Lamb Fleeces (the great experiment continues)

Dave came over to shear on Saturday, and while we were out I spent some time looking at our 2009 lamb fleeces.  It’s been an interesting experiment.

Here are the three 4H lambs, then a fleece shot for each of them

Paris, Claire’s lamb:

Paris’ fleece:

Loralei, Alison’s lamb:

Loralei’s fleece:

Babette, Iain’s lamb:

Babette’s fleece:

(Some of you fleece types may remember my comment at Babette’s birth … that she was born with a lab puppy coat rather than fleece.  It “seemed” that she was shedding out the odd coat of guard hairs.  I spoke with someone familiar with her grandma, and she mentioned that there was some Romanov in the lambs ancestry that could have spontaneously shown up.  However, although inconsistent across her fleece, she DOES have a fleeces, and not only is it crimpy, it is VERY soft and lustrous, and she has double the staple length of the other lambs!)