Author: fourfarmdogs

Offered for sale as a register-able Katahdin ram lamb $475

Fancy chocolate pinto panda ram.  Solid and balanced EBVs. Sire traces back to USDA ram from the Booneville, AR research station that we borrowed in the PNW For a while. Dam has a diversity of Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO) and Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, IA) plus some Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired).

EBVs from 2025 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken July 2025. He will be weaned early August and ready to get to work breeding this fall.

Offered for sale as a register-able Katahdin ram lamb $475

Framey white ram lamb.  Really strong EBVs across the board. Sire was obtained via trade with the USDA Sheep Research Station in Dubois, ID; and his granddam is from the famed ARS research flock at US Meat Animal Research Station in Lincoln, NE and Roxanne Newton’s excellent parasite resistant flock in Georgia. Dam has mostly Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO) genetics. The Idaho flock is maintained on thousands of acres of range, and this sire was one of the top performers of the 2024 crop, so he is a survivor! This is a rare opportunity to capture out-of-state genetics, range genetics, and strong NSIP lines.

EBVs from 2025 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken July 2025. He will be weaned early August and ready to get to work breeding this fall.

Offered for sale as a pet Katahdin ewe $275

Standard white ewe, six years old. I realized she was very thin in late pregnancy, likely caused by an abscessed molar that was making it hard to eat and ruminate. I brought her in for special treatment and she lambed ok and is still producing quite a bit of milk for her triplets, though I taught them to eat creep feed right away to supplement. I treated her for the tooth abscess and I believe she has recovered. I’ve had a few other ewes with these, they create a bony hardened lump where the damaged tooth was, but once it heals they are able to graze, ruminate and live normally. She is gaining weight and condition and is happy and has a good appetite. It’s possible she could be bred again, as long as she’s at a small farm where her weight and feed can be managed carefully.  Otherwise she’ll make a nice pasture pet/ lawnmower. Cull price but I will pass along her registration if it’s desired.

Offered for sale as a register-able Katahdin ram lamb $475

Blocky ram with big brown spots.  Really strong EBVs across the board. Sire pedigree traces back to Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO), Lyn Fahrmeier (MO) and Carl Ginapp (IA, now retired). Dam is local genetics and some KRK.

EBVs from 2025 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken May 2025. He will be weaned early August and ready to get to work breeding this fall.

Offered for sale as a registered  Katahdin ewe $785 w/ twin lambs at side

Classic white ewe with freckles. Solid EBVs across the board. Pedigree is a mix of my genetics, Misty River (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired), Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare DVM, Iowa) and Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO). Her productivity record starting as a two year old: 1/1, 2/2, 2/2, 2/2. She has been a productive ewe, but I’m selling her at pet/ cull price as I’m not sure what her longevity might be under production. In early 2024 she developed a tooth abscess. I treated her for it and she recovered, but she has a hardened jaw lump. She has done well raising her twin lambs this year and is at a reasonable weight, so she’s still grazing and ruminating successfully. She could continue to be bred if she’s at a small farm where her feed and weight can be more carefully managed than I can do here with several hundred head.

EBVs from 2025 lamb crop BWT data. Photo taken May 2025. She has a register-able ewelamb at side plus a ram lamb that’s priced as a commercial grower (both white). They can go at this price as a set before 7/31. In early August, her lambs will be weaned and she can be sold standalone. Note that her lambs were born in a morning where there were a whole bunch of sets and I wasn’t certain who the dams were, so I just made my best guess at assigning sets. I’m waiting DNA tests, so the ewelamb that goes with her that she raised may actually have a different dam. I should know by late July.