Author: fourfarmdogs

KMC 23066

KMC 23066

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Offered for sale as a purebred, register-able Katahdin ram lamb, $400

Tall reddish-fawn ram with baldface, long socks and white tail. He has moderate but balanced EBVs across the board, for those looking for a ram that’s not too extreme. Diverse pedigree with local genetics plus Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, Iowa), Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired) and Just Plain Sheep (Eastern WA, now retired).

Photo taken August 2023. EBVs from 2023 EPWWT data. Ram is NSIP Maternal and Stud Certified. He is weaned and ready to start breeding right away!

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.522 2.313 3.280 3% 13% 0.171 0.807 123.10 103.40
KMC23066
Twin birth
DOB: 3/1/23
Not DNA tested		 KMC22035 BC H 973 BC G 933
BC D 337-22
KMC19041 KMC 7018
BC C 279
KMC19025 KMC7045 KMC5071
MRL358
KMC7040 JRB14007
JPS60092

 

KMC 23077

KMC 23077

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

Big, framey mahogany ram with flashy white markings. One of the top rams born here in 2023. Really strong EBVs, top 4% in the nation for Index. But more modest on NLB for those who like to turn the dial down on multi births. This ram will take your replacement ewes to the next level and also bring you strong butcher lambs. Diverse pedigree with local genetics plus Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri) and Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired). The granddam WAI1550 is a “ringer”, she came from outside the NSIP system but has risen in the ranks as her progeny outperform their peers; sons and grandsons of hers have gone all over the country.

Photo taken August 2023. EBVs from 2023 EPWWT data. Ram is NSIP Maternal and Stud Certified. He is weaned and ready to start breeding right away!

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.425 2.968 5.161 8% 20% 0.421 1.465 134.40 104.94
KMC23077
Twin birth
DOB: 3/3/23
QR at Codon 171
OPP TC Susceptible
Myostatin (double muscling) gene carrier		 KMC22035 BC H 973 BC G 933
BC D 337-22
KMC19041 KMC 7018
BC C 279
KMC20074 KMC7045 KMC5071
MRL358
WAI1550 KRK723
DWB12A

 

KMC 23017

KMC 23017

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

Substantial white ram with rust colored markings and black freckles. One of the top rams born here in 2023. Really strong EBVs, top 2% in the nation for Index. This ram will take your replacement ewes to the next level and also bring you strong butcher lambs. A lot of Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri) genetics here plus a USDA ram from the Booneville, AR research station we got to borrow in the PNW for a year.

Photo taken August 2023. EBVs from 2023 EPWWT data. Ram is NSIP Maternal and Stud Certified. He is weaned and ready to start breeding right away!

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.288 2.258 3.997 11% 21% 0.292 1.586 138.24 105.11
KMC23017
Twin birth
DOB: 2/22/23
QR at Codon 171
OPP TC Susceptible		 KMC22035 BC H 973 BC G 933
BC D 337-22
KMC19041 KMC 7018
BC C 279
KMC21004 USD19094 BC E 836-33
USD17008
KMC19106 KMC7045
KMC6078

 

KMC 23120

KMC 23120

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

Beefy red ram with white freckles. One of the top rams born here in 2023. Really powerful EBVs across the board- top 1% in the nation for milk and WWT, top 15% for PWWT, top 10% for survival, and top 2% for Index. But a little more modest on NLB, for those who don’t love a lot of multi births.

A lot of Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri) genetics here plus a USDA ram from the Booneville, AR research station we got to borrow in the PNW for a year. This ram will take your replacement ewes to the next level and also bring you strong butcher lambs. A note of caution: his birthweight score is quite high, which is a common artifact with high growth metric rams. If you are a hands-off lambing operation or you feed  your ewes really well during pregnancy, you may want to consider a ram with a lower BWT value; or avoid breeding him to smaller framed ewelambs.

Photo taken August 2023. EBVs from 2023 EPWWT data. Ram is NSIP Maternal and Stud Certified. He is weaned and ready to start breeding right away!

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.798 3.674 4.779 10% 20% 0.814 2.645 139.78 105.43
KMC23120
Single birth
DOB: 3/8/23
QR at Codon 171
OPP TC Susceptible
Myostatin (double muscling) gene carrier		 KMC22035 BC H 973 BC G 933
BC D 337-22
KMC19041 KMC 7018
BC C 279
KMC21125 USD19094 BC E 836-33
USD17008
KMC20098 BC H 973
KMC5100

 

KMC 23091

KMC 23091

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Offered for sale as a purebred, register-able Katahdin ram lamb, $400

Heavy bodied chocolate ram with a brockle face. Strong growth, survival and milk scores, but more modest on prolificacy for those who don’t love triplets.  A blend of my genetics, Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri) and maternal grandsire is a USDA ram from Booneville, AR that we got to borrow in the PNW for a year. A note of caution: his birthweight score is on the high side, which is a common artifact with high growth metric rams. If you are a hands-off lambing operation or you feed  your ewes really well during pregnancy, you may want to consider a ram with a lower BWT value.

Photo taken August 2023. EBVs from 2023 EPWWT data. Ram is NSIP Stud and Maternal Certified. He is weaned and ready to start breeding right away!

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.620 2.150 3.245 6% 16% 0.523 1.664 127.75 104.30
KMC23091
Twin birth
DOB: 3/4/23
QR at codon  71
CC OPP Susceptible		 KMC22035 BC H 973 BC G 933
BC D 337-22
KMC19041 KMC 7018
BC C 279
KMC21034 USD19094 BC E 836-33
USD17008
KMC18079 KMC7045
KMC4051

 

KMC 23029

KMC 23029

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Offered for sale as a registerable Katahdin ewelamb $325

Cute slick white ewelamb with a few freckles. Solid EBVs across the board. Her dam was elderly and had poor milk this year, and this girl got a little behind on growth in her early weeks. I weaned her at 60 days and put her in the barn on good feed and she took off, pictured here sleek and fat and sporting a milk goiter. Her pedigree is a blend of my own genetics, plus Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Lynn Fahrmeier (Iowa) and Carl Ginapp (Iowa, now retired from sheep). This is a strong OG NSIP pedigree from mostly out of state.

EBVs from the 2023 lamb crop EPWWT data. Photo taken May 2023. She is NSIP Maternal and Stud Certified. She has been exposed to a ram and may lamb in April 2024. See notes on bred ewelambs here.

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.499 1.526 2.275 7% 14% 0.525 1.450 122.75 103.60

 

KMC 23029
Triplet birth
DOB: 2/24/23
QR or RR at codon 171 (by parentage)		 KMC 22035 BC H 973 BC G 933-22
BC D 337-22
KMC19041 KMC 7018
BC C 279
BC C 279 FAH12-118 WSK4298
FAH11-013
BC Z 104-13 CMG10019
BC Y 33

 

KMC 23026

KMC 23026

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Offered for sale as a registerable Katahdin ewelamb $325

Cute blocky white ewelamb with black freckles. Solid EBVs across the board. Her pedigree is a blend of my own genetics, plus Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), a USDA ram from the Booneville research station we got to borrow in 2019,  plus Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare DVM Iowa).

EBVs from the 2023 lamb crop EPWWT data. Photo taken May 2023. She is NSIP Maternal and Stud Certified. She has been exposed to a ram and may lamb in April 2024. See notes on bred ewelambs here.

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.381 2.183 3.202 10% 16% 0.314 1.337 128.30 103.85

 

KMC 23026
Twin birth
DOB: 2/24/23
QR or RR at codon 171 (by parentage)		 KMC 22035 BC H 973 BC G 933-22
BC D 337-22
KMC19041 KMC 7018
BC C 279
KMC21062 USD19094 BC E 836-33
USD17008
BC C 291 JRB1231
BC Z 067-13

 

KMC 23025

KMC 23025

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Offered for sale as a registerable Katahdin ewelamb $325

Cute blocky white ewelamb with gray spotting on the face. Solid EBVs across the board. Her pedigree is a blend of my own genetics, plus Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), a USDA ram from the Booneville research station we got to borrow in 2019,  plus Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare DVM Iowa).

EBVs from the 2023 lamb crop EPWWT data. Photo taken May 2023. She is NSIP Maternal and Stud Certified. She has been exposed to a ram and may lamb in April 2024. See notes on bred ewelambs here.

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.400 2.079 3.148 10% 16% 0.314 1.337 128.32 103.85

 

KMC 23025
Twin birth
DOB: 2/24/23
QR or RR at codon 171 (by parentage)		 KMC 22035 BC H 973 BC G 933-22
BC D 337-22
KMC19041 KMC 7018
BC C 279
KMC21062 USD19094 BC E 836-33
USD17008
BC C 291 JRB1231
BC Z 067-13

 

KMC 23018

KMC 23018

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Offered for sale as a registerable Katahdin yearling ewe with  ewelamb at side $575

Feminine fawn ewelamb. Really strong EBVs across the board. Her pedigree is a blend of my own genetics, plus Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), a USDA ram from the Booneville research station we got to borrow in 2019,  plus a ram from On The Lamb Farm (Arlington) that traces back to a White Post ram.

EBVs from the 2024 lamb crop birth data. Photo taken May 2023. She is NSIP Maternal and Stud Certified. She has a red ewelamb at side. These were the result of an accidental breeding with a large mob of rams. I will DNA test the lambs and pass along the sire info it it’s identifiable, otherwise the lambs can be recorded as 50% and upgraded (I hope to know by late April, as the turnaround time for NSIP DNA is slow).

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.257 2.216 3.894 17% 23% 0.226 1.177 133.10 105.07

 

KMC 23018
Twin birth
DOB: 2/22/23
QR or RR at codon 171 (by parentage)		 KMC 22035 BC H 973 BC G 933-22
BC D 337-22
KMC19041 KMC 7018
BC C 279
KMC21086 USD19094 BC E 836-33
USD17008
KMC2011 SJG494
KMC1029

 

KMC 23015

KMC 23015

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Offered for sale as a registerable Katahdin ewelamb $300

Big-bodied chocolate ewelamb with a brockle face. Strong on growth, survival and milk and moderate on prolificacy, for those who like to avoid triplets. Her pedigree is a blend of my own genetics, plus Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired) and Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare DVM, Iowa).

EBVs from the 2023 lamb crop EPWWT data. Photo taken May 2023. She is NSIP Maternal and Stud Certified. She has been exposed to a ram and may lamb in April 2024. See notes on bred ewelambs here.

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.625 2.532 3.318 3% 17% 0.298 1.129 126.24 104.48

 

KMC 23015
Twin birth
DOB: 2/21/23
QR or RR at codon 171 (by parentage)		 KMC 22035 BC H 973 BC G 933-22
BC D 337-22
KMC19041 KMC 7018
BC C 279
KMC19055 KMC7045 KMC5071
MRL358
KMC5096 KMC2022
JRB14005