Posts by fourfarmdogs

Offered for sale as a registered ram lamb $500

This is a substantial looking and very masculine white ram lamb. He was born as a twin, but raised as a triplet, grafted on to another ewe on a very confusing birthing day! Kudos to him and his flexibility to roll with whatever ewe was nearby, regardless of who is mother really was. He has very strong growth and milk numbers, but modest prolificacy, so will throw daughters that steer away from frequent triplets.

EBVs from 2017 120 day weight lamb crop data. Photo taken early Sept. This ram is weaned and ready to go to a new home today and start breeding right away!

Offered for sale as a registered ram lamb $500

This is a well-put-together, masculine-looking red ram with strong growth numbers and middle-of-the-road prolificacy. He’ll make good-growing butcher lambs and throw replacement ewes that grow big lambs but be less likely to have triplets. Lots of reds in this pedigree, he will throw plenty of colored babies.

EBVs from 2017 120 day weight lamb crop data. Photo taken early Sept. This ram is weaned and ready to go to a new home today and start breeding right away!

Offered for sale as a pet wether $150  “Pig Pen”

This “Pig Pen”, a super cute little guy who just doesn’t want to grow into a big butcher lamb. He may have a pituitary gland problem or other genetic defect which is limiting his poundage and sexual maturation. He is healthy and robust, just diminutive, about half the size he should be at this age. He’s been in the barn a lot, so he’s pretty friendly and acclimated to people. He weighs about 35 lbs, (not much bigger than a Beagle!) so isn’t anywhere near a good butcher weight. This guy is looking for a pet home. He will be castrated before he leaves here, and is being sold as an unregistered, purebred Katahdin wether.

Photo taken early September. He is weaned and can go to a  new home today.

Offered for sale as a registered ewe $350

This is a gorgeous, full-bodied and meaty ewe, with chocolate coloring and white spots on her face and legs. She has very good growth and milk scores, with lower prolificacy, so a great combo for those triplet-haters out there!

EBVs from 2017 PWWT lamb crop data. Photo taken early August. This ewe is ready to go to a new home and breed today!

Offered for sale as a registered ram lamb $475

This is a beautiful buckskin ram with a white krunet marking. Really strong PWWT score, good milk, and modest prolificacy. He’ll make a good terminal sire, and will produce replacement ewes that throw growthy lambs but steer clear of triplets most of the time.

EBVs from 2017 lamb 120 day weight data. Photo taken early July. This ram is weaned and ready to go to a new home today.

Offered for sale as a registered ram lamb $475

A very standard white ram with solid growth numbers and strong prolificacy, survival and milk. This pedigree is a total outcross of two parents from out of state, so brings in very diverse genetics to the PNW. The sire is from Iowa, from John Bare’s Thistle Grove Farm. The dam is from David Coplen’s Birch Cove Farm. Both are breeding programs very focused on EBVs and maternal performance, and nearly everything in this pedigree is from top NSIP producers around the country. He makes the NSIP Stud Certified status as well as the NSIP Maternal Certified, which is very hard to get, and he’s the only ram lamb here this year to achieve it.

Annoyingly, this ram has scurs, at the very least, but they may turn into horns, so I have discounted him accordingly. His sire is scurred, and I found that he passed these genes on to about 5-10% of his lamb crop (rams only) each year. Scurs and horns are acceptable in our breed, just not preferred. So it seems a shame to waste these great maternal genetics over a cosmetic issue. Use him to produce butcher lambs and some great replacement ewes!

EBVs from this year’s lamb crop 120 day weight data. Photo taken early July. This lamb is weaned and ready to go to a new home today.

Offered for sale as a registered ram lamb $450

Solid red ram with very balanced EBVs across the board. Should throw vigorous lambs that grow reasonably well, and solid daughters to use as replacement breeders.

EBVs from this year’s lamb crop 120 day weight data. Photo taken in early July. This lamb is weaned and ready to go to a new home today.