1.828.645.5869The ewes and I needed a break this year so only 2 are bred. Carly, my registered natural colored Border Leicester and Sunstar my registered natural colored Cotswold. They are bred to my registered Cotswold ram, Mohegan, who has moved on to another farm. I am looking forward to at least 2, maybe 4 colored lambs in late February and early March.
Check back for pictures and availability. See my sales page for ewes that are available for sale. I do require a deposit to hold any sheep/lambs and ask that they be picked up within 2 weeks at which point a daily keeping fee of $1.00 will be added to your selling price
All sale lambs will have their first booster of CDT if not both. Wormers used as needed. Pet and Fiber companion wethers available. I participate in the voluntary Scrapie identification but do not operate a closed flock.
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Meet Patchwork Arianna a sweet 4 horn yearling ewe with beautiful markings and long open fleece. I am excited to have some new blood and fiber characteristics in my flock. She will be bred for 2010 lambs.
Sire: Perfect Spot Artemis
Dam: Patchwork Olivia
Hobby Knob Octavia
Meet Hobbyknob Octavia. She is the 2008 lamb of Painted Rock Gabrielle. She is the busy body of the flock. Octavia has 2 nicely balanced horns and the eye patches of her sire Hosea. Her fleece is dense. I will try and loosen that up next year with a ram with looser more open locks
Sire: Painted Rock Hosea
Dam: Painted Rock Gabriell
Registered ewe - 2H, twin - fine fleece, excellent mother.
Bred to Painted Rock Hosea.
Sire: Patchwork Dandy
Dam: Perfect Spot Jasmine
Registered ewe - 2H, twin - excellent mother, a seasoned ewe from Fieldwood and Old Orchard lines. Shown on left with 2007 lambs, Bred to Painted Rock Hosea.
Sire: Greenwood Haggis
Dam: Barking Rock Jadzhia
Clementine is a 4 horned ewe. One side horn is broken and the other occasioanally needs to be trimmed. She twinned last year, her first lambing and was an excellent mother. Her fleece is fine with a large percentage of white. She does have her full tail.
Sire: 4 Horn Farm's Hoosier
Dam: Perfect Spot Jaden
Cleo is out of Andy and Clementine. She has a more open fleece than her mother and I sold her father so I have decided to keep her. Her mother, Perfect Spot Clementine is on my sales page. Cleo will be bred in the fall of 2010 to a new ram.
Sire: Hobby Knob Andy
Dam: Perfect Clementine
Cotswold Ewe - Sunstar
Sunstar is now 6 and is my one and only 100% Cotswold ewe. She has an open, lustrous fleece, good mothering instinct and as true to the Cotswold breed is very gentle and tame. I had planned on more colored Cotswold ewes but it seems I found some other sheep I like also so I had to draw the line. She was a triplet but has never had more than twins. She is bred to Mo so I am looking forward to some 100% Cotswold lambs.
Sire: Critter Crossing C02736
Dam: Twin Maples C01574
Border Leceister/Cotswold Ewe - Daisy
Daisy usually does well at the fiber shows even as a mature ewe. In 2008 she was the Reserve Grand Champion ewe in the Junior show at SAFF. She has a lovely fleece. I like this cross so much I bought my own Border Leceister ewe to use with my Cotswold ram.This is her huge 2008 Ewe lamb on the left. She is due this year.
Border Leicester - Registered - Carly
I like Daisy so much, who is a BL/Cots, that I decided to get my own Border Leceister ewe. Carly comes from the Russell's or Triple R Farm. She is also registered with the NCWGA.
She went in with Mohegan late so I am hoping for a lamb from her in April.
Sire: Koeppel274/RUSSE
Dam: X085562
7/8 Cotswold & 1/8 Border Leicester - Squirt
Squirt is a triplet from my very first ewe, Percy. Percy delivered triplets every year she was bred but only one year did she have ewe lambs. I kept this one and am glad I did as Percy died this winter. Squirt is bred for the first time bred to a Coriedale ram.
Squirt's lamb-1/2 moorit coriedale, cotswold, border leicester, DOB 04/09/09, available for sale, Click here to email:
Moorit Coriedale and half Cotswold - Paddy
Paddy - DOB 3/08
Paddy is half Moorit Coriedale and half Cotswold (natural colored). I am really happy with this cross. His fleece is dark with a fine crimp. Thanks to Elke of Wellspring Farm for allowing me the chance to experiment! Paddy will be sheared in the spring and his fleece will be for sale.
Elizabeth Strub
14 White Bridge Road
Weaverville, North Carolina
hobbyknobfarm@main.nc.us
828.645.5869