An Update From Little Hills Sheep Ranch!!

Well, we have been very busy over here since the sheep lambing season (and goat kiddings) have come.

We have had our first 9 ewes out of about 35 ewes lamb so far. Not all 35 are suppose to lamb this month, they are all spread out until the middle of June. There are about 1 or 2 more to lamb this month . . . I will try to keep ya'll updated on any more that lamb.

Our first ewe lambed one Friday, February 3rd, 2012. It was one of our Katahdin ewes, Ewe Neek. She had twin ewe lambs. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/ewe-neek-lambed-february-3rd-2012.html .

Our second ewe lambed one Friday, February 3rd, 2012 also. It was one of our Painted Desert ewes, Appalachia. She had twin ram lambs. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/appalachia-lambed-february-3rd-2012.html .

Our third ewe lambed on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012. It was one of our Painted Desert ewes, Zawiya. She had a single ewe lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/zawiya-lambed-february-7th-2012.html .

Our fourth ewe lambed on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012. It was one of our Dorper ewes, Snickers. She had triplets, 1 ram lamb and 2 ewe lambs. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/snickers-lambed-february-8th-2012.html .

Our fifth ewe lambed on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012. It was also one of our Dorper ewes, Brenta. She had twins, 1 ram lamb and 1 ewe lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/brenta-lambed-february-15th-2012.html .

Our sixth ewe lambed on Thursday, February 16th, 2012. It was one of our Painted Desert ewes, Ruby Range. She had a single ram lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/ruby-range-lambed-february-16th-2012.html

Our seventh ewe lambed on Sunday, February 19th, 2012. It was one of our Katahdin ewes, Princess Margaret. She had a single ram lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/princess-margaret-lambed-february-19th.html

Our eighth ewe lambed on Monday, February 21st, 2012. It was our Tunis ewe, Alaina. She had a single ram lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/alaina-lambed-february-20th-2012.html

Our ninth ewe lambed on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012. It was one of our Katahdin ewes, Butter Mint. She had a single ram lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/03/butter-mint-lambed-february-21st-2012.html

Our tenth ewe lambed on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012. It was one of our Katahdin ewes, Coastal. She had a single ewe lamb. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/03/coastal-lambed-february-23rd-2012.html

Our eleventh ewe lambed on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012. It was one of our Katahdin/Dorper ewes, Snicker's 2011 daughter. She had twin ram lambs. You can go here to see more about what went on - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/03/snickers-2011-daughter-lambed-february.html

We also got 14 FREE Icelandic sheep on Friday, February 3rd, 2012. There was 4 rams and 10 ewes. You can go here to see pictures and more about the sheep - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2012/02/14-new-icelandic-sheep.html .

Have a great week!!

~ Haleluyah

Update on The Little Hills sheep!!

Well, I thought that I would give ya'll an update on the sheep. The ewes all started coming back into heat in September, so we started breeding them and have still been breeding ever since. Our first lambs are due on February 1st, 2012 . . .yes, February again . . . hopefully there is not 2 feet of snow on the ground like there was last lambing season in February! BUT, the good thing is, is we know when they are due and we have all the due dates marked on the calendar, so that we can bring them back in the big barn before they start having lambs in the snow, unlike last lambing season where there were 20 ewes or so that could be due anywhere from November to April! 

Click on any of the names below to view the sheep.

~ Sheep count ~

We currently own 38 ewes (9 Katahdins, 5 cross breeds, 1 Tunis, 2 Finnish Landraces, 3 Jacobs, 14 Painted Deserts, 2 Desert Dragons and 2 Dorpers), 5 rams (2 Painted Deserts, 1 Desert Dragon, 1 Finnish Landrace and 1 Jacob/Texas Dall cross) and 2 ram lambs (1 Painted Desert and 1 Painted Desert/meat sheep cross). 

~ Sheep for sale ~

We have 2 ram lambs for sale for $100 each. One is a registerable Panted Desert ramling, he was born on September 20th, 2011. His sire is Little Hills Gomez, one of our Painted Desert rams and his dam is Little Hills Sierra Blanca, one of our Painted Desert ewes.

The other one is a Painted Desert/meat sheep cross he was born on September 18th, 2011. His sire is Little Hills Gomez, a Painted Desert ram of ours and his dam is Black Mesa, a Painted Desert/Dorper cross (I believe) ewe of ours.

Contact us for recent pictures and more info - email us at kim@goodgoats.net or call at 918-598-4007 .

Here are some pictures of the ramlings. These pictures are back when they where born, so they are not very recent . . . but they still give you an idea of what they look like. The first two pictures are of the Painted Desert ramling and the third picture is of the cross ramling.

~ Breeding Chart ~

Here is the list of ewes that are bred, the ram that they are bred and there due dates ~

Ewe & Ram      Due Date

Appalachia x Eldorado          2-1-12                      

Zawiya x Eldorado                 2-5-12

Ruby Range x Eldorado         2-10-12

Ewe Neek x Rocky                2-11 to 2-21-12

Alaina x Rocky                       2-22-12

Princess Margaret x Rocky     2-24-12

Butter Mint x Rocky               2-25-11

Sunset Crater x Rocky            2-25-11

Coastal x Panda                      2-27-12

Britannia x Diamond               4-4-12

Cathy x Eldorado                    4-9-12     

Cameron x Diamond               4-10-12

Queen Charlotte x Diamond    4-11-12

Misty x Boulder                       4-18-12

Jersey x Gomez                        4-18-12

Sierra Blanca x Gomez             4-18-12

Lion x Gomez                           4-23-12

Frosty x Gomez                         4-29-12

615 Monte Cristallo x Panda     4-29-12

615 Mount Cayley x Panda       4-29-12

Izzy x Panda                              5-2-12

Foresta x Boulder                      5-2-12

Snowdonia x Panda                  5-2-12

Daisy x Gomez                         5-4-12

Sophia x Panda                         5-5-12

Here are a some random sheep pictures ~

Some of the ewes.

Gomez and Big Salmon.

Frosty and Sierra Blanca in front.

Princess Margaret on left and Appalachia on right.

Caraballo on left.

Some of the ewes.

Jersey on right.

Appalachia and Frosty (Appalachia's dam) and her Frosty's 2011 twin ramlings.

Three big Katahdin/meat ewes.

If you would like to see more about the Little Hills Sheep ranch then go here - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/ .

Have a great week!!

~ Haleluyah

Lambs and new sheep!!

I know it has been awhile since I posted last. I thought I would give everybody an update on the sheep.

On Friday, September 23rd, 2011 we bought 2 light chocolate colored Katahdin (I believe they are Katahdins from what they look like) ewes from the Warren Livestock auction in Leach, OK. They are 2 beautiful HUGE ewes, with great conformation and nice big meaty butts and bodys. If you would like to see more pictures of them you can go here to my sheep blog - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/09/2-new-katahdin-ewes.html . 

On Saturday, September 17th, 2011 Black Mesa lambed to a single black and white ram lamb. The sire to the lamb is one of our Painted Desert rams, named Gomez. If you would like to see more pictures and find our more about what went on at the birth then you can go here to find out - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/09/black-mesa-lambed-september-18-2011.html .

On Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 Sierra Blanca lambed to a single tri-colored ram lamb. The sire to the lamb is one of our Painted Desert rams, named Gomez and the dam is one of our Painted Desert ewes, named Sierra Blanca. If you would like to see more pictures and find our more about what went on at the birth then you can go here to find out - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/09/sierra-blanca-lambed-september-20-2011.html .

On Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 Emory lambed to a single beautiful tri or quad colored ewe lamb. The sire to the lamb is one of our Painted Desert rams, named Gomez and the dam is a Desert Sand ewe named Emory (who we no longer own now). If you would like to see more pictures and find our more about what went on at the birth then you can go here to find out - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/09/emory-lambed-september-21-2011.html .

On Sunday, October 2nd, 2011 Star Mountain lambed to a single tri-colored ewe lamb. The sire to the lamb is one of our Painted Desert rams, named Gomez and the dam is a Painted Desert ewe who I called Star Mountain (who we no longer own now). If you would like to see more pictures and find our more about what went on at the birth then you can go here to find out - http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/10/star-mountain-lambed-october-2nd-2011.html .

Then on Friday, October 16th, 2011 we bought two really nice rams. One is a really nice, big black and white Katahdin/Dorper cross ram with great conformation and is very nicely built with a meaty body. His name is Diamond. He is coming up on 3 years old. The 2nd one is also a very nice, big red Katahdin ramling with excellent conformation and is nicely built with a very muscular body. I don't know his age, but he is very young still, he has no mane and his face still looks like a baby. I believe he is around 3 to 4 months old. We tried to breed him to one of our ewes and he is still to young to breed, which means he is real young because Katahdin rams usually try to breed at 4 to 6 months of age. His name is Big Salmon.


Here are some pictures of them - 

Have a great week!!

~ Haleluyah