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Welcome 2023!
I always love a new year! It is fun to see the new lambs and see what the planned breedings produce. We shear on February 16th, and...

Leanne Hughes
Feb 13, 20231 min read
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Our First set of Quints is here
Our first set of quints arrived tonight - Mom Freya (19-470) had them all by herself. They appear to be a little early, so all get coats...

Leanne Hughes
Apr 24, 20221 min read
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Finns never fail to amaze me!
Day 5 of lambing is almost over. We have had 29 ewes lamb for a total of 72 lambs. Yes it's crazy. And no I wouldn't want it any other...

Leanne Hughes
Apr 23, 20221 min read
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Nighttime in the Country
Dan knows how much I hate going outside in the dark to check the sheep. Even with the headlights we wear it is still darker than I would...

Leanne Hughes
Apr 21, 20221 min read
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Sunrise in the Country
I love sunrise - it is my favorite time of the day! During lambing we check the ewes right before daybreak - the ewes are quiet and just...

Leanne Hughes
Apr 20, 20221 min read
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They are finally here!
Our lambing officially started today two days early with a cute set of twins out of Gyneth (20-801). She was the first lamb born last...

Leanne Hughes
Apr 19, 20221 min read
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Shearing day is here!
My favorite - and most hated - day of the sheep year is shearing. Yes it’s fun to see the sheep come out all clean and shiny but getting...

Leanne Hughes
Mar 27, 20221 min read
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It's our 40th Anniversary!
Little did I know when I bought my first 3 finnsheep in 1982 that I would still be raising them 40 years later! It has been a fun...

Leanne Hughes
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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It takes a whole flock.....
Every year I have ewes that go around helping other ewes when they lamb. Usually it is a ewe that is close to lambing, like the white...

Leanne Hughes
Mar 11, 20211 min read
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The first lambs are here!
Starting the season out right with a set of triplet ewe lambs by King Arthur QR and Guinevere. These lambs are going to have beautiful...

Leanne Hughes
Mar 6, 20211 min read
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What a difference a week makes!
Last week was cold with snow - a lot more than we usually have! Here we are one week later with the sheep all sheared, the snow gone and...

Leanne Hughes
Mar 6, 20211 min read
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Winter Sheep
Here in the desert part of Washington state we don't get much snow. But last week - on our planned shearing day - here we were with cold...

Leanne Hughes
Feb 23, 20211 min read
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Spring is here and so are our first lambs!
Our lambs are coming! We sheared our sheep Feb. 22 and our first lambs arrived yesterday - a cute set of triplets out of Xena (13-287)...

Leanne Hughes
Mar 5, 20201 min read
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Lambing is coming!
The website is up to date - I have 121 ewes to lamb out this year! I am expecting over 300 lambs, many of them QR or RR. I love this...

Leanne Hughes
Jan 17, 20191 min read
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What a difference a couple of months makes!
The lambs are growing fast, and weaning is just around the corner. Last weekend Dan and I wormed, tagged and sent off our scrapies...

Leanne Hughes
May 13, 20181 min read
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A Lazy Morning
It's nice to see the lambs all curled up waiting for sunrise in their creep. No one moves when I go out to bottle feed - they are all...

Leanne Hughes
Apr 11, 20181 min read
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Finally done!!
2018 lambs all sprawled out in the sun. They are growing well. All are FINALLY listed on the webpage. Next on the to do list - get...

Leanne Hughes
Apr 10, 20181 min read
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What a Great Day!
Beautiful morning - the first time in two weeks that I actually slept in until 6 AM. And no one had lambed! I think I'm past the worst...

Leanne Hughes
Mar 16, 20181 min read
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Where's Waldo?
A first for me - a little dove has been sharing my barn area when I'm tagging lambs, etc. He apparently fell out of his nest and can't...

Leanne Hughes
Mar 14, 20181 min read
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My first set of brown sextuplets!
I have had numerous sets of six in my white and black animals, but this is the first for my brown animals. Mom had them all by herself...

Leanne Hughes
Mar 14, 20181 min read
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