Author: fourfarmdogs

Offered for sale as a purebred, record-able  Katahdin ram lamb $450

Really nice-sized red roan ram lamb. Very strong growth and milk scores, and moderate on prolificacy and survival. He should throw really strong growing butcher lambs, and replacement daughters that milk well but don’t often go to extremes with triplets.

This ram’s sire is a very strong ram from David Coplen (Birch Cove Farm, Missouri). This sire has a Texel thee generations back. David’s crossing-in benefits us with heterosis and the double-muscling gene from Texels. The tradeoff is some setback in shedding, but this is easily recovered from in subsequent generations. Thus, I haven’t upgrade the sire yet (maybe this year if he sheds adequately, or maybe never); and this lamb will be recorded, and can be upgraded next year to 100% purebred upon hair coat inspection. His maternal grandsire is from Thistle Grove Farm (Dr. John Bare, DVM in Iowa), a dedicated grass-fed NSIP flock.

Photo from July 2021 with his sibling and dam (this ram is red-marked one on the right, his sib is the white one on the left).  It’s interesting to note these rams have a really high maternal weaning weight score (MWWT or maternal milk) and look how close they stay to their dam, even at 90 days of age! There is a correlation there, for sure; dams that keep their lambs close feed them more and they gain more weight, and all of this maternal and bonding behavior is genetic. EBVs from 2021 WWT data. This will be weaned in August and ready to breed this fall.

Offered for sale as a purebred, record-able  Katahdin ram lamb $450

Really nice-sized white ram lamb. Very strong growth and milk scores, and moderate on prolificacy and survival. He should throw really strong growing butcher lambs, and replacement daughters that milk well but don’t often go to extremes with triplets.

This ram’s sire is a very strong ram from David Coplen (Birch Cove Farm, Missouri). This sire has a Texel thee generations back. David’s crossing-in benefits us with heterosis and the double-muscling gene from Texels. The tradeoff is some setback in shedding, but this is easily recovered from in subsequent generations. Thus, I haven’t upgrade the sire yet (maybe this year if he sheds adequately, or maybe never); and this lamb will be recorded, and can be upgraded next year to 100% purebred upon hair coat inspection. His maternal grandsire is from Thistle Grove Farm (Dr. John Bare, DVM in Iowa), a dedicated grass-fed NSIP flock.

Photo from July 2021 with his sibling and dam (this ram is the white one on the left, sibling has red markings).  It’s interesting to note these rams have a really high maternal weaning weight score (MWWT or maternal milk) and look how close they stay to their dam, even at 90 days of age! There is a correlation there, for sure; dams that keep their lambs close feed them more and they gain more weight, and all of this maternal and bonding behavior is genetic. EBVs from 2021 WWT data. This will be weaned in August and ready to breed this fall.

Offered for sale as a purebred  Katahdin ram lamb $475

Flashy chocolate roan ram. We in the PNW have been lucky to borrow a ram from the USDA Research Station in Booneville, AR; Dr. Joan Burke is lending him to our region so that we can get better linkage to the “cluster” of flocks in the Midwest/South. He’s been on a tour through Idaho and Oregon, and made a stop here last winter to be used in my flock, and he’s headed East now. Take advantage of some great out-of-state genetics!

His dam traces back Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired) and some KRK genetics (Karen Kenagy, OR). This guy is very strong in growth, milk and survival, more modest on prolifacy. He’ll produce good-growing butcher lambs and replacement ewes that have great milk and survival traits, but hopefully will be a little lower on the twin-triplet scale, for those who despise multi births.

Photo from June 2021.   EBVs from 2021 WWT data. This ram is register-able and will be weaned in late Sept, and ready to breed this fall.

Offered for sale as a purebred  Katahdin ram lamb $450

Striking chocolate roan ram with panda face markings. We in the PNW have been lucky to borrow a ram from the USDA Research Station in Booneville, AR; Dr. Joan Burke is lending him to our region so that we can get better linkage to the “cluster” of flocks in the Midwest/South. He’s been on a tour through Idaho and Oregon, and made a stop here last winter to be used in my flock, and he’s headed East now. Take advantage of some great out-of-state genetics!

His dam traces back Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired). This guy is very strong in growth, milk and survival, more modest on prolifacy. He’ll produce good-growing butcher lambs and replacement ewes that have great milk and survival traits, but hopefully will be a little lower on the twin-triplet scale, for those who despise multi births.

Photo from June 2021.   EBVs from 2021 WWT data. This ram is register-able and will be weaned in August and ready to breed this fall.

Offered for sale as a purebred  Katahdin ram lamb $475

Well built red roan ram. We in the PNW have been lucky to borrow a ram from the USDA Research Station in Booneville, AR; Dr. Joan Burke is lending him to our region so that we can get better linkage to the “cluster” of flocks in the Midwest/South. He’s been on a tour through Idaho and Oregon, and made a stop here last winter to be used in my flock, and he’s headed East now. Take advantage of some great out-of-state genetics!

His dam traces back Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired), Aspen Mountain Farm (Aileen Scott, MT), and some KRK genetics (Karen Kenagy, OR). This guy is very strong in growth, milk and survival, more modest on prolifacy. He’ll produce good-growing butcher lambs and replacement ewes that have great milk and survival traits, but hopefully will be a little lower on the twin-triplet scale, for those who despise multi births. This ram is NSIP Stud Certified, due to his high growth and milk scores.

Photo from June 2021.   EBVs from 2021 WWT data. This ram is register-able and will be weaned in August and ready to breed this fall.

Offered for sale as a purebred, record-able  Katahdin ram lamb $500

Buckskin-reddish triplet ram lamb. Strong on growth, milk and survival, modest on prolificacy. That latter predictor is a little inexplicable, as  his dam has had four sets of triplets in her lifetime and the rest twins, and his sire is high for NLB. I think the dam’s triplets may have been born in years after NSIP “counts” her prolificacy as she ages. This ram will throw growthy butcher lambs and really fine replacement daughters.

This ram’s sire is a very strong ram from David Coplen (Birch Cove Farm, Missouri). This sire has a Texel thee generations back. David’s crossing-in benefits us with heterosis and the double-muscling gene from Texels. The tradeoff is some setback in shedding, but this is easily recovered from in subsequent generations. Thus, I haven’t upgrade the sire yet (maybe this year if he sheds adequately, or maybe never); and this lamb will be recorded, and can be upgraded next year to 100% purebred upon hair coat inspection.

Photo from June 2021.   EBVs from 2021 WWT data. This will be weaned in late August and ready to breed this fall.

Offered for sale as a purebred  Katahdin ram lamb $450

Mahogany ram with white hind socks, spots and blaze. Sired by a framey, dark chocolate ram from Birch Cove Farm (David Coplen, Missouri). Dam traces to  Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired) and Just Plain Sheep (Jody Ouradnik, now retired). Really good growth, milk and survival, but modest on prolificacy. This guy will throw great butcher lambs and replacement ewes if you want to steer clear of triplets.

Photo from July 2021.   EBVs from 2021 WWT data. This ram is register-able, and will be weaned and ready to go to a new home in late August, to breed this fall.

Offered for sale as a purebred  Katahdin ram lamb $425

Flashy chocolate and white pinto, baldfaced ram. Sired by a framey, dark chocolate ram from Birch Cove Farm (David Coplen, Missouri). Dam traces to Thistle Grove Farm (Dr. John Bare, DVM, Iowa)  and Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired). Modest prolificacy, positive growth, and good milk scores. He doesn’t have stellar EBVs, but I know some homesteaders just want a cool looking ram, if so, this is your guy!

Photo from July 2021.   EBVs from 2021 WWT data. This ram is register-able, and will be weaned and ready to go to a new home in late August, to breed this fall.

Offered for sale as a purebred  Katahdin ram lamb $400

Nicely put together white ram. Sired by a framey, dark chocolate ram from Birch Cove Farm (David Coplen, Missouri). Dam traces to Thistle Grove Farm (Dr. John Bare, DVM, Iowa)  and a ewe from Birch Cove. Modest prolificacy, positive milk and good growth scores. This ram will make a good terminal sire or to produce replacement ewes that avoid a lot of triplets.

Photo from July 2021.   EBVs from 2021 WWT data. This ram is register-able. He is weaned now due to his dam dying from a fencing accident when he was 90 days old,. He should be creep fed with grain or alfalfa for another month or so to replace what he would have gotten from another month of nursing, and keep his growth and parasite resistance strong.