Thursday, December 15, 2022

2022 Under The Son Breeding groups


Three purebred Shetland breeding groups were made this fall, with lambs expected in Mar-Apr.  All three tested RR (woohoo!) and have great structures and fleece.  All are calm rams with good temperaments.   1/3 of the breeding ewes are yearlings this year.  

Cygnus - White, very fine, dense, very soft, B/?, RR, 2021 ram
(UTS Tonga/UTS Moonwind)

Cygnus notes:  One of the finest and softest handling fleece on adult rams I've had.  Every time I touch his fleece, my fingers just don't want to leave.  This is about as ideal Shetland fleece as you can get, of course on a great structure. Horns have good clearance.  Fleece stats this yr (lamb) AFD 20.2, SD 4.2, CV 21, SF 19.6.  

Ewe notes Tacoosh and Windsong are WSWF Champion ewes and great producers.  Rissa (a Windsong daughter), Puffin (half sister to Cerina), Jaeger, and Tern are all yearlings and have dense, very fine/fine fleeces. Markoti and Sekka (Skua's mother) are 6 yr old ewes with silky fine fleeces.  Keeping Windsong's daughter from this year.  

UTS Obsidian and UTS Cygnus

Forgot to get a group picture when they were in the field so had to get individual shots today of Cygnus' group.  Don't worry, coats will be going on soon!



Obsidian - Black, very fine, dense, very soft, B/b, RR, 2022 ram lamb
(UTS Skua/UTS Coolea)

Obsidian notes:  Love this ram's horn set and head.  Great fleece and structure with lots of potential in this ram growing up.  On par with his great sire.  

Ewe notes:  Tringa, Murre, Sandiloo, and Harlequin are all yearlings with great fleeces and structures.  Cerina (WSWF Champion ewe), Kaffe, Moonwind, and Tahiti have produced wonderful lambs, and am keeping both of Cerina's ewe lambs this year.

Obsidian's group - Tringa (grey kat - above Obi), Murre (spotted grey kat - facing Tringa), Sandiloo (grey kat - far upper rt), Moonwind (white), Cerina (Shaela, middle, WSWF Champion Ewe), Tahiti (black), and Kaffe Fassett (Spotted grey kat, front)


Also in Obsidian's group but is always underfoot so out of the camera - Harlequin (Yuglet sokket grey kat)



Pico - Spotted grey katmoget, very fine, dense, soft, B/?, RR, 2020 ram
(UTS Triton/ UTS Patches)

Pico notes:  Love his meaty wide structure, dark kat color, silky, fine, soft fleece.  Horns are clearing.  Expecting spotted lambs from this group.

Ewe notes:  Kitti and Maali are yearlings.  The rest are adults that have produced very well, all with great fleeces and structures.  Conde and Bali have ewe lambs that are keepers this year.  


Pico's group - Kittiwake facing, Fancy, and Maali (whites), Murex (grey kat with dk face and snip), Bali (grey kat next to Pico), Cachet (fawn kat behind Murex), Vivian (Bleset grey kat), Conde (grey), and Maja (spotted fawn kat)



Wednesday, August 3, 2022

2022 Shetland Fleeces

 Here are the fine Shetland fleeces for 2022 that are available.   They are all ewe fleeces that were coated during the hay feeding season and are skirted.   Please email me with the fleece/s (names of ewe/s), your address and Paypal info and I will send you an invoice.  This is the easiest way I've found to list the fleeces.  Email is fineshetland.  It is a gmail.  Sorry to be obtuse with it.   If you want more info on a particular fleece, please email.  First come (email to me), first served.  The white fleeces not pictured are similar to the one that is.  

AFD = Avg Fiber Diameter

SD = Std Deviation

CV = Coefficient of Varaition

SF = Spin Fineness

CRV = Curvature (the higher the number, the more crimps/inch)

Under The Son 2022 Ewe Fleeces for sale

Ewe

 Picture

Color

AFD/SD/CV/SF/CRV

Wt in lb

Notes

Price

Tringa


Grey Kat

AFD: 21.7

SD: 4.7

CV:  21.7

SF:  21.3

CRV:  71.7

 

1.75 lbs

Lamb

112

Harlequin


Grey Kat

AFD:  23.9

SD:  5.1

CV:  21.1

SF:  23.3

CRV:  66.5

2 lbs

Lamb

112

Bali


Grey Kat

AFD:  25.7

SD:  5.8

CV:  22.6

SF:  25.4

CRV:  77.5

3.5 lbs

 

144

Osage


Grey Kat

AFD:  24.3

SD:  5.2

CV:  21.2

SF:  23.7

CRV:  84.5

1.5 lbs

 

SOLD

Murex


Grey Kat

AFD: 23.4

SD:  5.0

CV:  21.5

SF:  22.9

CRV:  107.1

2.25 lbs

Very high crimp

SOLD

Sekka


Grey Kat

AFD:  27.2

SD:  5.1

CV:  18.7

SF:  26.0

CRV:  68.5

2.375 lbs

 

95

Kaffe


Grey Kat

AFD:  25.5

SD:  4.7

CRV:  18.4

SF:  24.3

CRV:  85

2.25 lbs

 

126

Merrimac


Grey Kat

AFD:  22.3

SD:  5.4

CV:  24.1

SF:  22.3

CRV:  94.0

1.25 lbs

Very high crimp

SOLD

Vivian


Grey Kat

AFD:  28.9

SD:  5.6

CV:  19.3

SF:  27.8

CRV:  58.4

2.25 lbs

 

90

Puffin


Black

AFD:  24.8

SD:  6.1

CV:  24.5

SF:  24.9

CRV:  76.6

1.875 lbs

Lamb

SOLD

Tahiti


Black

AFD:  27.7

SD:  6.0

CV:  21.6

SF:  27.1

CRV:  58.3

 

3 lbs

 

120

Patches


Shaela

AFD:  26.8

SD:  6.9

CV:  25.6

SF:  27.2

CRV:  82.5

2.6 lbs

 

104

Kona


Shaela

AFD:  25.7

SD:  4.4

CV:  17.3

SF:  24.3

CRV:  75.6

2.125 lbs

 

SOLD

Cerina


Shaela

AFD:  28.8

SD:  5.3

CV:  18.6

SF:  27.4

CRV:  80.8

 

3 lbs

 

120

Moxy


Shaela

AFD:  27.8

SD:  6.9

CV:  24.8

SF:  28.0

CRV:  79.6

2 lbs

 

80

Chianti


Emsket

AFD:  25.9

SD:  5.8

CV:  22.2

SF:  25.5

CRV:  81.3

 

1.5 lbs

Rooed

SOLD

Genevieve


Emsket

AFD:  27.0

SD:  6.3

CV:  23.3

CRV:  26.9

CRV:  87.2

1.625 lbs

Rooed

SOLD

Conde


Grey

AFD:  26.4

SD:  4.3

CV:  16.2

SF:  24.8

CRV:  76.6

2.625 lbs

 

126

Windsong


Fawn Kat

AFD:  22.6

SD:  4.9

CV:  21.6

SF:  22.2

CRV:  107.2

1.75 lbs

Very high crimp

98

Tern


Fawn

Kat

AFD:  24.0

SD:  4.2

CV:  17.7

SF:  22.7

CRV:  106.7

2.25 lbs

Lamb

Very high crimp

SOLD

Maja


Fawn Kat

AFD:  25.3

SD:  5.6

CV:  22.0

SF:  24.8

CRV:  74.5

1.75 lbs

 

84

Teton


Fawn

Kat

AFD:  26.1

SD:  3.9

CV:  15.1

SF:  24.3

CRV:  62.2

1.75 lbs

 

84

Cachet


Fawn

Kat

AFD:  26.9

SD:  5.4

CV:  20.2

SF:  26.0

CRV:  68.2

2.125 lbs

 

84

Coolea


Fawn

Kat

AFD:  27.0

SD: 5.2

CV:  19.3

SF:  25.9

CRV:  59.8

 

1.75 lbs

 

84

Rissa


Moorit

AFD:  24.8

SD:  5.2

CV:  20.9

SF:  24.2

CRV:  102.6

 

2 lbs

Lamb

Very high crimp

SOLD

Meira


Moorit

AFD:  26.6

SD:  5.5

CV:  20.9

SF:  25.8

CRV:  64.7

 

2.375 lbs

 

114

Copacabana


Fawn

 

AFD:  28.8

SD:  5.8

CV:  20.1

SF:  27.9

CRV:  69.4

 

2.75 lbs

 

110

Toya


Fawn

AFD:  28.5

SD:  5.3

CV:  18.5

SF: 27.2

CRV:  56.5

2.25 lbs

 

SOLD

Galapagos


Fawn

AFD:  28.9

SD:  6.6

CV:  22.8

SF:  28.6

CRV:  54.0

 

3.5 lbs

 

112

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maali


White

AFD:  23.2

SD:  4.7

CV:  20.4

SF:  22.4

CRV:  80.0

2.5 lbs

Lamb

SOLD

 

Kittiwake

 

White

AFD:  25.6

SD:  4.5

CV:  17.7

SF:  24.2

CRV:  81.8

2.25

Lamb

108

Moonwind

 

White

AFD:  26.1

SD:  6.8

CV:  25.9

SF:  26.6

CRV:  86.1

2.25

 

90

Fancy

 

White

AFD:  26.4

SD:  4.4

CV:  16.5

SF:  24.8

CRV:  68.1

2.25

 

90

Fiji

 

White

AFD:  27.1

SD:  4.9

CV:  17.9

SF:  25.8

CRV:  75.2

3

 

120