Lambs and Ewes Late Spring

I enjoy taking photos of the lambs and ewes as Spring/Summer passes and seeing the different stages as the lambs mature.   The fleeces on my adult ewes look somewhat rugged this year as we had a new shearer who was unfamiliar with shearing Shetlands in the rise, thus there are some patches that didn't get taken off as I would have liked and have had done in the past.   All are single coated.

SheltrgPines Lakmé:  brown (modified?) ewe lamb carrying spots

SheltrgPines Lux Aeterna: gray katmoget ewe lamb carrying brown and spots.

SheltrgPines Fanfare for the Common Man:  spotted katmoget ram lamb (horned)

SheltrgPines Also Sprach Zarathustra:  spotted katmoget ram lamb (scurred)

SheltrgPines Ode to Joy: spotted katmoget ewe lamb

SheltrgPines Appalachian Spring:  spotted katmoget ewe lamb

SheltrgPines Litanies: black ram lamb carrying brown and spots

SheltrgPines Fur Elise:  gray katmoget ewe lamb carrying brown and spots.

SheltrgPines Rodeo:  brown (modified?) ram lamb carrying spots.

SheltrgPines Carmina Burana:  brown (modified?) spotted ewe lamb

SheltrgPines Blue Danube:  gray katmoget ewe lamb carrying brown and spots.

SheltrgPines Le jardin suspendu:  brown ram lamb carrying spots.

SheltrgPines Bengal:  4 year old gray katmoget ewe carrying brown and spots.

SheltrgPines L'air du temps:  2 year old grey katmoget ewe carrying brown.

SheltrgPines Classique:  2 year old brown smirslet ewe.

SheltrgPines Velvet Night:  black krunet yearling ewe

SheltrgPines Andalucite:  3 year old brown smirslet ewe.

SheltrgPines Champs Elysées:  2 year old brown smirslet ewe.

SheltrgPines Anais Anais:  2 year old grey katmoget ewe carrying brown and spots.

SheltrgPines Nocturne Shade:  yearling black ewe carrying brown.

SheltrgPines Lotus Moon:  yearling white ewe.

SheltrgPines Copper Sky:  yearling brown gulmoget ewe.

SheltrgPines Debonaire:  5 year old black ewe carrying brown. 

(fleece looks rugged due to inexperienced shearer).

SheltrgPines J'adore:  fawn ewe carrying spots.

SheltrgPines Grey Veil:  yearling grey katmoget/gulmoget ewe.

SheltrgPines Persian Dance:  gray katmoget yearling ewe (right).

China (white Cormo) and Midsummer Dusk (colored Cormo).

My best bud, Matteo.  What an incredible dog!

Lambs Growing

It seems spring 2012 is speeding by.   Lambing finished up here at Sheltering Pines on April 9, 2012 and the lambs are growing well on pasture that started at a record date here in southwestern Michigan!

SheltrgPines Carmina Burana:  probably 

mioget or fawn smirslet ewe lamb out 

of SheltrgPines J'adore x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe.

SheltrgPines Rodeo:  probably mioget or fawn ram lamb 

and probably scurred out of 

SheltrgPines J'adore x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe.

SheltrgPines Also Sprach Zarathustra:  Fawn/white Yuglet/Flecket/Sokket ram lamb (probably scurred or horned) out of SheltrgPines Andalucite x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe.

SheltrgPines Fanfare for the Common Man:  Fawn Katmoget Smirslet 

ram lamb (probably horned) out of 

SheltrgPines Andalucite x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe.

SheltrgPines Ode to Joy:  Fawn Katmoget Krunet ewe lamb 

out of SheltrgPines Champs Elysées x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe.

SheltrgPines Appalachian Spring:  Fawn Katmoget Smirslet/Flecket

ewe lamb out of  SheltrgPines 

Champs Elysées x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe.

SheltrgPines Litanies:  Black horned ram lamb

out of SheltrgPines Debonaire x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe.

SheltrgPines Fur Elise:  Gray Katmoget ewe lamb 

out of SheltrgPines Debonaire x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe.

SheltrgPines Blue Danube:  Grey Katmoget Smirslet 

ewe lamb out of 

SheltrgPines L'air du temps x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe.

SheltrgPines Le jardin suspendu:  Brown (moorit?  dark brown?) 

ram lamb out of 

SheltrgPines L'air du temps x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe.

SheltrgPines Lakmé:  moorit (modified brown?) ewe lamb 

out of SheltrgPines Anais Anais x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe. 

SheltrgPines Lux Aeterna:  Grey Katmoget ewe lamb

out of SheltrgPines Anais Anais x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe. 

SheltrgPines Simple Gifts:  Moorit (?) Krunet horned ram lamb

out of SheltrgPines Classique x SheltrgPines Grand Luxe.

Sheltering Pines Adult Ewe Flock Autumn 2011-Spring 2012

SheltrgPines Anais Anais - gray katmoget blesset ewe out of V Creek Guinevere x Wintertime Fudge.

(Bred to SheltrgPines Grand Luxe, pictured at bottom, for spring lambs).

Detail (above) of Anais Anais' flece

SheltrgPines Andalucite:  moorit smirslet ewe out of SheltrgPines Ceylon x Wintertime Fudge.

(Bred to SheltrgPines Grand Luxe for spring lambs).

detail of Andalucite's fleece

SheltrgPines Champs Elysées:  moorit smirslet ewe out of SheltrgPines Ceylon x Wintertime Fudge.

(Bred to SheltrgPines Grand Luxe for spring lambs).

detail of Chmps Elysées' fleece

SheltrgPines Classique:  moorit smirslet ewe out of V Creek Guinvere and Wintertime Fudge.

(Bred to SheltrgPines Grand Luxe for spring lambs).

detail of Classique's fleece.

SheltrgPines Bengal:  gray katmoget ewe out of Underhill Alix x SheltrgPines Starry Night.

detail of Bengal's fleece.

SheltrgPines Debonaire:  black ewe out of Justalit'l Black Lambo x Bramble Nick.

(Bred to SheltrgPines Grand Luxe for spring lambs).

detail of  Debonaire's fleece.

SheltrgPines J'adore:  fawn ewe out of WindyAcres Azalea x Wintertime Fudge.

(Bred to SheltrgPines Grand Luxe for spring lambs).

detail of Jadore's fleece.

SheltrgPines L'air du Temps:  gray katmoget ewe out of  SheltrgPines Maura x Wintertime Black Forrest.

(Bred to SheltrgPines Grand Luxe for spring lambs).

detail of Lair du Temps fleece.

SheltrgPines Grand Luxe:  Fawn katmoget smirslet out of SheltrgPines Bengal x Wintertime Fudge.