This ewe is out of Wintertime Itasca and Wintertime Bond,
and is clearly our finest ewe. Her two year old fleece tested at 22 microns
with an even lower CV.
I would characterize her as a medium- size ewe, with a
fleece that is very crimpy, fine, and dense. I have always liked Bond’s head,
and this ewe has it. Just a gorgeous ewe. She’s a little petite for my liking,
but it’s a very elegant look. Shetlands are supposed to be fine boned, and she
is. This is another ewe with a fantastic bloodline to go with her visible
characteristics. That’s very important to me because I feel a solid bloodline increases
the odds of producing outstanding lambs. You might get lucky now and then with
a crappy ewe throwing a really nice lamb, but you can’t build your program
around that. And if you don’t have an outstanding ram, you can pretty much
forget about that strategy. But sometimes, the second generation lambs are
better than their parents if you know what you are doing.
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