Leanne Hughes
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Apr 24
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Apr 22
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Apr 20
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Apr 20
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Mar 28
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Mar 15
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Mar 7, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Mar 7, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Feb 24, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
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)...
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Leanne Hughes
- Jan 18, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- May 14, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Apr 11, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Apr 11, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Mar 16, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Mar 15, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Mar 15, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Leanne Hughes
- Mar 11, 2018
- 1 min
A Peaceful Moment (in the middle of chaos...)
The lambs started coming in earnest on Wednesday, and did not slow down until Saturday morning. This little set of sextuplets from The...
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