BFL yearling rams for sale

I've decided to sell the 2 yearling rams we used for breeding last year - SHF Lanark AI, and SHF Lockerbie, AI. There are pictures and more information on our website.
Above is a closeup of Lanark's fleece. Click on the photo to "biggify"it. This fleece has been growing in since late March.
Lanark's dam is an AI daughter of Beeston Loyalty, and his sire is Carryhouse R1 E+, so he is 75% UK breeding. He was born a twin, and has grown well over the winter. Overall, I am quite pleased with him. He has good fleece coverage and lock formation. His topline is level, his pasterns and feet are strong, and he has good rear angulation with no tendency toward being postlegged. He is just a nicely balance ram. His lambs were nice sized (12-14#) and vigorous at birth, with no birthing problems, and no need to assist the lamb. The lambs are similar in appearance and very upheaded, with good roman noses and long, upright ears. Lanark's dam has been a very productive member of the flock, and has a lovely udder with small, wellplaced teats. He is $500.00

Lockerbie's dam carries Gwystedd Jamie blood, and his sire is Barlaes Titus E+, making him 63% UK breeding. He is a single, and will be a large, tall ram. His fleece is very dense and heavy with fine lock structure. He has good feet and legs. He is in a gangly stage where he is all elbows and knees and ears, but I think he will finish into a fine looking ram. His lambs were large at birth, 14-18#. All were born easily and were up and nursing in minutes. In general, they are very blue, and the most eye-catching lambs in the flock. He is $450.00

Both rams are registered, and suitable for using in a purebred flock.

This is Sri Lanka, a chocolate agouti SA doe. She is just now 3 months old.

Trieste's kits are 2.5 weeks old now. Starting on the left: fawn, 2 chocolate agoutis, the chocolate, and the red. First guess is the the chocolate is a buck, and the fawn is a doe. They were VERY hard to keep in a group long enough to photograph. You can probably tell that the big chocolate agouti and the red are poised to take off.

A Beautiful Day

This is the view out my window as I sit at the computer right now. I love tiger lilies. These were here when we moved into the farmhouse. A hummingbird frequents them, and I enjoy the sound of his wings.
We had a big thunderstorm yesterday that dumped over an inch of rain in less than a half hour. It was VERY humid the rest of the day, and then during the night we kept waking to the sound of thunder. Today, the sky is clear and the air is clean, and there is a strong breeze that gusts through the house, blowing papers around. I can hear Chuck's windchimes on the front porch.

Nothin' cuter than a baby skunk....

This little guy was sauntering around in the neighbor's yard. A sibling was nearby. This one got within 10 feet of my car, so I snapped his picture. He paid me no mind. Neither were bigger than an 8 week old kitten.

Trieste's Litter

All five babies were out of the nestbox this morning, huddled together to keep warm. I popped them all back in their nest where they belong! They are opening their eyes now, and getting chubby. 1 chocolate, 2 chocolate agoutis, 1 red, and one that I think is a fawn, since its a golden color rather than the intense red of its sibling. It will probably look like its grandmother, Shiraz.

Cyrenaica

This is Cyrenaica, a broken chocolate tort Satin Angora doe. She is 4 months old. I clipped her baby coat off about 6 weeks ago, so its short, but really growing in nicely, with wonderful sheen and a good texture. Although the broken SA is not showable, I decided to keep her for breeding because she has such a terrific body. Bred to a solid buck, 50% of the kits should be solid, without carrying the broken pattern. So she can be used in my breeding program to pass on her nice smooth, muscular body and improve my show line. Her sire is from Joan Hastings, and is a broken black. Joan holds the COD for the broken SA, and is working to get them recognized by ARBA.