Sibling rivalry

Bloom and Bittersweet, getting along like the siblings they are.

Bloomers is moving to Washington in July to join Franna's flock at Everranch. There are only two other breeders of fine-fleeced Shetlands using polled genetics on the West Coast that I know of, and Franna is one of them.

Bittersweet is now banded. His small scurs flare out so they shouldn't ever need to be trimmed. He is available to a fiber pet home, or will stay here to produce the clean, crimpy, soft, fine fleece that my customers like. I haven't worked on making him friendly; I need to do that. Too bad he wasn't born with different plumbing; I'd sure love to have a moorit ewe lamb just like him!

That's it for today from . . .

My weekend

I camped in the presence of this

Helping set up this

Kept myself occupied with this

Found time to work on this

Relaxed by this

Watched others enjoy this

And even got a chance to do this

All while enchanted by lots of this

Hope your weekend was as lovely!

That's the holiday weekend report from this . . .

Sometimes two's a crowd....

The other day these two were both sure the middle nest box was the only one suitable for their eggs.

Our hens are laying fairly well, as evidenced by the egg tally in the right sidebar. The four Speckled Sussex and two Easter Eggers should be; they aren't yet two years old. We're also getting occasional contributions of big chocolate eggs from Welsie, the Welsummer. I don't think Roosty, our sole remaining Rhode Island Red, has laid anything for a year or more. Oh well, at least she's a handsome hen!

 Just a little post while we're away from . . .