Have you ever pick up of Cheviot Dolls ? They ’re half Babydoll Southdown and halfMiniature Cheviotor Classic Cheviot . We ’re move to get one !
momma compose an article about Babydoll Southdowns for the May / June 2007 issueHobby Farms . At the same time , her supporter Rebecca and Danielle Russell of Glenwood , Iowa , were provoke two Babydoll Southdown ewe lambs . Rebecca ’s ram is a handsome black Classic Cheviot ram name Woolson who come from our piffling great deal , so when the Babydoll lambs , Lily and Tutu , get honest-to-goodness enough , Woolson got to be their boyfriend . Voilà , Cheviot Doll lambs ! Rebecca sell her first lambs , Chrysanthemum , Jazzmyn and Thorn to Abby Glann of Sugar Creek Farm in Swan , Iowa . Now she ’s stir Cheviot Dolls , too .
If you did n’t read Mom ’s Babydoll Southdown article , “ Oh Baby ! , ” you could ordain adigital copy . Otherwise , here are a few thing to bed about Babydoll Southdown sheep :
Babydoll Southdowns are the same size and build as the original British Southdown sheep developed around 1780 by John Ellman of Glynde of Sussex , England . Southdowns are one of the oldest of the Down strain . ( Those are meat stock that originated in the trash downs of southern England . ) However , after World War II , consumers want heavy cuts of meat , so the original small Southdowns were crossed with larger New Zealand Southdowns to produce today ’s gravid , longer - legged , Southdown sheep .
Olde English Babydoll Southdown Registry beginner , Robert Mock , began searching for old - type Southdowns in 1990 . He rename them Olde English Babydoll Southdowns ( Babydolls ) so people would n’t confuse them with today ’s commercial Southdowns . Unlike their ancestors , Babydoll Southdowns are n’t raised for meat . They ’re odoriferous and gentle , so they ’re mostly keep for pets . And , handspinners love their scant , flabby wool in white , tone of black and even descry . Babydoll Southdowns are carpet with woollen from head to toes with only their ears and noses bewilder out . And they always look like they ’re smiling . They ’re so cunning !
Cheviot Dolls are a nice compromise between Babydoll Southdowns and Miniature or Classic Cheviot sheep . Cheviot Dolls have longer , lively fleece than Babydoll Southdowns and less wool on their faces and legs . That can be a good thing because sometimes , Babydoll Southdowns get “ woollen blind ” when they have so much woollen they ca n’t see out ; then you have to “ wig ” them by trimming the wool around their eye .
And Rebecca ’s giving Mom a Cheviot Doll ewe lamb ! There are two to choose from , but Mom and Rebecca have n’t decided which one will be ours . Maybe we will raise Cheviot Dolls in the future ? When I find out , I ’ll let you know !
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