Hollow Hills Ranch & Homestead
Living Sustainably While Raising St Croix & Katahdin Hair Sheep
2/5/21 Here is this little cutie! First timer, Registered St Croix, Barbie had an 8lb ram lamb sired by Registered St Croix, Dasher. He has a brown spot on the top of his neck and a brown tipped ear on the right. Not a good year for selling St Croix ewe lambs, though I get… Continue reading 1 More Down….2 To Go!
2/4/21 These two ewes gave us some really nice lambs Thursday!! We're getting overrun with ram lambs though! Registered St Croix, Fizzy, had a 10lb ram lamb this morning sired by Registered St Croix, Dasher. Registered Katahdin, Ginger, had an 8lb ewe lamb and an 8lb ram lamb. Sire is either of the Registered Katahdin… Continue reading More Lambs…Almost Finished!
2/3/21 This ewe has NEVER given us ewe lambs in 3 lambings with 3 different ram sires. We'll try the 4th ram this summer! I really want a ewe lamb out of her! UPDATE: Colby only has half an udder and her lambs may need supplementing. Fantastic (note the sarcasm). Further down you can watch… Continue reading Colby Gives us Ram Lambs….Again
2/2/21 Finally a week later we have another set of lambs! At 7:30pm First Timer, Registered St Croix, Gillie, had a 7lb ram lamb and 5lb ewe lamb out of Registered St Croix, Dasher. (Yay for more purebred St Croix!) She scattered them across the barn and decided she hated the little girl. She gets… Continue reading It’s Been a Week….but….LAMBS!
Today gave us a cute baby, some interesting weather and lamb races (of course I took a video, scroll down)! Registered St Croix, Sunny, had a 9lb ram lamb this morning out of Registered St Croix, Dasher. Pretty baby, good mom! We just got a dusting this afternoon, but it's hanging out making everything slushy… Continue reading New Lambs, Playing Lambs, and Snow
