Shetland Sheep

ALL wethers are SOLD except 2 reserved.

Spring 2012 ewes are available at $150 and mature bred ewes at $250.

Not pictured: "Speckles" white RAM Flock Sire,

and (3) 2012 wethers (2 of 3) SOLD 11/17/2012.








2012 Beige RAM
SOLD 11/17/2012









2012 Brown Wether, freckled face, cream splotches
SOLD 11/17/2012

2012 White RAM, freckled face
SOLD 10/17/2012

2010 Black/White Katmoget, 2012 Brown/Beige Katmoget
Wethers SOLD 11/17/2012

2011 White Wether, very friendly - Reserved
NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME



2011 Black/Grey Wether SOLD 11/17/2012




Another Photo of 2012 Brown/Beige Katmoget
SOLD 11/17/2012

From Left: 2008 Katmoget Wether, 2011 White Wether #2
SOLD 11/17/2012



 











 

 

 



 







 

 

 

2010 Cream Wether, very friendly bottle baby
and 2012 black face wether SOLD 11/17/2012

Individual Highland Photos

CBR Subhach Cait Kate born 07/01/2005
out of Golden Doors stock
third calf 04/12/2012

White Brood Cow born 03/26/2009
out of CBR Subhach Cait Kate and Munro of Foulis

First calf (behind) born 05/03/2012
Calf SOLD 12/01/2012



Bull born 08/13/2010
out of CBR Subhach Cait Kate's red daughter
and Munro of Foulis



Red Heifer Cow born 08/2011 (at left)
out of CBR Subhach Cait Kate's red daughter
and Munro of Foulis

CBR Munro of Foulis born 03/25/20005
out of LEA Yeoman & LEA Wallis
(Background DH White Gold  and DH Excitement)
SOLD 11/18/2012

Steer born 06/26/2008
out of SNS Lil Hot Shot and Munro of Foulis
SOLD 12/09/2012





Brood Cow (center) born 07/15/2007
out of CBR Subhach Cait Kate and Munro of Foulis
SOLD 12/09/2012





RESERVED FOR BREEDING
Yellow Heifer born 05/12/2009
out of SNS Lil Hot Shot and CBR Munro of Foulis







RESERVED FOR BREEDING
Red Heifer born 02/14/2010
out of SNS Lil Hot Shot and CBR Munro of Foulis



RESERVED FOR BREEDING
Bull Calf born 04/12/2012
out of CBR Subach Cait Kate and CBR Munro of Foulis

Dozing Ducks

Could not resist taking this photo of the Buff Ducks during their afternoon siesta. The only thing sweeter than ducks at their waterplay antics is ducks sleeping!

Highlands Available

We now have a variety of Scottish Highland beef cattle available for sale. .

 

Below the photos of the cattle you will see a few photos showing what a wonderful job they have done reclaiming overgrown mountainside full of Chinese maiden grass (miscanthus) and thorny black locust. We could not walk the mountain with this 8' tall invasive grass and prickly saplings growing everywhere; it was a jungle. Now even our 5 year old boys can navigate with no issues.

 

Note that the majority of this land is not prime tractor land so forage animals are the safest bet;

and the automatic fertilizer is a great bonus!

 

 

Below you can see the wild area on the left side of the fence;

which is how the cleared area used to look before cattle and goats.

 

 

Below you can see the cleared area versus the semi-wild area on the right side of the fence.

The semi-wild area has had Highland cattle on it for 1 year.

  

 

Below is another photo of the work the Highlands have done.

They were wintered on the 7 acres which allowed them to crush down the miscanthus grass, tread the bald areas where nothing was growing, and apply their fertilizer to the unfertile soil.

 

Just 2 days ago we put 15 of our cashmere goats on the 7 acres that the Highlands have been on.

Check back next spring to see how it has progressed over the winter and next fall to see major results.

They are very content with their new home as the old paddock is all grass now.

We still have a few gaps under the fences and gates to patch and will need to apply an electrified twine offset before I'll really feel comfortable having them over there.

A strand of barbed wire around the bottom would be ideal.

 

Next project is the creekside which is fenced off from livestock;

but with a new baby on the way something tells me that renovation will take a few years!