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Ranch Hands Wool Co. I am the shepherd for a small flock (21+ ewes) of Bluefaced Leicester/Gotland sheep located in Eastern Oregon. Ranch Hands Wool Co.

The flock occupies a small corner of a cattle ranch first homesteaded in 1885 by my husband's ancestors. is located in the high, dry, eastern side of Oregon. We have lots of dust but VERY little rain so fleeces wash easily. I do my own shearing, usually just before lambing, and I skirt heavily, once during shearing and later on a open mesh screen - I'm a stickler so there's very little veg or unusable wool.

Now that it's hot, dry and dusty (and really smoky), I'm sure everyone is really thinking about wool. Nice, warm wool. I...
07/22/2026

Now that it's hot, dry and dusty (and really smoky), I'm sure everyone is really thinking about wool. Nice, warm wool. If you like this kind of weather for washing and drying fleeces, I will be posting some for sale on the Raw Wool for Sale page.

We've apparently turned back the calendar to March. Yesterday morning we woke up to over an inch of snow, 28 degree temp...
04/18/2026

We've apparently turned back the calendar to March. Yesterday morning we woke up to over an inch of snow, 28 degree temps and a brisk wind. My daffodils were NOT impressed. I'm posting this for Karen at Liongate Farm. She probably has peonies blooming by now! BTW - it was 16 degrees this morning. Sigh.

Waiting on EWE PS - deliveries are coming daily!! Sine is still carrying quite a load. 20 lambs on the ground so far, in...
03/16/2026

Waiting on EWE PS - deliveries are coming daily!! Sine is still carrying quite a load. 20 lambs on the ground so far, including a set of triplets last night.

Here's a lamb that definitely has at least one gene for color - a great big round one!! Unfortunately, I let Jack name i...
03/12/2026

Here's a lamb that definitely has at least one gene for color - a great big round one!! Unfortunately, I let Jack name it. Here's ""SPOT"!!

It's spitting snow today, but yesterday was gorgeous and a perfect day to start lambing. Two set of twins plus a set of ...
03/09/2026

It's spitting snow today, but yesterday was gorgeous and a perfect day to start lambing. Two set of twins plus a set of twins and a nice big single today, so far so good. We just won't talk about the 2 nice ewes I've lost to prolapses, sigh. Good stuff only! Here are a few photos from feeding yesterday with my 3 dog crew. BC Emmy is under the hay platform - no ewe shall dine before its time!

03/09/2026

FINALLY! Lambs have arrived. Here's a quick peek at a perfect 'ewe with lamb' interaction. She popped out a white twin as soon as she got settled in the barn. And - just to emphasize the point - NO SNOW!!!! The noise in the background is from lots and lots of red-winged blackbirds. They are a raucous crowd.

It's about time!!! You haven't had to hear about my terrible winter because there really hasn't been one. Hardly any sno...
03/09/2026

It's about time!!! You haven't had to hear about my terrible winter because there really hasn't been one. Hardly any snow, some typical cold days and nights but nothing drastic and actually, quite a bit of moisture. Very strange, but we could get used to this!

And suddenly it is March. The ewes got shorn in December (thank you, Michael Estes!!!) and prep for lambing was easy - no snow plows were required! Due date was the 5th. The dogs and I were psyched. I started sleeping in the Lamb Camp trailer. And we waited. This photo is from Wednesday the 5th. Ricco looks pretty bored, but he's being patient with his ewes.

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