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June 01, 2009

Shetland Fleece for Sale

We have a beautiful shetland sheep fleece for sale.  She had a blanket on all year so this fleece is exceptionally clean and has been skirted to avoid second cuts and get some of the vegetable matter out that may have been in there.  She is a nice grey underneath with some bleached tips.  This is an unwashed, skirted fleece only.

$12 per pound or $0.75 per ounce.  Would prefer to sell as an entire fleece. Entire Fleece: $24.00 plus shipping.

SOLD 

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Spinoffs going well.

We entered a total of four spinoffs this year.  BHR's FireHawk was sent to three shows: WI Spring Bling Alpaca Show (2/2), The California Classic (1/8) and the National Conference (June '09).  BHR's Kentucky Bourbon was sent to MAPACA and placed first of five.  We are very pleased with the results of this years spinoff entries and can't wait to do some more later this year.

May 25, 2009

Three outstanding show entries

We have three entries still out, our final spinoff entry for our 2008 fleeces should be back in a couple weeks and we also have sent out our 2009 alpaca fleeces to the Estes Park Wool Festival where they are entered in the full fleece competition.  Hopefully we will receive those fleeces back in time to send off to a couple spinoffs that have deadlines at the end of June.

Show Season went well.

The 2009 halter season went well.  We showed our alpaca boys at one show in Minnesota and BHR's FireHawk received fourth place in a small class and BHR's Kentucky Bourbon received third place in a very large class.  The judge did not comment on FireHawk, however she said that Tuck surprised her when she opened up his fleece and that she did not expect it to be as nice as it was.  Yay Tuck!  Our suri llama was shown at the Badgerland Sweepsteaks, however he did not place.  He got some much needed experience off the farm, however and he will continue to get worked on the farm.

2009 Shearing Done

This years shearing went well.  We sheared all of our animals in about two weeks.  Even the sheep are done.  We look forward to preparing many of the fleeces from this year and when they are prepared, rovings will be available for purchase.

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May 07, 2008

First Round of Shearing a Success

We did our first round of shearing.  We only did two of our animals, the two alpaca boys but Ben did both of them.  It went well, a few equipment troubles but otherwise they both survived.  It is amazing how much they look alike, Tuck is just smaller do to his age.  There colors and fiber characteristics are very different when compared at the same age.  Tuck is much darker and doesn't have nearly the curly crimp that FireHawk had.  FireHawk sheared almost 7 lbs of fiber and all but .8 lbs of it is usable.

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April 10, 2008

Spring Bling came and went

Spring Bling in it's first year did very well for us as photographers.  We met a lot of new farms and saw some old ones too.  We enjoyed the show, although it moved a little slower then years past but overall, I'd say it was a good show for new breeders.  The judge was very thourough and gave good comments.  We stayed busy and are looking forward to the Madison show at the end of the month.

April 08, 2008

Janna Grace Produces two fine males

 

Produce/Janna Grace

 

This is Janna Grace's last two cria, FireHawk is now going to be two and Kentucky Bourboun is turning one.  There are great similarities among all of her crias and these two boys are no exception.  They have gorgous fiber, with very low microns, great staple length and crimp.  They also have lustre.  FireHawk will be available for breedings with in the next year and watch for tuck down the road! 

April 06, 2008

Warm Spring Day and a Little Sun

With the warmer temps and a little sun we were able to get all nine of our animals on halters and leads today.  We photographed all nine animals and we all got a little exercise.  All of our boys are looking nice and the fiber is great.  Can't beat a nice Spring Day.  Photos below:

Bean WorkingBean doing his thing, he is still in training!

Cowboy  Cowboy and his awesome grey fleece! Cowboy's Fleece

J-Lo, Truffles first cria  J-Lo, which was Truffles first Cria.

Chocolate Liberty  This is Chocolate Liberty, known as Libby.

Wyoming's Indian Outlaw  Wyoming's Indian Outlaw, he is Truffles only Suri Cria.

Truffles  This is Truffles, our breeding Llama.

Janna Grace  This is our breeding alpaca, Janna grace.

Janna's Two Boys  This is BHR's Kentucky Bourbon and BHR's FireHawk, both are Janna's boys.  Tuck is sired from med brown and FireHawk is sired from white.  They both have great coverage, and an abundant staple.

 

I plan to work on these photos and hopefully they will be great when they are done. 

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