Comments on: A Flock of Sheep http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/02/18/a-flock-of-sheep/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:48:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: rileysmom http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/02/18/a-flock-of-sheep/#comment-52242 rileysmom Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:14:30 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=6955#comment-52242 Miss Suzanne, Do you brush your sheep? Ingomar, Montana (don't blink if try to find it on a map; it's a town of maybe 5!) is like the sheep capital, and none look as well-groomed as yours. We haven't any sheep but have helped a neighbor bottle feed "bum' lambs; it's so fun. I can see why you like them... Miss Suzanne,

Do you brush your sheep? Ingomar, Montana (don’t blink if try to find it on a map; it’s a town of maybe 5!) is like the sheep capital, and none look as well-groomed as yours.

We haven’t any sheep but have helped a neighbor bottle feed “bum’ lambs; it’s so fun. I can see why you like them…

]]> By: Sarah http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/02/18/a-flock-of-sheep/#comment-50327 Sarah Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:24:32 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=6955#comment-50327 Hello! I came across your blog, and loved it, even before I found out you have Jacobs. I JUST got my first 2 about 3 weeks ago, and I am going back to get a (hopefully) pregnant ewe in December. I LOVE their personalities, mine see me and come RUNNING. They know my voice and they love themselves some grain! =) Well, I will DEFINITELY be checking back! Thanks! Hello! I came across your blog, and loved it, even before I found out you have Jacobs. I JUST got my first 2 about 3 weeks ago, and I am going back to get a (hopefully) pregnant ewe in December. I LOVE their personalities, mine see me and come RUNNING. They know my voice and they love themselves some grain! =)

Well, I will DEFINITELY be checking back! Thanks!

]]> By: kimberly sherrod http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/02/18/a-flock-of-sheep/#comment-42254 kimberly sherrod Sun, 24 May 2009 15:25:48 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=6955#comment-42254 I found your site through Stumble Upon and I am so enchanted with your writing, your photography and now I'm in love with your sheep! I have purchased my first spinning wheel and am looking forward to learning to spin. Thank you for sharing your stories in such a delightful and entertaining way! I can't wait to read more! I found your site through Stumble Upon and I am so enchanted with your writing, your photography and now I’m in love with your sheep! I have purchased my first spinning wheel and am looking forward to learning to spin. Thank you for sharing your stories in such a delightful and entertaining way! I can’t wait to read more!

]]> By: Christy O http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/02/18/a-flock-of-sheep/#comment-39726 Christy O Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:56:37 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=6955#comment-39726 I just got a Jacob ewe yesterday. She is so cool! How are you going about getting yours registered? Someone told me I could do it with pictures. I'd like to find a jacob ram to breed her too next year. Mine still needs to be sheared. I just got a Jacob ewe yesterday. She is so cool! How are you going about getting yours registered? Someone told me I could do it with pictures. I’d like to find a jacob ram to breed her too next year. Mine still needs to be sheared.

]]> By: kathy http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/02/18/a-flock-of-sheep/#comment-38359 kathy Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:16:47 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=6955#comment-38359 Do they have any cotswolds left? They are beautiful. I am in southwestern pa and would be very interested. Kathy Do they have any cotswolds left? They are beautiful. I am in southwestern pa and would be very interested.
Kathy

]]> By: Sonia http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/02/18/a-flock-of-sheep/#comment-37632 Sonia Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:13:11 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=6955#comment-37632 I'm glad you got you sheep! I see that the ram is with the ewes! so we'll be hearing the pitter patter of more Annabelles soon? Do you know that goats and sheep interbreed? I think maybee you should build the ram a batchelor pad and plan his girly moments! Sonia T I’m glad you got you sheep!
I see that the ram is with the ewes! so we’ll be hearing the pitter patter of more Annabelles soon? Do you know that goats and sheep interbreed? I think maybee you should build the ram a batchelor pad and plan his girly moments! Sonia T

]]> By: sam http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/02/18/a-flock-of-sheep/#comment-37525 sam Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:12:01 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=6955#comment-37525 To bad they aren't miniature sheep. They make the goats seem so small!! To bad they aren’t miniature sheep. They make the goats seem so small!!

]]> By: Heidi http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/02/18/a-flock-of-sheep/#comment-37507 Heidi Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:44:56 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=6955#comment-37507 Great post - I love your blog. Those sheep are amazing, we went for Shetlands as they are smaller so less scary! But the wool on those Cotswolds and the horns on those Jacobs make me start wondering ...... :sheep: Great post – I love your blog. Those sheep are amazing, we went for Shetlands as they are smaller so less scary! But the wool on those Cotswolds and the horns on those Jacobs make me start wondering …… :sheep:

]]> By: Abiga/karen http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/02/18/a-flock-of-sheep/#comment-37498 Abiga/karen Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:12:36 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=6955#comment-37498 Wonderful that you were able to get the sheep. Such a great kind they are too! My son in law and daughter are driving up to Wisconsin right now to pick up two mama goats so they can get settled in before they are due in March. They have been frantically getting the barn and fencing ready this past week braving the cold winds we get here on the plains in central IL. Hope we get sheep for wool some day soon too. Well, back to watching the grandies for them. Uh oh what are they up to now! Blessings. Wonderful that you were able to get the sheep. Such a great kind they are too! My son in law and daughter are driving up to Wisconsin right now to pick up two mama goats so they can get settled in before they are due in March. They have been frantically getting the barn and fencing ready this past week braving the cold winds we get here on the plains in central IL. Hope we get sheep for wool some day soon too. Well, back to watching the grandies for them. Uh oh what are they up to now! Blessings.

]]> By: Runningtrails http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2009/02/18/a-flock-of-sheep/#comment-37483 Runningtrails Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:41:11 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/?p=6955#comment-37483 Wonderful! Just absolutely wonderful! Those are great sheep! You are doing such a good thing, saving those purebreeds. Free too! I love free things! Wow! I'm just stunned at what you got for free! And so jealous too, in a kind way! Those Cotswold sheet look a bit like angoras, with that long curly fleece. I'll bet they make marvelous sweaters! You have got to learn to sheer, wash, card, spin and knit that wool. You can make reallly good money selling pure, undyed, handmade sweaters from rare and endangered heritage breeds of sheep. You just have to advertise it correctly and in the right places. I have seen sweater selling for $1000 in specialty shops in NYC because they were handmade from natural wool, etc. etc. Find someone in NYC to market them for you. Wonderful! Just absolutely wonderful! Those are great sheep! You are doing such a good thing, saving those purebreeds. Free too! I love free things! Wow! I’m just stunned at what you got for free! And so jealous too, in a kind way!

Those Cotswold sheet look a bit like angoras, with that long curly fleece. I’ll bet they make marvelous sweaters!

You have got to learn to sheer, wash, card, spin and knit that wool. You can make reallly good money selling pure, undyed, handmade sweaters from rare and endangered heritage breeds of sheep. You just have to advertise it correctly and in the right places. I have seen sweater selling for $1000 in specialty shops in NYC because they were handmade from natural wool, etc. etc. Find someone in NYC to market them for you.

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