Author: fourfarmdogs

Offered for sale as a registered Katahdin ewe (pet) $275

Flashy marked red pinto ewe. She has been a good mama, but is a “gummer” (she’s lost all her front teeth) so she can’t thrive on pasture alone anymore. She got very thin this winter and aborted twins early before I realized the reason. I have her in the barn and she’s fattened nicely on hay and grain; so she can do well in a pet home where she has access to feed year-round. She could probably even have more lambs just fine. Otherwise she’d make a sweet pasture ornament. Lambing record starting as a two year old: 2/2, 2/2, 1/1, 2/2, 2/2, 1/1, 2/0.

EBVs from the 2023 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken May 2023. She is open and can go to a new home today.

Offered for sale as a registered Katahdin ewe $275

Tall and framey white ewe. Modest on growth and survival, but good milk and prolificacy scores. This ewe came from Mary Bakko’s place (Misty River Farm, Moses Lake) when she retired; and she is a fairly tame and very assertive girl. She can be a fearless ringleader at spotting an open gate and dashing through it while the others all follow, but is also helpful as a herd boss when you want the mob to go somewhere.  She has been a productive ewe, but missed lambing in 2021 and again this year, so she may be declining in productivity, this she’s priced as a pet. She’s healthy as a horse and in good weight, so she may be fine to lamb again for several years to come. Lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/1, 2/2, 2/2, 3/3, 2/2, 3/3, 0/0, 1/1, 0/0

Photo taken May 2023. EBVs from 2023 lamb crop WWT data. This ewe is NSIP genotyped. She is open and can go to a new home any time.

Offered for sale as a registered Katahdin ewe $275

Classic white ewe. Good growth and modest milk and survival, and low on prolificacy, this girl tends towards singles, which is the main reason I’m dropping her. This pedigree captures Birch Cove Farm (David Coplen, Missouri), Carl Ginapp’s genetics (Iowa, now retired), Lynn Fahrmeier (Missouri), Dosch Katahdins ( South Dakota, now retired) and Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko Moses Lake, now retired).  She is a good mama, but her twins had disparate growth this year and I early-weaned one, so she may have a damaged udder and will need to be monitored if raising twins again. This she is priced as a pet. Lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/1, 1/1, 1/1, 2/0, 2/2

Photo taken May 2023. EBVs from 2022 lamb crop EPWWT data. This ewe is NSIP genotyped. She has a white ram lamb at side that could go with her for an extra fee, or she can go solo in July when her lamb is weaned.

Offered for sale as a pet Katahdin ewe $275

Red baldface ewe with white socks and tail, good shedder. She is a good old mama. This year she was very sick post-birth, maybe toxemia, hypocalc or pneumonia. I nursed her through it and she is healthy now; but have priced her as a pet as she may need extra TLC as she gets older. She has very good EBVs across the board. Her dam is out of very old-stock PNW genetics including a Dorper way back there, sire is from Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, in Iowa). Lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/0, 2/2, 2/2, 2/2, 2/2, 2/2, 2/1, 1/1, 2/2.

Photo taken May 2022. EBVs from 2023 lamb crop WWT data. This ewe has been genotyped.  This ewe can go now with her red ram lamb at side for an extra fee, or in July when he is weaned. (I orphaned and sold her other ram lamb to take some load off her.)

Offered for sale as a registered Katahdin ewe (pet) $275

Red brockle faced ewe, clean shedder. This is one of “The Madams”- 10 years old and still raising lambs. She should be able to continue to do so, I’m only dropping her because her EBVs are getting on the low side. She does have very good Parasite Resistance EBVs, however. She has a very old-school pedigree: White Post Farm (East Coast, now retired), Bert Martineau (one of the original Kat breeders in WA state, now retired), KRK (Karen Kenagy, OR), On the Lamb Farm (Sarah Jo Gahm, Arlington). Even PAS28L, so common in PNW pedigrees of yore. Lambing record starting as a two year old: 2/2, 2/2, 3/2, 3/2, 2/2, 3/0, 3/2, 2/1, 2/1. The last two years she was rearing lambs fine but lost one of twins each year to clostridium, which is not her fault.  Price just reflects her age, but I expect she could still raise twins for a few more years if given the chance and fed well, her udder is healthy.

EBVs from the 2023 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken September 2023. Her lamb is weaned and she’s ready to go to a new home today.

Offered for sale as a purebred, register-able Katahdin ewe, $375

Solid chocolate yearling ewe, nice slick shedding coat. Solid EBVs across the board especially maternal. Her grandsire is a USDA ram we got to borrow in 2020, and she also has Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, Iowa), Misty Oaks Farm (Kathy Bielek, OH) and some local genetics. Lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/1.

Photo taken May 2023. EBVs from 2023 lamb crop WWT data.  She is NSIP genotyped. She can go to a new home after her lamb is weaned in July.

Offered for sale as a pet Katahdin ewe with two ewelambs at side $875 w/ twin lambs at side

Red baldface ewe with white hind socks. Strong growth and prolificacy  EBVs but more modest on survival and milk. Pedigree has Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, Iowa), Misty Oaks Farm (Kathy Bielek, OH) and some local genetics. This mama is super gentle and maternal. She’s very prolific, has had quadruplets twice. But she needs a lot of care in late pregnancy, as she’s one of those ewes that gets such a huge udder it nearly drags on the ground and her lambs need help learning to use it until they can drain it down. She has also been prolapse-ey in late pregnancy when she has these huge sets. If she can be in a barn with careful oversight, she raises really good lambs; otherwise she’d make a lovely gentle pet. I’m pricing her on the pet/ cull end because of this overhead cost. Lambing record starting as a 2-year old: 2/2, 1/1, 4/2, 2/1, 4/2.

Photo taken May 2023. EBVs from 2023 lamb crop WWT data.  She is NSIP genotyped. She can go with two ewelambs at side, one fawn colored one that looks like her and one white one. I orphan-reared two of her other ewelambs from her 2024 quad set. Price for the set good through 6/30. Lambs will be weaned and the can go separately in August.

Offered for sale as a purebred, registered Katahdin ewe, $325

Full bodied red flecked six-year-old ewe. Her EBVs are modest across the board, which is why I’m selling her, her scores are just a little low to stay on my keeper list. But she is a good mother and has many years of lambing left in her.  Pedigree is a blend of Birch Cove Farm (David Coplen, Missouri), Carl Ginapp (Iowa, now retired from sheep), Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired), Just Plain Sheep (Jody Ouradnik, now retired) and KRK (Karen Kenagy, Oregon) and my own genetics. Lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/1, 2/2, 2/1, 2/2, 1/1, 1/1, 2/2.

Photo taken September 2023. EBVs from 2023 lamb crop WWT data.  She is NSIP genotyped. She has twin lambs at side that will be weaned mid August.

Offered for sale as a purebred, registered Katahdin ewe, $325

Tall dark mahogany ewe. Really strong growth, milk and survival EBVs. Her NLB score is fairly low pedigree-wide, so she may steer away from triplets and single some of the time. Sire is one of the top NSIP rams in the country with lots of data and accuracy behind is EBVs, out of Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri). Dam also traces back to Birch Cove, and my own/local genetics. Lambing history starting as a 2 year old: 2/1 (one lamb died of clostridium, which was not her fault).

Photo taken September 2023. EBVs from 2023 lamb crop EPWWT data.  She is NSIP genotyped. She has a ewelamb at side that will be weaned mid August.

Offered for sale as a purebred, registered Katahdin ewe, $375

Beefy white ewe with some Wiltshire-horn style big black and brown spots. Really strong EBVs across the board. Sire is one of the top NSIP rams in the country with lots of data and accuracy behind is EBVs, out of Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri). Dam also traces back to Birch Cove, as well as Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, Iowa).

Photo taken May 2023. EBVs from 2023 lamb crop WWT data.  She is NSIP genotyped. She did not lamb as a yearling and is ready to go to a new home today and breed this fall!