Giving Wool Sheep a Try

Yesterday, Farm Girl and I took a drive south to a small community along Lake Erie.  It's a remote area, popular with the Amish minority..  We were there to purchase four ewes and their lambs.  There is one more livestock barn sale before Easter and we thought the sale of the lambs would pay for the ewes.  What was different about these ewes was that they are a Suffolk cross breed.  Apparently there is some Dorper in them (especially noticeable in the black and brown ewe)  however I'm pretty certain far down the line as these big mammas will be needing shearing soon.  The two older ewes threw triplets in January so that had our attention.  They are much bigger than our Katahdins but we have gotten more comfortable working around sheep and thought we are now ready to try bigger breeds and finally learn to shear.  After all, sheep and wool go hand in hand.