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.

Prince Caspian is happy to be first to try the hay delivery. He takes his taste testing job very seriously! 😂🩵😋
18/12/2024

Prince Caspian is happy to be first to try the hay delivery. He takes his taste testing job very seriously! 😂🩵😋

The 2025 Calendar should be ready for mailing by the end of the week and this year it is all about the Queen Mum and the...
17/12/2024

The 2025 Calendar should be ready for mailing by the end of the week and this year it is all about the Queen Mum and the Heirs to the throne. 🩷
Seriously though, how cute is Princess Lucy’s Christmas portrait? 🩷💕🩷
The calendars are still the same price as the last two years - $25 including postage. 😊

The 2025 Calendar should be ready for mailing by the end of the week and this year it is all about the Queen Mum and the...
17/12/2024

The 2025 Calendar should be ready for mailing by the end of the week and this year it is all about the Queen Mum and the Heirs to the throne. 🩷
Seriously though, how cute is Princess Lucy’s Christmas portrait? 🩷💕🩷

Thank you everyone, for your kind words for Piccolo. Yes, it will be tough for a while as he has been a constant on the ...
13/12/2024

Thank you everyone, for your kind words for Piccolo. Yes, it will be tough for a while as he has been a constant on the farm from the beginning, and it’s the end of an era. He was also one of the last llamas Nancye chose the breeding for before she passed, so there are memories of a wonderful friend and mentor tied up with him. 💔

He is being buried as I type and I can hear the tractor whirring as he is laid to rest. Rest peacefully, Beautiful Boy. ❤️

Vale Piccolo. ❤️It was a sad day on the farm today as we lost our last remaining llama, the handsome little Piccolo, so ...
13/12/2024

Vale Piccolo. ❤️
It was a sad day on the farm today as we lost our last remaining llama, the handsome little Piccolo, so named due to his small size. He has always been a beautiful boy with not a mean bone in his body. He was always an independent spirit, but never a spit or kick from him. Just a beautiful, kind nature.
Piccolo was one of the first llamas to be born on this property, at a time when we had over one hundred llamas after taking on the herd from our friends Max and Nancye Moore. After Nancye's passing, Max could no longer keep the llamas as there were too many memories attached, so we moved here so we had enough room to take them. Piccolo was the progeny of one of Nancye's "wild girls", Victoria and the stunning American import, Vallerio. Fortunately, he inherited his Dad's lovely laid back nature. Piccolo has looked after our sheep for some years now, mainly the ram and wether lambs and he has always been kind to them. His alarm call if there was a kangaroo or koala in sight was easily heard from the house. Nothing got passed him. During lambing he would often be sitting next to the yard fence where the ewes are kept.😊
We knew this day was coming as he has not been himself the last couple of days and at the age of twenty-three and three months, he was considered elderly. He has been sitting in all his favourite spots during the last few days and he passed quietly last night, doing it his way, as he always did.
Vale Piccolo. We will miss you, beautiful boy, but we will always remember that stunning face and the way the sun would light up your gorgeous coat. 💔

10/12/2024

And then there’s Her Royal Pigginess, who will scoff any colour, as well as applying the 5 second rule if one drops on the ground. 🙄 No Garden Parties for you, Dottie!! 😬
Sorry, Dottie, I just can’t pass them fast enough when my other hand is holding the phone!😬😂

No thanks, Mum. I don’t like the red ones. YESSS! I love the green ones.💚 Tess, you’re a bit of a fusspot! 🩷😊
10/12/2024

No thanks, Mum. I don’t like the red ones. YESSS! I love the green ones.💚 Tess, you’re a bit of a fusspot! 🩷😊

07/12/2024

Miss Peri and Miss Mindy are off to their new home today. I hope their new owners have plenty of time for scratches and cuddles, especially for Peri! 😂🩷🥰🤗
PS. I know they do and they are very excited! 🩷

That is a cute little smile, Miss Mindy. 🩷😁
03/12/2024

That is a cute little smile, Miss Mindy. 🩷😁

Princess Lucy, you’re a bit of a Cutie, even if you are a bit shy. 🩷👑🩷
02/12/2024

Princess Lucy, you’re a bit of a Cutie, even if you are a bit shy. 🩷👑🩷

The boys have arrived safely and are settling in to their new, GREEN, home. They have checked out their shelter and give...
01/12/2024

The boys have arrived safely and are settling in to their new, GREEN, home. They have checked out their shelter and given it a big tick as there was food provided, and now they are chomping into that beautiful green grass. I think they will have already forgotten us!😉😂
Thank you again, Moyston Small Livestock Transport for delivering them safely and thank you to Mag and Lisa for giving the boys a wonderful home. ❤️🐑

Our six Elliottdale wethers left today for their new home and honestly, we have never had sheep load so easily. With Azt...
01/12/2024

Our six Elliottdale wethers left today for their new home and honestly, we have never had sheep load so easily. With Aztec in the lead they went straight through the race, through the sheep handler, up the ramp and into Scott’s fabulous covered stock trailer. Azzie then thought he may prefer to stay, but with the others right behind him, the decision was already made.😊 They are not only one of the rarest breeds in the world, but also one of the best to handle. ❤️😍❤️
A big “Thank you” to Scott from Moyston Small Livestock Transport for transporting them with care. ❤️
Happy New Home, Boys. 💚🏡

These guys are off to their new home tomorrow and their new owners were hoping they are friendly. Mission accomplished! ...
30/11/2024

These guys are off to their new home tomorrow and their new owners were hoping they are friendly. Mission accomplished! Five out of six are super friendly and the sixth took his first Twiggie from my hand tonight. Yayyy! 🥳 Well done, Boys! I am going to miss you, especially you, cheeky Azzie! 🩷🐑😢

Time flies when you have the Prince and the Dragon helping you feed the rams and fill the water troughs! They are so cut...
26/11/2024

Time flies when you have the Prince and the Dragon helping you feed the rams and fill the water troughs! They are so cute!🥰❤️🥰 Falkor doesn’t mind the water but Caspian won’t get his hooves wet. 😂
Like Mother, like son. ❤️

Thank you, everyone, for all of your kind words after the passing of Freddie. He was laid to rest last night and we know...
25/11/2024

Thank you, everyone, for all of your kind words after the passing of Freddie. He was laid to rest last night and we know we will always feel his presence here at the farm. ❤️

THE GREAT ESCAPEAs always, we walked over to feed brekkie to the Elliott mob and I didn’t need to count to know someone ...
25/11/2024

THE GREAT ESCAPE
As always, we walked over to feed brekkie to the Elliott mob and I didn’t need to count to know someone was missing, as there is one youngster amongst the flock. That moment when your heart drops. 🥹

I went one way, Geoff went the other. Geoff found her first. PHEW! She had gone through the fence into next door. I went to get a bucket of feed to entice her back while Geoff walked her up the fence line. Little Miss is very independent and not easy to catch. 🙄

Meanwhile the others had finished eating and this looked like fun!! 😆 So, of course, we ALL went to retrieve the Runaway. It’s not easy carrying a bucket, out of sheep reach, with a mob of excited Elliotts packed around you! 🙄 The long face who could not be any closer is Wally and Kodie Bear is there too. 😆

As always our fences are one way through the eyes of the sheep! Yes, you can get through, but no, you can’t, under any circumstances, get back without assistance. 🙄😂 Little Miss came over, I put food on the ground, I opened the wire, the others were baaing at her, (if they were not eating the food) but she wouldn’t come through. 🙄

She started to trot along the fence-line until Geoff rugby tackled her in a move that would have put SWAT to shame, and caught her. I opened the fence and we rolled her through! YES! WE WON! 🎉🥳 A major baaing Cheer from the support sheep and she was on her way back up the paddock.

Hopefully, this was a one-off as I’m sure Geoff doesn’t feel like having that workout every morning!😳 😂
The Joys of Sheep!😉😂😂

Some sheep are amazing at sensing your feelings. Azzie knew I was hurting this morning and kept me company during Brekki...
25/11/2024

Some sheep are amazing at sensing your feelings. Azzie knew I was hurting this morning and kept me company during Brekkie feed-out. Each time I turned around this little face was looking at me.❤️ That little bit of chaff on his nose couldn’t help but make me smile. I will miss him when he goes to his new home later this week. 🥰

The gorgeous Hannah has loved Snickers since she first saw him as a baby on our page. Yesterday she got to take him home...
25/11/2024

The gorgeous Hannah has loved Snickers since she first saw him as a baby on our page. Yesterday she got to take him home to spend his life being totally spoilt by Hannah and her family. His Bestie, Jonny who also shares his ear tag number with Hannah’s brother’s footy number, accompanied him. 😊
There was no travelling in a cage trailer for these two but straight into a straw bed in the canopied truck. Apparently the straw tasted pretty good too. 😋
Once home it was into their new house, out of the rain, with a dinner of tasty Lucerne.
Happy new home, boys! It’s easy to see you are going to be very spoilt, and we couldn’t be happier for you. ❤️🥰❤️

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And then there’s Her Royal Pigginess, who will scoff any colour, as well as applying the 5 second rule if one drops on the ground. 🙄 No Garden Parties for you, Dottie!! 😬 Sorry, Dottie, I just can’t pass them fast enough when my other hand is holding the phone!😬😂

Miss Peri and Miss Mindy are off to their new home today. I hope their new owners have plenty of time for scratches and cuddles, especially for Peri! 😂🩷🥰🤗 PS. I know they do and they are very excited! 🩷

Well, that didn’t last long. She did have a couple of Twiggies and she’s now camped in the yard glaring at me! That face is equal to old Maudie who also used to glare at me! 😬😂

If you don’t hear much from us over the next few days, don’t worry, we and our woolly friends are fine. Telstra are working in our area and we have very limited anything that requires their network, including phones, internet and television. We can’t even ask Koda to help with the old landline as that is out of action as well. Mind you, he was as frustrated with it, as I currently am with Telstra! 🙄😂 We will post as often as we can when we are in Ballarat. 🩷🐑

Teddy Bear Tuffy says, “I want ALL the petting. No, don’t scratch Monty’s chin. Just keep petting ME!” 🥰😍🥰

After treats comes the quiet time of chin scratches and everyone wants a little bit of love. 🥰😍🥰

Do you see what happens when you guys ask me to make your lambs friendly?? 😂 “Give us Twiggies, or we’ll eat your coat and your knees, and YOU!” 🩵🤗😂

🩷HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY, DOTTIE!🩷🥳

Dottie had run about thirty metres, against her better judgment when she heard the Prince call, and was down to a determined walk, baaing her displeasure about him getting lost! That’s what happens when you loosen those apron strings, Dottie! 😂🩷👑

Someone has had their jumping beans for brekkie! 😜 #babydollsheep #babydolllambs #jump #sugargumfarm

As you can see there is no looking back for Tess and Snickers. These two love their bottles!🩷🩵 Just ignore the noisy dog - the birds like to tease Daisy! 🙄

Miss Periwinkle came out to help feed out for the first time this morning. As you can see she is doing well. It’s pretty cold and wet here this morning so a snuggly jacket was the call of the day. 🩷

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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.