Due to life changes, we have sold out! The precious people in my life require more time right now, and I didn’t want to neglect the animals.
Edwin and Cari FarrarSoutheast of Guthrie, OklahomaOur email is fairerfieldsfarm at gmail.Having crocheted and knit for many years, I began thinking the next logical step, a little closer to cooperating with God in “creating something from nothing”, was to spin my own yarn and eventually breed my own sheep. For Mother’s Day 2012, Edwin bought me four Jacob Sheep ewes. I had wanted a breed that would provide fiber, meat and maybe milk and that could survive the Oklahoma heat. These girls were not registered and not great specimens of the breed but were hardy and patient with me. We found them a beautiful Icelandic ram that fall. Six lambs were born in March of 2013. We were surprised that all were dark and unspotted with a few white fluffs. Apparently, that is a common outcome when cross-breeding Jacobs.
This was a grandson of those original ewes. and was 3/4 Jacob 1/4 Icelandic
After joining the Jacob Sheep Breeder’s Association in 2013, jsba.org, we contacted several breeders and purchased our first registered sheep.In 2013, I invested in a spinning wheel and am learning the fine art of creating my own yarn. While I may have had to order my wheel from a distant dealer, I was blessed to find one here in Guthrie. She organizes a spinning circle Fridays in town at the Art Center.
What’s a sheep ranch without a good guard dog? George, part Great Pyrenees, is the star of the farm when there aren’t little lambs.
QBert Dam: Moose Mtn Daffodil Sire: Unzicker Les Wether – Born March 2017 QBert has a beautiful fleece, but was born with an eye defect which he should not pass to a new generation. So he get’s to be a pet.
