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Well we are up to 21 lambs, as of 2 days ago! I walk out into the nursery pasture and I see lamb races, king of the hill games, lambs standing on top of their mamas.It’s an over load of cuteness. I just love Spring and lambing season!

So far the ewes have given us 4 sets of twins, 4 sets of triplets and one single birth. Everyone is healthy and frisky. The Utopia Lamb Fan Club is in action again. People pull their cars off along side the road by the nursery pasture, to  watch the lambs play. Maybe I should to talk to the county about putting in one of the scenic view pull offs so people have somewhere to park!

Nate, Coronation Sussex cockerel was happy to join our little group of Sussex hens. A mix of Coronation and split Light Sussex hatching eggs available soon!

Wayne, White Marans cockerel is still out strutting in the general population, but will soon be penned up with his Marans hens. Maybe I'll put a few Ameraucana girls in with him, too. They can make some Olive Egger chicks. Let me know if you want hatching eggs!

There have multiple been inquiries about lamb prices, so I thought that I would list this years pricing.

Cotswold lambs: $250.00 for White or Natural color

Finnsheep lambs: $300.00 for Black, White or Black and White Piebald. $400.00 for Silver, Fawn, Brown or Brown & White Piebald

Shetland lambs: $300.00-$400.00 expecting a wide variety of colors and markings

Finn/Cotswold cross ram lamb. $200.00. He is eligible for registration as 1/2 Finn and would make a great flock sire.  With this ram you will get the size of the Cotswold with the soft fleece and productivity of the Finn.

We will also have  3/4  percentage Finnsheep lambs that are eligible for registration. $200.00.

The above pricing includes registration.  There is a 10% discount for multiple purchases of 3 or more lambs.

We will also have a  few unregistered Shetland lambs and market lambs available.

We have a total of 14 Cotswolds and Finnsheep lambs, so far. 4 sets of twins and 2 sets of triplets. The early group of ewes are 1/2 done, there’s only 1 Cotswold ewe, 1 Shetland/Finn cross ewe and 5 Finnsheep ewes left to lamb. Then we will have a little break until the end of April and we will start all over again with the 13 ewes of the Shetland flock.

Lambs, lambs, lambs everywhere. Spring really is the best time of year!!!!

I will be evaluating them and pick the few that will remain in Utopia with us. I will post the For Sale list, with pictures and pricing as decisions are made.

Here are some cute lamb photos. Enjoy!

Happy Spring!

A beautiful set of white Cotswold ram twins were born to white ewe Nistock Jessica. Sire is Tassel Hill Daniel, a natural color ram.  Here’s some pictures of the cute little guys!

Jessica decided to lamb one day early, during a snow storm. Brand new babies with mama.

Up and dry and wearing their styling lammie jammies. It was cold that day!

Big nine day old boys, out in the snow with their mama.

Sleepy babies in a sunbeam.

Are you looking for your next flock sire? Just look at the solid build on these little 12 day old ramlings!

It seems like Fall just flew by! Tomorrow is the fist day of Winter and we are lucky that so far it’s been relatively warm, with very little snow. I hope that it doesn’t stay Wintery and blizzardy into April, to make up for  this extended Fall-like weather! But we get, what we get…

I went out and took pictures of the Shetland breeding groups today. As always some individuals were not cooperative, so there are a few re-cycled shots here and there. Sheep, just like kids, never do quite what you want them to do.

There are only 3 Shetland breeding groups. At the last minute, I decided to use just the adult rams: Kestrel, Buster and Mitch.

Ram: Windswept Kestrel  White, Flecket, Socket, Yuglet [S32446]

Kestrel

A nice polite boy, having his chin rubbed

Kestrel has 4 ewes in his group:

High Bid Darcy  Black [S26043]

Darcy

Minwawe ChaCha  Moorit [S27247]

ChaCha

PaintedKnoll Massasecum  Moorit, Gulmoget [S29827]

Masey

Windswept Thunderbird  Light Grey, Smirslet [S30060]

Thunderbird

Ram: Mapleton Buster Brown  Moorit, Flecket [S32359]

Buster

Close up of Buster's wonderful fleece

Buster has 5 ewes in his group:

Windswept Jaguar  Moorit, Socket, Yuglet [S30049]

Jaguar

Windswept Rabbit  Black/White, Flecket, Yuglet [S29138]

Rabbit in the lead on the right and her daughter Bunny on the left. They are pretty much a matched set! One in black and white, one in moorit and white.

Bunny, she's a talker.

Utopia Pixie Moorit, Blettet [S33667]

Pixie

Mabel  unregistered white Shetland ewe

Mabel on the left and Pixie on the right

Ram: SheltrgPines Mitch  Moorit [S28057]

Mitch

Mitch has 4 ewes in his group:

DIXONHG Luna  White, Blaget [S28052]

Luna on the right, Mitch on the left

Windswept Prius  Fawn, Katmoget [S30056]

Prius

Windswept Dobie  Shaela, Gulmoget [S31462]

Dobie

Stella unregistered Grey Shetland

Stella wasn't having her picture taken today. This is a picture from last Spring: Stella with her lamb by Mitch.

If you’re interested in a lamb from any of these groups, let me know! I’ll start a reserve list.

As soon as my camera batteries re-charge and I get another nice day, I’ll go out and get pictures of our  Finn groups the Cotswolds.

Minwawe ChaCha is a petite 2006, moorit Shetland ewe with an intermediate fleece that has an exquisite crimp. $ 250.00. [S27247] ChaCha has always had twins and she carries spots. She had moorit ram lambs this year when bred to a solid moorit ram.

ChaCha last Winter. She was having nothing to do with picture taking today!

Face to face with pretty little ChaCha

High Bid Darcy is a petite 2006, black Shetland ewe with a longer type fleece. $250.00. [S26043] Darcy had black twin ram and ewe lambs this year when bred to a white and moorit spotted ram.

Darcy

Darcy in full fleece, last Winter. She really is all black, that's just snow on her lips!

Darcy as a wide load! This was taken a few days before her lambs were born.

Windswept Rabbit is a 2009 Shetland ewe. Intermediate fleece, black and white, flecket, yuglet. $375.00. [S29138] Rabbit was bred to a solid moorit ram this year and had twins: a moorit and white spotted ewe lamb and a musket ram lamb. We are keeping both of the lambs, so Rabbit is for sale.

Rabbit in full fleece, last Winter.

Rabbit's profile shot.

Sugar is sold and going to a spinners flock in Tully, NY.

Utopia Sugar is a sweet and petite grey 2011 Shetland ewe lamb, with bleset marking. Longer type fleece.  [S333669]

Sugar, picture taken back at the end of June.

Sugar at the end of August. You can see the grey fleece starting to peek through the black.

Stella is a 2009 grey unregistered Shetland ewe. $125.00. Long soft double coated fleece. Stella carries spots and had a big black and white lamb when bred to a moorit ram this year.

Picture taken this Spring of Stella and her lamb.

Mabel is a 2009 white unregistered Shetland ewe. $125.00. Soft intermediate finely crimped fleece. Mabel had beautiful fast growing  moorit twin ewe lambs when bred to a black Finnsheep ram.

Mabel, photo taken this Winter.

Mabel

Contact me for more information!

Dr Love is a two and a half year old grey Shetland wether. $50.00. He is a gentleman, walks nicely on a lead line, minds his own business in the pasture and has a wonderful crimpy soft fleece. He could be a buddy for your ram or just a fiber producing pasture ornament!

Dr Love in the pasture today.

Virgil is sold. He is going to Tully, NY to do his work growing lovely fleece and be just an all around nice guy.

Virgil is creamy white with a sort of apricot tint in his thick soft fleece. He is a Shetland/Tunis/Dorset/Finn cross, Virgil is also a two and a half year old wether.

Sweet Virgil

A side view of Virgil

Mitch is sold and is going to wonderful farm in CT.

SheltrgPines Mitch is a 2008 moorit Shetland ram, double coated long soft fleece.  A nice polite ram  with a gorgeous fleece. [S28037]

Handsome Mitch

Another view of Mitch

Mapleton Buster Brown is a 2010 moorit Shetland ram with minimal white spotting. $300.00. Intermediate fleece, great horns, nice little tail. [S32359]

Buster, out grazing in the pasture today

Utopia Maybe is a 2011 moorit ram. He has a longer type, crimpy fleece. SOLD

Maybe is pictured here with his dad, Mitch.

Maybe

Maybe's profile shot

Mojo is sold and going to a farm in CT, with his sire Mitch.

Utopia Mojo is a 2011 moorit gulmoget ram. Long double coated fleece, wide swept horns and a such a sweetie.  [S33804]

Mojo, side view

Mojo's handsome face

Scholefield Rambeau is a black 2009 Finnsheep ram with white markings. Excellent crimpy soft fleece and great temperament. $200.00.[FBA24560]

Rambo in fall fleece

Rambo freshly sheared

Utopia Ramses black 2011 Finnsheep ram with white markings. A sweet boy with a great fleece. $200.00. [FBA25287]

Ramses

Ramses crimpy soft fleece

Prince is sold. He will be happy to do his duty with a flock of Border Leicester ewes, located in Delmar, NY.

Utopia Prince is a 2011 white Cotswold ram. His dam is white and his sire is natural color so Prince should carry color.

Prince

Prince in the pasture today. This shot shows how his fleece is starting to ringlet into locks.

Prince and Maybe

Leave a comment if you’d like more information and I will get back to you!

Cotswold group: These group went together on October 6th, then Daniel left for his new flock on October 23rd, so these ewes will have a follow up session with big black Finnsheep Rambo.

Tassel Hill Daniel-natural color ram

• Nistock Hester- white ewe, white or natural color lambs expected
• Nistock Jessica- white ewe, only white lambs expected

Finnsheep  have 4 different breeding groups and they all got together on October 24th.

Scholefield Rambeau-black Finn ram with white markings.

• Cook Sophie-badger faced silver Finn ewe
• Stillmeadow Celeste-white Finn ewe
• Tassel Hill Lane -natural color Cotswold ewe

Stillmeadow Petey-black Finn ram with white markings, he carries brown.  

• Eldorado Chicky-brown Finn ewe
• Eldorado Buffy-fawn Finn ewe with white markings
• Utopia Quinn- silver badger faced ewe

Utopia Ramses- black Finn ram with white markings

• Utopia Brownie- brown 1/2 Finn, 1/2 Shetland ewe, lambs from this pairing can be registered as 3/4 Finnsheep
• Utopia Lamikins- brown Finn ewe with white markings
• Lexi- white mystery cross ewe, we think she’s a Finn/Dorset cross. We love Lexi!

Stillmeadow Bovey- black and white piebald Finn ram

• Stillmeadow Francine-black Finn ewe with minimal piebald markings
• Stillmeadow Hope-brown and white piebald Finn ewe lamb

Shetlands will have 4 different breeding groups.

Windswept Kestrel-white/moorit flecket socket yuglet ram

• PaintedKnoll Massasecum-moorit gulmoget, (this is a repeat breeding from last year, loved the outcome!)
• DIXONHG Luna-white blaeget
• Windswept Dobie-shalea gulmoget
• Minwawe ChaCha-moorit and
• Stella- unregistered grey Shetland

Mapleton Buster Brown-moorit flecket ram. Buster will be for sale when he is done with bis work!

• Windswept Jaguar-moorit socket yuglet
• Utopia Sugar-Emsket bleset
  
• Utopia Bunny-moorit and white flecket yuglet

SheltrgPines Mitch-moorit ram. We are keeping 3 of Mitch’s daughters and 1 of his sons, so Mitch could be purchased before he gets together with his group. The ewes of this group would just be divided up amongst the other 3 rams. They wouldn’t mind at all !!!

• Windswept Thunderbird-light grey smirslet
• Windswept Rabbit-black/white flecket yuglet
• High Bid Darcy-black

Utopia Keeper-emsket smirslet ram

• Windswept Prius-fawn katmoget
• Utopia Pixie-moorit blettet
• Mabel- white unregistered Shetland

Contact me if you’d like any more information on the rams for sale or to reserve a lamb from any on these pairings.

Thanks for reading!!!

Shetland ram lamb Utopia Mojo, is a moorit gulmoget.                                                                                                                                                                     [SheltrgPines Mitch X Windswept Dobie]

Shetland ram lamb Utopia Maybe, is a moorit smirslet. [SheltrgPines Mitch X Windswept Jaguar]

Sorry, this a picture taken awhile ago. Maybe wasn't being entirely cooperative with the photo shoot this morning!

Finnsheep ram lamb Utopia 1103 Ramses, is a black with white markings.                                                                                                                                          [24560 Scholefield 1083 Rambeau (Rambo) X  24095 Cook NY41-0073 (Sophie)]

Ramses beautiful crimpy fleece

Cotswold ram lamb Utopia 1106 Prince, is white but will carry color from his sire.                                                                                                                          [Tassel Hill Farm 1086-NY 100588 Daniel  X  Nistock Farms 120 Jessica]

Later today or tomorrow, I will post pictures of the 2 adult Shetland rams that are for sale: SheltrgPines Mitch & Mapleton Buster Brown.

Thanks for reading!

I have many handsome ram lambs for sale. It was a ram year here in Utopia! We sold some but we still have one black Finnsheep, one white Cotswold and 3 white Finn cross rams available, as well as 6 Shetlands. Please scroll down to the earlier post to see individual pictures and descriptions of the Shetland ram lambs.

25287 Utopia 1103 Ramses is a big boned black twin born on 2/24/2011. Sired by black ram, 24560 Scholefield 1083 Rambeau. Dam is silver badger faced ewe Sophie, 24095 Cook NY41-0073. Ramses has a lovely soft crimpy fleece and has the sweet personality that Finnsheep are known for. He is priced at $200.00. Ramses will make an excellent herd sire and is just a very nice personable guy!

Ramses

5 month old Ramses on the right grazing next to 14 month old Finnsheep ram Petey on the left. Photo included to give you an idea of the size and substance of this very nice ram lamb.

Utopia Prince is our only Cotswold lamb left for sale. He is a twin born on 3/10/11, sired by our natural color ram, Tassel Hill Daniel and his dam is one of our white ewes, Nistock Jessica. Both parents run around 180-200 pounds and have the beautiful long lustrous fleeces that you expect from a Cotswold. We expect that Prince will take after them in size and fleece quality. Prince could be sold with an unrelated white adult ewe, drop me a line and inquire!

Prince is just starting to get the Cotswold ringlets in his fleece. He's pretty cute and a steal at only $125.00 unregistered or $150.00 with registration papers.

The following  are crossbred ram lambs born the 1st week of March sired by our black Finn rams and their dams are white cross bred ewes. You can use these guys to add the wonderful Finnsheep propensity for lambing in litters to your flock!

Up Date: The Finn crossbreed ram lambs have all been sold :^)

We have twin rams sired by Rambeau, their dam is a big Dorset/Romney/Tunis cross ewe. These twins have a Dorset build and fleece type and they can be registered as 1/2 Finnsheep. Only asking $100.00 each for these boys. They will be sold by the pound late Summer.

Another twin ram lamb, he can also be registered as 1/2 Finnsheep. This one is sired by StillMeadow Petey. This lamb's dam is one our favorite ewes, Lexi. She is a mystery cross ewe with a wonderful thick crimpy fleece. The lamb looks like he will have his mama's wonderful fleece qualities. He will be a smaller size ram. Lexi is between a Shetland and a Finn in size. Priced at $75.00, but he will be sold by the pound late Summer.

Just a group photo of some of the boys. They are a nice group, as you can see they come when they’re called!