Almost fully grown!

Our young Ram "Honu" is now 8 months old and is looking fantastic. He's well put together with good solid legs and feet and good size. We're pleased with how this young fellow is turning out.

New Blood!

We're extremely grateful to http://lochenddorpers.ca for leasing us a couple of Rams with different bloodlines than our ewes for our lamb production this summer! A big thank you to Bob and Kate Janzen. The Rams have settled in nicely and all is content at Castle Rock Farm. We're excited to be moving forward with our plans. Stay tuned for more photos and news.

One of the Rams wearing his breeding harness.

At the Gate

As the weather cools and grass pickings are slim, the sheep are hanging around the barnyard and home much more waiting for a "handout"!

Farm views

Out for a fall ride. This photo shows the grasslands that our farm sits on. It's beautiful. Simba is looking towards the homestead (which is visible in the distance).

Yellow Grass

Fall has arrived on the farm. The grass is drying and yellowed and the animals are focused on eating constantly as if they know that cooler weather is on it's way. The spring lambs have all grown beautifully this year and are only fractionally smaller than their moms. We're getting our hay in the barn tomorrow and making our own preparations for winter.

Mid Summer...

Honu has now been weaned. He's a real sweetheart and a looker too! Here he is at 4 months of age.

This ewe is showing the typical shedding out pattern. This was a number of weeks ago, and she is now nicely shed out. This is one of our lambs from 2010 and it was her first shedding. It appears that the Dorpers first shed their wool between the ages of 14-16 months.

Most of our flock grazing near the house... shameful amount of weed due to all the moving of dirt we did in the spring with our tractor! Nice thing about Dorpers is they also graze the weeds!!!

By early afternoon, the flock has headed back to the barnyard area for a rest in the shade.

Ram Lamb - May Photos...

Our handsome Ram lamb is now 7 weeks old. He's a gentle boy who's turning out to be quite the looker. He's strong, stocky, beautifully put together and sweet tempered. We're about to send off the registration papers and were thinking of calling him "Honu" which means turtle in Hawaiian. Contact us if you're interested in purchasing this guy. He'll be weaned sometime this summer.