Author: fourfarmdogs

Offered for sale as a registerable Katahdin yearling ewe $325

Framey ewe with brown splash markings. Strong on growth, milk and survival, but more modest on number of lambs born (tho her dam has had triplets twice).  Her pedigree is a diverse blend of Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO), some old stock from White Post Farm (now retired), and Aspen Mountain (Aileen Scott, MT). Her dam is still here at 11 years old and going strong, so there are some nice longevity genetics here.

EBVs from the 2024 lamb crop  WWT data. Photo taken July 2023 (I’ll work to get an updated photo now that she’s a yearling!). She has a white ewelamb at side sired by KRK 18560, which will be weaned in August. They can go as a set before then for $625.

Offered for sale as a registerable Katahdin ewelamb $300

Classic frame chocolate ewe. She was the result of an accidental breeding last August, but I was able to confirm her sire via DNA.  Pedigree traces back to Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO) plus a little bit from Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired). Line bred on “Cheech” sire, who has some of the top EBVs in the country, with a lot of data in the system from five years of his progeny in the database.

EBVs from the 2024 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken May 2024. She is weaned and ready to go to a new home today. Because she’s older and more substantial, she is much more likely to breed this fall than April born ewelambs.

Offered for sale as a registerable Katahdin ewelamb $300

Chunky chocolate ewe with a white star and some white spotting. She was the result of an accidental breeding last August but I was able to confirm her sire via DNA. 21053 is an awesome sire (the best out of the USDA sire we got to borrow from the Booneville, AR research station) and I haven’t gotten a chance to use him much yet, so she is a rare daughter out of him. Pedigree traces back to Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO) and also has some genetics from a breeder who bought from Karen Kenagy (KRK in OR).

EBVs from the 2024 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken May 2024. She is weaned and ready to go to a new home today. Because she’s older and more substantial, she is much more likely to breed this fall than April born ewelambs.

Offered for sale as a recordable Katahdin ewelamb $275

Framey solid chocolate ewe. She was the result of an accidental breeding last August while I still had all the unweaned ram lambs with the dams. Her EBVs are pretty strong despite the hole in her pedigree, so her own performance, her dam’s EBVs and her DNA show she is a good ewe. Dam traces back to Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired) and a little bit from Aspen Mountain (Aileen Scott, MT).

EBVs from the 2024 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken May 2024. She is weaned and ready to go to a new home today. Because she’s older and more substantial, she is much more likely to breed this fall than April born ewelambs.

Offered for sale as a recordable Katahdin ewelamb $275

Tall white ewe with some large Wiltshire Horn style big brown spots. She was the result of an accidental breeding last August while I still had all the unweaned ram lambs with the dams. Her DNA sample failed so I have re-submitted it and may know more about her in Aug, and that will likely also change her EBVs. Dam is out of a neat sire we got to borrow from the USDA Research Station in Booneville, AR; and she also traces back to Birth Cove (David Coplen, MO) and Thistle Grove Farm (David Bare, DVM, IA).

EBVs from the 2024 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken May 2024. She is weaned and ready to go to a new home today. Because she’s older and more substantial, she is much more likely to breed this fall than April born ewelambs.

Offered for sale as a recordable Katahdin ewelamb $275

Chunky white ewe with black spotting. She was the result of an accidental breeding last August while I still had all the unweaned ram lambs with the dams. DNA testing was not able to deduce her sire, so she can be recorded as a 50%. Despite this blank spot in her pedigree, her EBVs are still very strong, based on her own growth,  her dam’s data and her DNA/genomics. Dam’s MWWT is 2.14 and my whole flock has a high average, so any ram who sired her would likely also pass on good milk genetics (scores are zeroed out for MWWT when there is not yet enough data). Dam traces back to  Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri) and the rest is local genetics.

EBVs from the 2024 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken May 2024. She is weaned and ready to go to a new home today. Because she’s older and more substantial, she is much more likely to breed this fall than April born ewelambs.

Offered for sale as a registerable Katahdin ewelamb $325

Tall dark mahogany ewe.  Solid EBVs. Her pedigree is a blend of my own genetics, plus Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO) and KRK (Karen Kengagy, OR).

EBVs from the 2024 lamb crop  WWT data. Photo taken June 2023 as a ewelamb (I’ll get an updated photo!). She has twin lambs at side that will be weaned in August.

Offered for sale as a registerable Katahdin ewelamb $325

Framey white ewe. Good growth and milk, more modest on prolificacy.  Her pedigree is a blend of my own genetics, plus Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO), Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, Iowa) and KRK (Karen Kengagy, OR).

EBVs from the 2024 lamb crop  WWT data. Photo taken July 2023 as a ewelamb (I’ll get an updated photo!). She is NSIP Maternal Certified. She has two ram lambs at side out of PTK21045, they will be weaned in August. Or they can go as a package earlier, check for price.