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Shepherd's Hey Farm

The predominant breeds in our mix are Romney, Border Leicester, and Corriedale as well as smaller percentages of Lincoln, Wensleydale and Romeldale.
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Shepherd’s Hey Farm maintains a flock of natural-colored longwool sheep for production of wonderful handspinning fleeces and naturally raised custom butchered lamb 35 miles from central Washington, DC. Shepherd’s Hey Farm is home to a flock of beautiful wool sheep who are carefully bred and managed to produce luxurious high quality handspinning fleeces and naturally raised custom butchered lamb. O

ur sheep are mostly cross-bred to produce lustrous and soft longwool fleeces in a wide range of beautiful natural colors (pale silver, medium and dark gray, charcoal, black, and shades of brown, also known as moorit): a handspinner’s dream come true. We continue to experiment with crosses and mixes that produce the kind of longwool handspinning fleeces that we and our customers love to spin. Most of these breeds in our mix contribute to the excellent dual-purpose of producing wool and meat. We also produce related products such as sheepskin pelts, wool roving and batting and yarn.

07/06/2024

Getting new Shepherd's Hey Farm yarn washed, skeined and labeled. This one is a pale grey with a touch of repurposed waste sari silk.

04/15/2024

Here's a pretty fleece from our girl "River"!

04/11/2024

Aaaah. Skirting fleeces. And our wonderful Ram "Poe" never disappoints. Such a good boy.

03/24/2024

Here is Birch's fleece - a paler grey each year - lustrous mist!

03/20/2024

Beautiful steel grey "Dapnhnia"

03/20/2024

This gorgeousness is from "Gojiberry"! See you at !

03/20/2024

Starting to do the thorough skirting on show snd sale fleeces in anticipation of Maryland Sheep & Wool! Oh boy!

03/07/2024

Come see us on April 6th - Shepherd's Hey Farm will have yarns, roving, sheepskin pelts and maybe a few new sheepy surprises!

03/04/2024

Peeking under coats. Yum!

02/24/2024

02/17/2024

Well done "Bowdoin"! First time mom with triplets! 12, 12.25 & 12.5 lbs! That's a lot of baby!

02/16/2024

"Glaze" is the coal black daughter of Ganache and Poe. If she's true to her genetics she'll have a wonderful temperament as well as a gorgeous fleece!

02/15/2024

The very adorable "Zigzag"!

02/15/2024

This is sweet Carrera - newest daughter of Elgin. Get it?

02/11/2024

Aaahh.... our yearling Peppercorn had a coat change yesterday. Yum.

02/01/2024

Are you busy this coming Sunday at 12:30pm Eastern time? Join us for a romp through a year of growing wool!

Sunday, February 4 - Learn More and Sign Up at: https://www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool

01/29/2024

Ah.... these twin boys from the lovely "Moth". Do I need a new ram?! I didn't think so but these guys! Hmmm.

01/27/2024

Hey - any shepherd friends who follow us on FB - check out this offering from MD Sheep & Wool Winterfest on line classes this coming weekend! Great topic!

Join us next weekend for the virtual seminar "So, You're Thinking About Adding a Livestock Guardian Dog: Here's What You Need To Know" with Rebecca Miller on Sunday, February 4, 7 pm to 9 pm ET, part of our 3rd annual Winterfest.

Learn more and sign up at https://www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool.

01/27/2024

01/27/2024

Join us next weekend for the virtual seminar "Solar Grazing for Beginners" with Emily Chamelin on Saturday, February 3, 2 pm - 3:30 pm, part of our third annual Winterfest.

Learn more and sign up at https://www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool.

01/27/2024

Join us next weekend for the virtual seminar "Everything But the Baaa: Maximizing Your Flock’s Value Through Farm to Retail" with Sarah Campbell on Sunday, February 4, 2 pm - 3:30 pm ET, part of our 3rd annual Winterfest.

Learn more and sign up at https://www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool.

01/27/2024

GOOD MORNING! Latest newcomer at SHF delivered by "Ganache" at 7:50am.

01/24/2024

Note the white ewe (Heloise) showing interest in this lamb - she tried to steal him from his mom and has been hanging around by his pen talking to him since he was born. She's really ready to have her very own - hoping she does so soon!

01/24/2024

And now there's this new little fella! SHF 2402 is a lovely ram lamb from "Kenai" and "Poe".

01/21/2024

These two found a sweet spot -sunny and out of the wind.

01/21/2024

Welcome the first SHF lamb of '24! SHF-2401 arrived last night -a bitter cold, windy & snowy night. She weighed in at 14-1/4 lbs and is thriving snug in the barn with her dam, "Katmai".

12/04/2023

So nice to see where our fleeces go and what they do. Beautiful!

This sweater and the shawl were made from the same fleece. It was spun by 2 different spinners for 2 different projects. There's so much you can do with a wool fleece!! #

11/28/2023

Such a great feeling to have 500 bales of beautiful hay in the barn. Feeling secure in our ability to keep our flock fed this winter, and grateful for local hay growers here in our Agricultural Reserve!

11/21/2023

This is a beautiful, silky handed, chocolate fleece from "Pickett" yesterday. Yummy.

11/19/2023

This young ewe was sheared today. Literally coal black (almost impossible to capture in a photo). This is "Teacup".

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Look who came back?! It's a pretty skunk and I didn't set the trap tonight so it should have a good time prowling around. The chickens are locked up, thank goodness. Hope the cat keeps her distance.

This was my challenge of the day. After catching / raccoons and a 'possum the previous 3 nights getting this big fluffy mostly white skunk out of the havahart trap required some planning. All's well that ends well!

Really happy to see this - locks from shoulder and hip so uniform on this ewe we sold to @mulberryhillfarmshop / @distelfinkfiber awhile back! Not to mention it's about the happiest place for a sheep to live!

Just sayin' - sometimes they don't strike me as cute. I could just wring their necks. Reall?! This week?! When every hour is scheduled with @mdsheepandwoolfest prep?!

Just skirting Baklava's hogget fleece - beautiful medium wool. Come see it at Maryland Sheep & Wool Fleece Show & Sale!

Good grief - these three yearling make peacocks came to my porch to practice while I'm having breakfast. They won't have their big boy tails for another year or so so they're looking pretty silly. These guys are our "extras" in case anyone is interested!

We are all set up here at the Frederick Shepherds Market - at the Frederick Fairgrounds Bldg 14. Come see us!

Well this is exciting. If you know, you know! We'll post some photos of this new tool in use soon! Thanks for the tip @geofruppert !

First time mom Bowdoin with her 55 hours-old triplets. She is such a trooper. Loving these three boys!

Sound on! This is "Bowdoin" representing late term pregnancy...

So, when you are late going to do chores (including feeding the peafowl) and they have figured out where you live next door and they ALL come to let you know it's not ok. LOL! This gang cracks me up! #peacocks #farm life

Here are some gorgeous natural (um bleached) white pelts!

Have a look at these beauties! Just back from the tannery in time to warm up your life! There are white ones too - see next post!

HAHAHAHA!! When you go out for just a few minutes to take the trash out and leave the door ajar! These characters love an open door! They did not make a single mess in the house.... we got them out before they could get into too much trouble. Cracked us up!

Nap time for newly hatched pea babies - with a very attentive mama.

Loving our baby Black Vultures who have accepted an orphan sibling so now we have 3 (there are 2 in their favorite green bucket). Pretty soon they'll learn to hop up on the window ledge and learn about the bigger world. Their parents come by periodically and drop off food for them.

Easter breakfast!!! Good morning and happy Easter all!!

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Shepherd’s Hey Farm is home to a flock of beautiful wool sheep who are carefully bred and managed to produce luxurious high quality handspinning fleeces and naturally raised custom butchered lamb. Our sheep are mostly cross-bred to produce lustrous and soft longwool fleeces in a wide range of beautiful natural colors (pale silver, medium and dark gray, charcoal, black, and shades of brown, also known as moorit): a handspinner’s dream come true. The predominant breeds in our mix are Romney, Border Leicester, and Corriedale as well as smaller percentages of Lincoln, Wensleydale and Romeldale. We continue to experiment with crosses and mixes that produce the kind of longwool handspinning fleeces that we and our customers love to spin. Most of these breeds in our mix contribute to the excellent dual-purpose of producing wool and meat. We also produce related products such as sheepskin pelts, wool roving and batting and yarn.