Babies, Babies, Babies! Boys for Sale!

Jill/Omar babies born April 5, 2014

Good Day Everyone.  What a dreary rainy day, but we have new babies and that always casts "sunshine" on the farm.  Jill our Nigerian Dwarf gave birth to two babies a boy and a girl on Saturday.  Omar, our handsome black Angora is the father.

Male and Female "Nigoras"

Macy Angora

Mary and Macy

 Along with these cuties, Mary our Angora had a baby girl Macy.  Macy is pure white and is quite the contrast to these two!  Macy will be staying here on the farm.  There are also two bucklings, that are Nigerian/Pygora crosses and would make excellent companion animals!  Louis and Jerry are both friendly and are ready too go.  

Louie the cuddler

Jerry so handsome

 Last but not by any means least is our little man....Mick, a purebred registered Olde English Babydoll Southdown.  This black boy is quite the character already.  He is not really so little and is even bigger than Louie who he is trying to make friends with!  Mick is also for sale.

Mick English Babydoll Lamb

Mick born March 2013

Mick and Louie sharing some cedar branches

 We are selling our boys.  If you are interested, please give us a call at 705-778-2070.  We also have Alpacas for sale.  No babies there until the summer!
Also I will be in Maynooth this coming Saturday, April 12, 2014.  I will have handmade products as well as yarn, fleece and rovings.  Any requests let me know and I will see what I can do!

Shearing at the Farm

April 1, 2014....FINALLY April.....but not too much has changed weather wise...although there is some thawing!  So what's happening on the farm?

Well, with the "warmer" weather sheering has begun!  First on the list are the goats....next sheep followed by the Alpacas.  It really is quite the process, first we sheer the animal, evaluate the fibre and from there the washing and picking begins.  In fact Omar's fibre is washed now!  You may remember Omar, the handsome black Angora ram.  

Currently we have 4 babies, the older bucklings born Dec 31, 2013, Mick, born in March, the black babydoll, who is for sale and our newest Macy, a white angora, just born last week.  Up next is Jill and possibly Meg.  For those wondering about the Alpacas...they should have their babies in the summer, July/August.  Remember we have Alpacas for sale too, you can call our check them out either on our website www.elmleafarm.com or through AlpacaSeller.ca.

This past week I took a break from hand knitting and created a new sweater on the knitting machine, it is so fast!  For those of you who have ever though about buying a knitting machine...do it!  It is such a time saver. While I enjoy hand knitting, every now and then a machine is great for the instant gratification!  I will show you the finished product next week, just being washed now.

I am looking forward to reopening the store and having visitors!  Until then, the store is open by appointment.  Just call 705-778-7020.