Ranch Update!!

I am FINALLY doing a post. Sorry for not posting sooner, it has been almost a month since I posted last. We have added MANY more animals to our ranch.

~ Six new goats ~

We got six new goats from the Warren Livestock Auction in Leach, OK on July 8th, 2011. Two of them are registered as Grade A Nubians and both of them are in milk and possibly bred to a Nubian buck. There names are Target and Stormy. The other four goats are BEAUTIFUL Nubian doelings from this year, two are a beautiful moon spotted brown color and the other two are a beautiful black color with two brown stripes down there faces, a little brown on the backs of there ears, a brown stripe down there neck, and under their belly is brown.

Here are some pictures of them. I will try to post more pictures of them later.

This is Stormy.

This is Target.

Here is one picture of three of the four doelings.

~ One new Katahdin ewe ~


On July 22nd, 2011 we got a big Katahdin ewe from the Warren Livestock Auction. She is big and fat, but her teeth look just a little older and she looks to be pregnant. I will try to post some pictures of her when I can.

~ Two new goats ~

We got two BEAUTIFUL Alpine does on June 25th, 2011. There names are Tisha and Shelby. Tisha is in milk, and they are both bred and due the end of August. If you would like to see pictures and know more about them go here ~ http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/07/meet-shelby-tisha.html .

~ Spot lambed ~

Spot lambed Thursday, June 28th, 2011 to a single BEAUTIFUL chocolate and white ewe lamb. If you would like to read more about what happen and see pictures go here ~ http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-lamb-born-thursday.html . 

~ Prissy kidded ~

Prissy kidded to twins on Sunday, July 30th, 2011. She had 1 buckling and 1 doeling. She gave birth to them with out to many issues. The first kid came out fine, and the second kid was just a little stuck. I will try to post pictures of them when I can.

~ Spot lambed ~

Spot lambed Thursday, June 28th, 2011 to a single BEAUTIFUL chocolate and white ewe lamb. If you would like to read more about what happen and see pictures go here ~ http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-lamb-born-thursday.html . 

~ New goats and sheep ~


Well, me, my dad and a few other siblings of mine went down to Windom, TX Sunday afternoon (August 1st, 2011) . We picked up 14 adult dairy does (7 in milk, 5 not in milk), 5 doelings, 7 bucklings and 10 hair sheep (3 rams and 7 ewes), from a goat dairy that was going out of business. The goats are all Alpines, Saanans, Lamanchas and 1 Nubian. And the sheep are Painted Deserts, Desert Sands and Mouflon crosses.


Here are some pictures of them. I will try to post some more pictures of them later.


Here are some pictures of some of the bucklings and doelings that we got.

Here are some pictures of the 14 adult dairy does that we got.


This is the Nubian.

Here are the Alpines.

Here are some pictures of the sheep.

Here is a really nice black and white yearling ram.

Here are some pictures of the Mouflon cross ram that we got.

Have good week!!

~ Haleluyah

Happy July 4th!

Hope everyone had a happy 4th of July!! What we did for the 4th of July was go fishin', swimming and had a big party at our neighbor's house!! My sister made some red, white and blue Neapolitan cookies and some kind of candy. We took some pictures of the fire works, so I have attached some pictures. Enjoy!!

Here are some pictures ~

These pictures are of the food that we had. The first two pictures are of my sister's 

cookies and candies that she made.

Here are the firework pictures.

Have a good week!!

~ Haleluyah

A Big Ranch Update

Sorry for not posting anything for awhile. We have been very busy up here on the ranch lately. Here is a quick update.

~ Sheep ~

We have about 60 sheep now. I can't even believe that we have that many sheep now! 

17 new sheep ~

We got 17 new sheep Wednesday (March 16th, 2011). There were 3 Texas Dall rams, 3 Painted Desert rams, 3 December born Painted Desert ram lambs, 2 December born Painted Desert ewe lambs, 1 Texas Dall ewe, 4 Painted Desert ewes and 1 Katahdin ewe. 

4 Finn lambs ~

We picked up 4 Finn bottle lambs on Friday, March 4th, 2011. There are 2 ewe lambs (Both the ewe lambs are all white) and 2 ram (one of the ram lambs is all white and the other is black and white) lambs. We plan to keep both the ewe lambs and the black and white ram lamb (we already sold the white ram lamb). They were born on Thursday, March 3rd, 2011. I will try to post pictures of them later when I can:)

More lambs born ~

All of our ewes have lambed now.

Here is a list of the ewes that have lambs and a little bit of info ~

~ One of our Painted Desert ewes lambed!
February 1st, 2011
A single eweling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)

Dam: She has no name, we sold her and her lamb to somebody else (Painted Desert)

If you would like to see pictures find out more about what went on you can go here to see ~ http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/03/one-of-our-painted-desert-ewes-lambed.html . 

~ Black Mesa Lambed!
February 1st, 2011
A single ramling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)

Dam: Black Mesa (Painted Desert)

If you would like to see pictures find out more about what went on you can go here to see ~ http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/03/black-mesa-lambed.html . 

~ Zawiya Lambed!
February 3rd, 2011
A single ramling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)

Dam: Zawiya (Jacob)

~ One of our Desert Sand ewes lambed!
February 6th, 2011 
A single eweling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)

Dam: Lion ewe (Desert Sand)

~ Barsa Lambed!
February 10th, 2011 
A single ramling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)

Dam: Barsa (Jacob)

~ One of our Painted Desert cross ewes lambed!
February 13th, 2011 
Twin ramlings

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)

Dam: She has no name yet (Painted Desert cross I think)

~ One of our big Texas Dall ewes lambed!
February 15th, 2011 
Twin ewelings

Sire: Clyde (Texas Dall)

Dam: She has no name yet (Texas Dall)

~ Another one of our Painted Desert ewes lambed!
February 16th, 2011 
A single ramling

Sire: Big TD ram (Texas Dall)

Dam: She has no name yet (Painted Desert)

~ Alaina Lambed!
February 16th, 2011 
A single ramling
Sire: Dudley (Tunis)
Dam: Alaina (7/8 Tunis)

~ Amy Lambed!
March 1st, 2011
A single eweling

Sire: Clyde (Painted Desert)

Dam: Amy (Painted Desert)

~ Butter Mint Lambed!

March 2nd, 2011

A single ramling
Sire: Ames (1/3 Lacaune & 2/3 East Friesian)

Dam: Butter Mint (Katahdin)

~ Malibu has lambed!!

March 5th, 2011

Twin ramlings

Sire: Ames (1/3 Lacaune & 2/3 East Friesian)

Dam: Malibu (East Friesian)

~ Porche Lambed!!

March 14th, 2011

Twin lambs (one eweling and one ramling)
Sire: Clyde (Painted Desert)
Dam: Porche (Painted Desert)


~ Frosty lambed!!
April 4th, 2011
Twin ramlings
Sire: Clyde (Painted Desert)
Dam: Frosty (Painted Desert)


~ Lisa Ling has lambed!!
April 15th, 2011
Triplets, two ewelings & one ramling (one of the ewelings we found dead out in the pasture a few hours after we found Lisa Ling with two of the lambs)
Sire: Ames (1/3 Lacaune & 2/3 East Friesian)

Our new ram, Strains Boulder!! ~

We traded our Painted Desert ram (Little Hills Clyde) for a 4 horn Painted Desert (Desert Dragon) ramling, Strains Boulder. He is a VERY nice ram lamb with GREAT conformation. We got him on February 27th, 2011. He was born on October 10th, 2011. His sire is Strains Ringo Jester and his dam is Strains Roan Rebel. If you would like to see pictures of him and would like to know more about him, you can go here to find out ~ http://littlehillssheepranch.blogspot.com/2011/03/boulder.html .

~ Goats ~

Does kidded ~

Several of our dairy does have kidded and a couple of our meat does have kidded. If you would like to read more about what went on you could go to these links ~ http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/03/break-is-over.html . http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/03/busy-life.html . http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/03/photos.html . 
http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/04/more-kids.html .
http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/04/verona-kidded.html .
http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/04/blueberry-kidded.html .


The "tiny goat" Tic Tac - http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/04/tiny-goat-and-clippers.html .

Good Goats Amarelli Chicci and her two bucklings ~

We got Good Goats Amarelli Chicci and her two bucklings on Sunday, March 6th, 2011. If you would like to more about her and to see pictures you can go here to find out more ~ http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/2011/03/good-goats-amarelli-chicci.html . 

Spanish cross doe ~

We bought a REALLY nice and fat bred Spanish cross doe. She was part of a group of REALLY nice bred Spanish cross does. My brother bought her for $140 (that is a good deal for how nice she is). She kidded Wednesday (March 16th, 2011) afternoon to twins, one buckling and one doeling. They are VERY pretty kids, because they are both white with silver and brown.

Here are some pictures ~

This is the doe ~

And here are the kids. The doe is on the left and the buck is on the right.

Have a good week!!

~ Haleluyah