I would like to introduce one of our farm’s ewes. Malty is the Grand-Dam of our flock. She was one of the first sheep ever brought to Walking Water Ranch. Being chocolate brown, she is an unusual color for a Katahdin. Her coloring suits her personality. She is truly a black sheep in our flock – always going her own way.
Malty's first day at Walking Water Ranch
Malty has reached a grand old age and needs to find a peaceful retirement farm. Before she came to our farm, Malty lived on the Schrock Farm where she earned the name “Island Ewe” for her preference of living alone on an island in the middle of the river. When Malty came to our farm she was nursing twin ewe lambs and was as wild as a ‘march hare’. I sat in the middle of the paddock for hours with a bucket of grain slowly earning her trust through her greed for the tasty treats. Today she is one of our tamest ewes and will gladly accept pets and offerings of food.
Last year we decided Malty needed to retire from having any more babies, but she had other ideas. So this year she was again pregnant with twins. It was her most difficult preganancy and we were worried we were going to loose her. She has done so much for our farm and deserves the easy life. She has a lot of trouble seeing in the dark and so every night we have to go out and light the way for her to find her sleeping babies.
Malty will be done nursing her twin girls around the end of May, 2009. We are worried that she will get pregnant again if she remains on our farm and near our ram. So, if there is anyone in Northern Washington that would like to give Malty a quiet retirement home, please let us know. We would gladly give her away to a home where she will be loved and content.
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