autumnprairie
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Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival
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promiseacres
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what cuties! so sorry for your losses! 
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Bridgemoof
Overrun with beasties
Hi everybody! 
Wow been so busy getting things ready for the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. Got all the sheep sheared in April, then Coconut helped get all the fleeces ready for the sale. She did a great job! I made nice tags for all the bags with the pictures of the sheep on them. SO Friday I went up and delivered all 14 fleeces, plus I entered one of my felted pieces in the Fine Art competition. I didn't realize there was a category for felting, so I kind of messed that up. BUt anyways, it was so fun being at the Festival when all the vendors were setting up. There were hundreds of fleeces and I didn't think I had a chance to win anything, but I was at least hoping to sell a few.
So yesterday I went up again. Coconut has a job working for one of the vendors there all weekend and is having a ball. So, here's the exciting news. I won 4th place in the fine art competition and one fo my Jacob's fleeces won FIRST PLACE in his class!
OMG I was so excited I was jumping up and down and practically crying. Yeah, I was excited. lol. Plus many of the fleeces I had put in the sale were already sold!
The weather was perfect and the day was just great at the Festival. Going back today! I will pick up the fleeces that haven't sold, hopefully there will be NONE! I'm also going to pick up a shepherd's crook that I've been wanting. It will be so much fun!
Everything else on the farm is going okay. The Dorsets, all but 2, are gone. We had our shearer over on Friday night and she sheared 9 of them. Whew. I am SO DONE with fleeces for the year. SO much work!
Oh, we had 18 chicks born in the incubator this past week. And there are a bunch of turkey eggs that should start popping in the next few days. I guess the turkey didn't want us to take anymore of her eggs, because now she's sitting on them in the tool shed!
Well, that's the report for now. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Wow been so busy getting things ready for the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. Got all the sheep sheared in April, then Coconut helped get all the fleeces ready for the sale. She did a great job! I made nice tags for all the bags with the pictures of the sheep on them. SO Friday I went up and delivered all 14 fleeces, plus I entered one of my felted pieces in the Fine Art competition. I didn't realize there was a category for felting, so I kind of messed that up. BUt anyways, it was so fun being at the Festival when all the vendors were setting up. There were hundreds of fleeces and I didn't think I had a chance to win anything, but I was at least hoping to sell a few.
So yesterday I went up again. Coconut has a job working for one of the vendors there all weekend and is having a ball. So, here's the exciting news. I won 4th place in the fine art competition and one fo my Jacob's fleeces won FIRST PLACE in his class!
OMG I was so excited I was jumping up and down and practically crying. Yeah, I was excited. lol. Plus many of the fleeces I had put in the sale were already sold!The weather was perfect and the day was just great at the Festival. Going back today! I will pick up the fleeces that haven't sold, hopefully there will be NONE! I'm also going to pick up a shepherd's crook that I've been wanting. It will be so much fun!
Everything else on the farm is going okay. The Dorsets, all but 2, are gone. We had our shearer over on Friday night and she sheared 9 of them. Whew. I am SO DONE with fleeces for the year. SO much work!
Oh, we had 18 chicks born in the incubator this past week. And there are a bunch of turkey eggs that should start popping in the next few days. I guess the turkey didn't want us to take anymore of her eggs, because now she's sitting on them in the tool shed!
Well, that's the report for now. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
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Congrats on the wins! And the sales! And the new baby chicks! That is all very exciting!
promiseacres
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congrats
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Thats awesome!!!! Congrats. on the chicks and up and comimg turkey chicks too!!!!
Congrats on the fleeces! 
Sometimes I get an itching for having a very small fiber flock (like 3 or 4 ewes and a ram), keeping them blanketed all year, showing them and their fleeces, etc. One day I'll make it happen as a side hobby lol.
And I was there yesterday, too Too bad I didn't see you! I only had about an hour and a half there so all I did was run through the sheep barns lol and stop at the T shirt building (which BTW I saw a lady with a BYC shirt on!). I didn't even have a chance to run through the vendors or get to participate in the equipment/supplies auction I wanted to go today but I woke up too late and I worked 2-10 haha.
I hope you had fun at the festival!!
Sometimes I get an itching for having a very small fiber flock (like 3 or 4 ewes and a ram), keeping them blanketed all year, showing them and their fleeces, etc. One day I'll make it happen as a side hobby lol.And I was there yesterday, too
Too bad I didn't see you! I only had about an hour and a half there so all I did was run through the sheep barns lol and stop at the T shirt building (which BTW I saw a lady with a BYC shirt on!). I didn't even have a chance to run through the vendors or get to participate in the equipment/supplies auction I wanted to go today but I woke up too late and I worked 2-10 haha.I hope you had fun at the festival!!
autumnprairie
Owned by the Rotten Heifers
Congrats on your wins and selling your fleece.
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Bridgemoof
Overrun with beasties
Thanks everyone!
I've been spinning yarn since I got home from the festival. It's so motivating to see all that pretty stuff.
After the 18 chicks, turkeys started hatching. Since yesterday we've had 5 turkeys born.
I'll try and post some pics later.
I've been spinning yarn since I got home from the festival. It's so motivating to see all that pretty stuff.
After the 18 chicks, turkeys started hatching. Since yesterday we've had 5 turkeys born.
I'll try and post some pics later.
