After a year of hopping back and forth on the fence, and being wishy-washy about whether or not I should keep my 2 year old Navajo Churro Ewe and 2 year old Karakul Ewe, I finally sold them to a good home. I decided I didn’t much care for the coarseness, smell and greasiness of sheep wool and would rather focus on my angora goat mohair and llama fiber instead. I could have kept my sweet hand-raised sheep around as pets, but I wanted them to be useful and for someone to appreciate and enjoy them and their wool.
They left on Sunday for their new home out on the open grasslands near Tucumcari, New Mexico. Blanca and Svetlana will live with a flock of their own kind, instead of being bossed around by my grouchy angora goat, Luna. They will have over 400 acres to graze abundant gramma grass to their heart’s content. And their new owners are nice folks. The woman, J, is an anthropology major and is learning the age old art of Navajo Weaving and her husband, L, is a true cowboy through and through, raising cattle and horses out on their rangeland. They were even nice enough to invite me out to watch L compete in rodeo roping events and to bring my horse out to ride with them on their land. I told them to watch out or I just might show up on their doorstep with my horse and trailer ready to saddle up! haha!
J already e-mailed me this morning to let me know how easily my two ba ba’s settled in. Apparently their Navajo Churro ram made my girls feel right at home and they are already accepted into the new flock.
I will miss them, but I know they’ll have a great home. And when I drive out there to visit, I’ll be sure to bring with me their favorite treat of horse cookies. I’m glad I remembered to take one last photo of them before their new owners arrived to take them away.
Farewell Svetlana and Blanca!
19 comments :
Awww...bye bye Ba Ba's...
I second the awww. Did you ever read Warm as Wool to your kiddos? Made me want to own a sheep:)
How funny... here you are sending your sheep to new homes while I toss around the idea of getting some sheep at our new place. Probably won't be 'til next year, IF it happens.
I'm sure they are going to be in hog, er, sheep heaven with 400 acres to munch.
Maybe you could ride Apache there.
Awww, I always feel good about a sale when I envy where the animals are going! They didn't want a rooster too did they? :)
It's always hard when it come's to getting rid of a pet. But, they can have a much better life on this new farm. Exspecially with other sheep. Good decision.
They will be happy with more sheep to play with! Two less mouths for you to feed. :)
Lisa, it must have been hard to see your sheep go but I'll bet they are happy in their new herd. Glad they have a nice new home.
Wow, sounds like fun getting to ride on a new range. If you go you know you MUST take lots of pictures (unlike me how is always forgetting to!)
Aww they are cute! Actually rather pretty. Buh Bye Ba ba's
Have a great day!
~Jeni
Glad the pretty girls will have a great new home.
Sounds like they went to a great home and will have a wonderful time getting to know all their new friends. I'm glad they fit right in quickly with the herd.
You seem to have some success in finding good homes for your animals when you sell them.
I'm glad you were able to find them a new home.
glad they found a good home...how's your wounds doing?
(((HUGS)))
I've been going through the re-homing process here too and it sucks! I'm always happy that they're going to great homes, but I always miss them anyways.
Sending my Honey to a 4-H home was just the hardest.
Aw, it's hard to let them go! But I've been there, know what you mean. They'll be happy in a flock of their own kind.
Recently at the 4H llama shearing I got a whole bag of alpaca wool to work with. It is so clean (not greasy) and light and fluffy! I can't wait to do something with it! If I decide to get a herd for fiber/pets/lawnmowers in the future, I might just look for alpacas. The fiber really is nice!
Now who's Luna going to boss around?
Dan
I like this, you seem to be realigning your life to suit your needs and wants, that is good. Just think how stagnant life would be if we never changed our way of thinking.
I like someone who knows what they want and makes that happen. Good for you. I know you will miss them but they are in sheep paradise now...with a ram.
Now with all the feed you will save, you can look for that second horse.
You always do right by your animals Liss...and for you too~
Kac
XOXO
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