Hollow Hills Ranch & Homestead
St Croix & Katahdin Hair Sheep, Gardening, Natural Remedies, and Enjoying Nature
Commercial Crossbred ewe, Dahlia, had twins! Black/white, 10lb ram, brown/white 9lb ewe. They are 68.75% Katahdin, 25% St Croix, 6.25% Dorper. Sire is Big Red, a Registered Katahdin ram. Born on day 148, Jan 14, 2021. Ewe lamb will be kept for evaluation and possibly put into the replacement ewe group. Ram lamb will be… Continue reading First lambs of the season!
And no I'm not talking about the actual Christmas holiday that is going to be drastically different this year! I'm talking about lambing season. For those of us that have livestock, our "Christmas" is when the babies come. With the Katahdin and Crossbred flocks and sometimes with the St Croix flock, you just never know… Continue reading Christmas is Coming…
There is an open 36x36 area to the rear of the barn that we've split into the main sheep area, creep feed pen for the lambs and the opening into "lamb alley" where the jug pens are located. This first picture shows the 24x36 main sheep area. The second picture is 2, 12x12 "social" pens… Continue reading Barn Setup for Lambing Season
