Sugargum Farm

Sugargum Farm Sugargum Farm is home to two breeds of Stud sheep.....Babydolls and Rare Breed Elliottdales.

The three breeds of sheep you will find on our Farm are Olde English Babydoll Southdowns, Classic Cheviots and Elliottdale sheep. The Babydolls and Cheviots are not actually miniaturised sheep but the heritage or original type of today's modern Southdown and Cheviot, before their sizes were increased for greater meat production. The Elliottdale is Australia's carpet wool breed and is a specialty c

arpet wool sheep, developed in Tasmania, so the Australian carpet wool industry could manufacture carpets without having to rely on imported wool.

We are a little more hopeful JB will be able to stay with Mum this morning. Now she has passed the afterbirth, Toozie is...
23/09/2025

We are a little more hopeful JB will be able to stay with Mum this morning. Now she has passed the afterbirth, Toozie is more settled and finally starting to love him. She has that proud Mum look now. ❤️🥰❤️
He is nosing around in the right place so he just needs to latch on now.🤞
He has had 450ml of colostrum overnight which is a good start for him. As you can see, he’s a cute little boy. 🩵🩵🩵

When you hear the baa, see the lamb and he’s on his own, you know it’s not going to be easy. 🙄Mum, a maiden ewe, was abo...
22/09/2025

When you hear the baa, see the lamb and he’s on his own, you know it’s not going to be easy. 🙄
Mum, a maiden ewe, was about twenty metres away, looking a little shell-shocked. We got them back together and she likes him but doesn’t want to feed him yet. He has had some colostrum to keep his strength up and we hope Mum decides to accept him overnight. Well done, Toozie. Welcome to the farm, JB (Jimmy Barnes).🩵

20/09/2025

“Let’s go on an adventure!”
“Where are we going?”
“To the Wild Woods”
“Where’s that?”
“Down the drive and through the gate.”
“Stop! It sounds scary.”
“I know. Are the puppies following us?”
“No.”
“Is the Shepherdess following us”
“No.”
“Let’s go back.”
“Okay.”
“PHEW! We made it.”
🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

🩷🩷 Babes in the Wood 🩷🩷
20/09/2025

🩷🩷 Babes in the Wood 🩷🩷

I absolutely love these boofy, teddy bear, ram faces, that barely fit in the photo. They love having a bit of a smooch. ...
19/09/2025

I absolutely love these boofy, teddy bear, ram faces, that barely fit in the photo. They love having a bit of a smooch. Sherbet is especially happy when you put down the phone and use both hands - one on each side of his face. 😂🩵🩵
Sherbet & Kush - two of the sires of this year’s babies. 🥰

The babies made a “Great Escape” yesterday and went down the laneway to see their Grandpas. I managed to get them back t...
18/09/2025

The babies made a “Great Escape” yesterday and went down the laneway to see their Grandpas.
I managed to get them back to the gate, where they immediately turned tail and took off again. 🙄😂
I finally got them back with the help of the “farm dogs”. No, they didn’t round them up. It seems they are besties, so they just followed the dogs back. 😂
Can I train a farm dog? You bet!! 😉🤣🤣

Do you think you may be enjoying the new Mineral block a little too much, Tiny? 😂🩷
17/09/2025

Do you think you may be enjoying the new Mineral block a little too much, Tiny? 😂🩷

A few people have asked about the colour on the Elliottdale lambs’ necks, and I have no idea why or how it occurs. The E...
17/09/2025

A few people have asked about the colour on the Elliottdale lambs’ necks, and I have no idea why or how it occurs.

The Elliotts are the only lambs I have seen with it and it is there in varying degrees. Some have almost a scarf, some have little more than a dot, but it is always the same colour. It is not a meconium stain and it is not skin deep, as you can see from the photos.

It fades as they grow and is lost completely at the first shearing. Both Sia and Kylie have scarves, as did their Mum. 😊🩷🤷‍♀️

Keeping an eye on this young lady today. She was slow to come up for brekkie and not interested in eating, other than a ...
16/09/2025

Keeping an eye on this young lady today. She was slow to come up for brekkie and not interested in eating, other than a couple of mouthfuls of hay. She is spending a lot of time just standing, staring into space. Being a maiden she is unsure of what’s happening. Hopefully, it’s just a bit of lamb movement and not that she is feeling unwell.🤞We’ll see what the day brings and keep watching. 🤔🩷

Thank you, everyone, for your kind words on the passing of Atticus. He had a good life and ten is pretty good for a ram,...
14/09/2025

Thank you, everyone, for your kind words on the passing of Atticus. He had a good life and ten is pretty good for a ram, as many don’t get to live a retirement life. I’ll miss his little face as he was usually the first to greet me at the gate. 😊💙

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The three breeds of sheep you will find on our Farm are Olde English Babydoll Southdowns, Classic Cheviots and Elliottdale sheep. The Babydolls and Cheviots are not actually miniaturised sheep but the heritage or original type of today's modern Southdown and Cheviot, before their sizes were increased for greater meat production. The Elliottdale is a rare breed sheep developed in Tasmania, Australia for the carpet wool industry. Although they numbered in the tens of thousands in the 1980’s the breed is now listed as Critical with there being less than one hundred purebred breeding ewes left.