early since I had the help, the time, and the lambs were in an area closer to the barn! If I had waited I would have had to do a lot more maneuvering to get it done. May 16th it was!
If you want to see pictures of all the keeper ewe lambs from this year, click the following links
(ewes are in order by age so lambs will be at the bottom of each page):
Katahdin Ewes
St Croix Ewes
We have 2 Recorded Katahdin Ewes available below! All St. Croix and other Katahdin ewe lambs are officially sold.
As for the ram lambs, some made the cut but we’re giving the one Katahdin ram buyer choice of the one she wants and the other 2 will go to my meat buyer. The St Croix ram lamb we decided to register is HUGE! By the time this blog goes out all the ram lambs for sale will be out the door!
Meat lambs should be gone any day and all the cull ewes have also left!
I culled a few ewes due to age, bad udders, and jaw issues. Necessary to keep the breeding flock in top shape unfortunately.
📋 Reserve Your Stock for Next Season!
Breeding stock goes quickly. Tap the links below to view pricing or secure your spot:
- 👉 [Click Here for our Hair Sheep Price List] (Prices subject to change)
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Available Categories Include:
- Registered Stock: St. Croix & Katahdin
- Recorded Stock: Katahdin
- Commercial Breeding Stock: Purebred/Un-papered Katahdin or St. Croix
- Market Stock: Feeder Lambs
🐑Breeding forecast for August 2026
After all has been sold, that leaves us 12 Katahdin ewes and 8 or 9 St Croix ewes for breeding this summer. 4 Katahdin first timers and 2 St Croix first timers included. The St Croix ewe, Kin, may or may not be bred this summer pending a possible pregnancy making her due in August/Sept. Fingers are crossed she isn’t bred so I can breed her to lamb with everyone else in January! I’m already excited for next year!
~ The Coop: Babies! ~
Well, as expected, a hen sat on eggs somewhere we didn’t find! Out came this mama with 11 babies following close behind on the 17th. That evening we caught her and her babies and took them back to the chicken coop because the kitties thought they looked like yummy nuggets. Hopefully those babies make it!
Egg Eating Culprit Caught!
I finally caught the thief—or at least one of them. It was a Scrub Jay!
As soon as it broke an egg, though, there was a hen that would come running to finish it off. That hen’s days are numbered because I suspect she may also be breaking and eating eggs herself. We will be having fresh chicken for dinner soon!
~ Flowers & Nature, More Blog Info ~
Hope you enjoyed the Homestead Happenings: Flowers & Nature that I’ve been doing separately from the Livestock Edition! Here are the links to the May ones if you’ve missed them:
Homestead Happenings: Flowers & Nature 5/4/26
Homestead Happenings: Flowers & Nature 5/11/26
Homestead Happenings: Flowers & Nature 5/18/26
Homestead Happenings: Flowers & Nature 5/25/26
And here’s the first June one going out the same day as today’s Livestock post:
Homestead Happenings: Flowers & Nature 6/1/26
The next Homestead Happenings: Flowers & Nature blog posts will be June 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th as the world is alive with flowers and even more Garden guidance!
We’ll see you all again July 1st for our Homestead Happenings: Livestock Edition June 2026, where we check in with the flock in their pasture rotations and see if any for sale are still hanging out!
The blog is a sampling of all the photos I’ve taken this month.
Please head over to our social media to see the photo dumps!
~ Thank You! ~
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