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More Cute! Photo heavy...

 The Cute continues. 

As promised, our flock has doubled in one shot. We responded to a post on Facebook regarding a mini flock for sale and snatched it up. The awesome people that run Kapanaia Farms in Kapaau, Hawaii put up a Ram, a ewe, and two sister offspring as a family unit and we fell in love immediately. three messages and two phone calls later and we were waiting for the day the babies could travel so we could head out to pick them up. This is Hemi. Not sure where they got the name, Sandra did speak of having a hard time coming up with 70 plus names every lambing, so she really couldn't recall where it came from. JoAnn and didn't have that problem and kept the name. 

We decided that his name full name is Ernest Hemi Hemingway and Hemi's name is permanent. His lineage is out of Kapanaia's anchor stud Ram, 'Abacus'. A fine specimen that is fully spotted and has a history of black and white lambs. He is a cross of Katahdin and Dorper breeds. He has the signature cap marking of the Dorper line and that has continued into his lambs. He is two years old, fathering many of their current lamb crop this year.  




The Ewe in the new family is Miss Mindi, a name that we also kept.
She is the same Katahdin x Dorper cross with a solid white coat with a light dusting of a Cinnamon tint. She is a good mom, and like Hemi, is two years old. Her first lambing last year yielded a single lamb, with a beautiful set of twins this year. She is an awesome and caring mom to her two lambs. She is a good milk producer for them and very nurturing. We are looking forward to many more lambs in the future. 




And finally, the babies! A closely matched set of siblings, a boy and a girl. Jet black, a negative image to Hemi, they both have the Dorper head cap markings in white, the ram, a solid black with a white tipped tail and a single foot marking with white foot. Because his Cap marking is more angular and diamond shaped, we named him after Lou Diamond Phillips. We call him Diamond, but his papers show the full name, 'Lou Diamond Phillips'. 
The ewe lamb has four full socks, a tipped tail and a pair of lightening bolts on each side. Because of her socks, we gave her the name, 'Bobbi'. 

Sooo cute! 




Mom Mindi and the kids- out for a stroll checking out their new digs.










Miss Mindi, the kids, meeting up with Mrs. Sheep and Rain, their new flock mates.











The Family; Hemi in the background, Miss Mindi, and the kids. Bobbi on the left, Diamond on the right.

 Diamond and Bobbi playing with their new buddy, Rain. Mom watching them all in the background. The lambs are one week apart, and they are growing fast.











Early play date fresh out of quarantine. Both mom's are making sure things don't get out of hand.







Next time- Freckles a mom?  
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