Ram Semen Collection

by | Nov 4, 2016 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep

Behind as per usual in posting here. We spent a week in October working with the USDA NAGP to collect and freeze semen from our rams. Some will be used later this year in our flock as part of their experiment in fine tuning the timing for insemination of synchronized...
Sorting Sheep

Sorting Sheep

by | Sep 20, 2016 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep

Just finished the ewe evaluations for the fall. I’ve updated the sales list to show the dozen yearling we are offering as breeding stock. We are keeping 52 breeding ewes and these yearlings are some great breeding sheep. They are all double registered in the US...
Lambing Lull

Lambing Lull

by | May 20, 2016 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep, Solar Energy

We are now officially in the lambing lull, that break between when the AI lambs and lambs from the AI backup rams are due and the lambs sired by the secondary rams are due. It’s been a busy and somewhat difficult lambing so far. Our AI experiment was a rousing...
Ewes out on Pasture

Ewes out on Pasture

by | Apr 3, 2016 | Black Welsh Mountain Sheep

We got the ewes out onto one of the pastures. There isn’t much grass but we need them to start moving so they are in good shape for lambing. They sure like to go out and find the tasty bits. They are moving in and out a lot and that will help with their...