Ned (aka Neddie Boy) fattening up for winter

Dolly, shortly after moving onto the farm (2005)

These are our two sheep on the farm right now.  Dolly has been here for awhile; Neddie Boy recently joined our family on the farm.  Most people think they are goats because they don’t have thick wool like some sheep.  Dolly and Ned are both hair sheep—they grow wool in the winter and it sheds off in the summer so there is no need to shear them.  Even though they are a meat breed, I enjoy milking Dolly.  In turn, we make Feta cheese with the milk or simply use it to make pancakes, waffles, custards and casseroles.  It is quite a symbiotic relationship.  What do we enjoy from Ned?  He is just so darn cute right now.  He is very affectionate because he imprinted with humans at an early age since he was one of triplets and, therefore, bottle fed.  My daughter acquired him for her birthday and hopes to breed him with Dolly and make little lambsies.   That will be a whole new venture!   

Here is Dolly now (2008).