2010 Available Fleeces (Attached til Feburary 13)

Here a a snapshot of this years fleeces.

They are available for 25.00 per pound, (the covered veggie free prime).
Email me, (charepley@gmail.com) if you are interested in fleece.
Fleece is sold by the pound, you don't need to buy the whole fleece.
Must be reserved and paid for before Feb.6th. Feb 13th is the shearing day, and I'll be sending all remaining fleeces to the processors on Monday, Feb.15.

 

This is Dixie-SOLD Pending Payment

 

This is Edith

 

This is Endive

 

This is Gladys-Sold

 

This is Ray the Wether

 

This is Diana-SOLD

 

 

Don's Fleece

  

Mar's Fleece-Sold 

  

Vanity's Fleece

There are other sheep that are being put into Top. These are ewe's that lambed last year and had coats off  due to lambs. There is a bit of "barnyard" in the fleece, and some dirty tips, so I'll have those fleeces processed to remove that. There are lambs too that were coated late, and have dirty tips.

 

This is the ram lamb Gus

(Will be processed into Top)

Well, he's been on the ground for a week now, so I thought I'd post some new photos. Having his mom all to himself is making him grow like a weed.

 

  

 

Well, Sunday morning (Dec. 6th) at 7:30 I, in my bathrobe, making coffee, looked out the kitchen window only to see some little black "thing" scurry around the hay feeder...Than, my brain kicks in...OMG, that is a lamb...

I "threw" cloths on, slip on shoes, and no jacket, flew out of the door to the sheep yard, ran around the feeder, grab the lamb, and headed to the barn. (It was 23 degrees that am)
All of the ewes were in hot pursuit. I put junior in the stall, than went to retrieve Vanity, who had retreated back to the feeder to look for her baby. A simple call got her turned around, and headed to the gate to the stall, had to fight off the Texel Ewe to get Vanity through the gate, but I won, (hard to push a Texel around...).
Here are a few photo opps of the babe...



He is doing great and eating well...

Yes, he is coated...it's colder than hell out.
He hasn't even used the heat lamp, but I still have it on.Obviously, I am colder in the barn than he is.


This is a Black ram lamb by "Mars", out of "Vanity".

Cormo Pictures and Fleeces

Yes, I have been very tardy about updating the blog. I need to find more time in the day, and learn to type.

This June I purchased two more Colored  Cormo Crosses. The fleeces are just as soft, long and as lovely as Registered Cormos, but due to the fact that reg. Cormos have to be white, these are referred to as Colored Cormo Crosses.

This is the new ram...Mars

The tuff on his chest is some fleece that has "puffed" from under his Sheep Suit.

Here is his fleece photo...

 

This fleece will be processed into pin draft roving, and will be available

in April

The new ewe is Vanity

 

She is very pregnant, and making bag, she is not at her "picture best" :>)

This is her fleece...

Vanity's prime, (wool under their sheep suits), will also be processed into pin draft if not sold as a fleece

If you are interested in any of fleeces in the raw please contact me at:

charepley@gmail.com

Here is one of my favorite ewes...This is Vanessa. She is very much the type I like to see in a Cormo, the look of a marshmallow with legs. Her legs are very straight, and her overall conformation is very good.

Vanessa has spots and her fleece runs from tan, to med gray, to light gray, to white.

This fleece will be shown this year, after the shows this year it will be available.

This is her fleece...

Gladys is one of my reg. Cormo ewes, she is bred to Pepin. Gladys has a beautiful white fleece. Her fleece will be shown this year in the white class.

and this is her fleece...

This a very typie ewe, her name is Endive. Once again one of my favorites. Great conformation and straight legs. She is a joy to be around.

 

her fleece...

 

This just start of what I have, and I'll post the rest of the crew as soon as I get my sister back over on the 1st of December. I have "ants in my pants", and can't wait to get them sheared. They will be sheared by Nick

Weaver on  February 13, 2010.

"Thank You" Sharon for taking all of the photos. 

Cormo Lambs 2009

This is baby Gus, named after his father.
Gus is out of a 7 year old ewe, KarKar.

The cats

Intro of my cats. This is RW GCH Sunstones Heat of The Moment aka Charmer, he is the one that started it all. I raised him and showed him to his Regional Win. I bred 4 cats in this area to him, and was flown to CA and has bred 3 more. All of the breedings have produced Regional and National Winners. This summer I sold Charmer to a judge in CA, as I didn't have the heart to neuter him to keep him a pet.

Here is a shot of the kittens of Charmer and Summer they are a couple of days old


This is one of the kittens at 4 weeks
(OMG Look at those ears)



Here is Hootie the Ocicat, and Lucy the Yorkie
Hootie is the kitten that I kept from the litter, she is a very buzy "helper".
Lucy was found in a ditch three years ago and given to me.
You see who gets to use the fleece.

Welcome to Cormo 24-7

Welcome to my small farm in Three Rivers, Michigan. I have a slice of heaven on 13 acres. I am surrounded by small acreage farmers so it's a tight knit family neighborhood.

I raise Cormo sheep on my small plot. They are wonderful sheep to be around, as they are quite, calm, and produce "lots" of wonderful fiber that has "no itch". Cormo wool is recommended to use for baby garments.
The Cormo are a medium size sheep that makes them easier to handle, and due to their size, they also eat less then many of the fine wool breeds.


On the farm we also have the usual dogs and cats.

Here is the guard dog and the hunting dog

Luke is a rescue that I got from Karen White of Doberman & Rottweiler Rescue in Terre Haute, IN when he was 12 weeks old.
If you are ever looking Karen can be found in Pet Finders.

Moses is my German Shorthair Pointer. He is a Black and White male that was pick pup from Joy Clay's litter.
He used to be my field trial dog, but he is working out at being a wonderful farm dog.

Here is Luke "helping" my sister, Sharon do some spinning.

Sharon just started spinning within the last 2 months and is already making wonderful yarn. I hate when "newbies" skip the "rope" stage :>).