All Fleeces are SOLD

Last night at 11:00pm the final Fleeces were sold.
Thank You for patronage.
 They will be sheared on March 29th at 4:00pm, I will get them packaged and shipped on April1st, (I sure it will be the afternoon).

I have lambs for sale and I will post them soon.

CORMO FLEECES

Last weekend I had an opportunity to pick up ten more Cormos, (ACSA registered), and Cormo Xs. They are a flock that Brenda Arnold had that she acquired from  Alice Fields, and two from Betsy Neal.

My sister Sharon took all the photos, "Thank You Sharon"...Betty and Jim Garpow, and Steve Rouse helped out with changing coats and taking fleece samples..."Thank You".

These fleeces are available for 25.00 per pound for the prime wool, that is the fleece that has been under the coat, and is free of vegetation. Nick Weaver will shear these sheep on March 29th 2010, and April 1, 2010 will be mailed out.

Fleece can be sold by the pound, and if still available can be bought as a whole fleece. The adults will be about 5#s, and the yearlings 3-4 #s.

1st monies gets your choice of fleece...Thank You. 

Contact me at    charepley@gmail.com

This ewe is Artomesia: Bred by Alice Fields

 This is her fleece photo..SOLD  (1/2 Lisa G), (1/2 S L)

This is Butternut: Bred by Alice Fields

and her fleece...SOLD  (Ellen B)

The next photo is Prism: Bred by Alice Fields

and her fleece... SOLD  2# SOLD  (Cathy Z) ...3#  SOLD (Amy F) 

This photo is Calico: Cormo X Bred by Alice Fields

and her fleece..."SOLD"    1 # SOLD (Sarah B)   2#s SOLD(Straightfork Farm)

This is Mona Lisa, a CormoX, Bred by Alice Fields

This is her fleece...SOLD (Jan G)

This ewe is Ella, she was bred by Betsy Neal

and Ella's fleece... SOLD  2 #s SOLD (Amy R)........3# SOLD (Angela D)

This ewe is Emma, (Ella's twin)...

and a shot of her fleece...SOLD (Dallas S)

The next three photos are yearlings born in 2009, sired by Washington, a Ram bred by Jenny Setser:
This is a wether named Toby: His dam is Prism.

This is his fleece..    SOLD           1# SOLD (DeAnna B)   2#s SOLD (Amy R)

This Ewe is Milly, her dam is Artomesia:

This is her fleece..SOLD  (Nicole D)

and last but not least, this is Lily, her dam is Emma:

and her fleece...SOLD      1# SOLD (Jennifer R)    3#  SOLD (Lisa K)

If you are interested in any of this fleece contact me at charepley@gmail.com

2010 Available Fleeces (Attached til Feburary 13)

All these fleeces on this page are SOLD...Thank You
Check the newest post for available Fleeces...

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 SOLD

 

This is Endive SOLD

 

This is Gladys-Sold

 

This is Ray the Wether SOLD

 

This is Diana-SOLD

 

 

Don's Fleece SOLD

  

Mar's Fleece-Sold 

  

Vanity's Fleece  Reserved

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.