Author: fourfarmdogs

Offered for sale as a registered ewe $525 with ewelamb at side

Really pretty, well-put-together white ewe. She birthed a stillborn single this spring. She was such a dedicated  mother that for hours, she pawed and worked at that lamb to get it up until she wore the hair off of it! She was in great distress when I finally took it away. I had a weak lamb in the barn from another mother that I grafted onto her, and she took it with ease. She is extremely maternal and remained very protective of her adopted lamb. Pedigree is a blend of Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Misty River (Mary Bakko, now retired), On the Lamb Farm (Arlington) and Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, Iowa). She was open last year, I usually have one or two ewes that miss a season but go on to lamb normally in the future, as she seems to have done. She’s three, heading into her most productive years, and she lambed as a yearling, which is a plus. Her EBVs are good for growth and milk, and she’s taken a bit of a hit on NLB both for her own sake, and because her sire is low. But if she’s fed well, she will likely mostly be a twinner in the future.

Photo taken May 2021, she’s still in the process of shedding, and is a clean shedder.  EBVs from 2021 lamb crop birth data. Lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/1, 0/0, 1/1. She can go with her adopted lamb at side, a chocolate ewelamb (out of KMC 19122 and BC H  974), by  6/30/21 for $525.

Offered for sale as a registered ewe $550 with ewelamb at side

Flashy chocolate and white pinto ewe. Really strong growth and milk, but low on prolificacy, this girl may single more than she triplets. There are plenty of triplets in her family, though, so it is not out of the question. Pedigree is a blend of Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Misty River (Mary Bakko, now retired), White Post (East Coast, new retired), and some old genetics from Bert Martineau, also now retired.

Photo taken May 2021, she is still in the process of shedding.  EBVs from 2021 lamb crop birth data. Lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/1, 1/1, 1/1. She can go with her lamb at side, a red-spotted ewelamb (out of USD 19094), by  6/30/21 for $550.

Offered for sale as a purebred, registered Katahdin  $425 with ram lamb at side

A big-framed white ewe with a clean-shedding hair coat. Very strong growth EBVs and good milk; though her prolificacy is on the lower-end, from both her pedigree, and her own variability of singles, twins and triplets. I’ve kept her this long to leverage her good growth and milk scores, but it’s time to let her contribute her big-frame genetics to someone else’s farm. Sire is from local KRK genetics, dam is from Aspen Mountain Farm (Aileen Scott, Montana). Lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/1, 1/1, 2/2, 2/2, 3/3, 1/1, 2/2.

Photo taken November 2020.  EBVs from 2021 lamb crop birth data. She had twins this year, but I can see that one side of her udder has become unproductive, probably from subclinical mastitis in a past year. One of her lambs was not thriving by week three, so I transitioned him to the bottle and sold him as a grower. She’s got a remaining ram lamb at side (sired by BC H 974) that’s growing well, a very flashy dark chocolate lamb with long white socks and tail. I’ll get a pic of him soon! I have priced her as a pet/cull ewe price. She can continue to be bred, but new owner will have to supplement the lambs in years where she twins. The pair is priced at $425 before the end of June. Ewe comes with registration cert, ram lamb is commercial (or registration paperwork for $100 additional).

Offered for sale as a commercial Katahdin yearling ewe $240

Orange spotted yearling ewe. For some reason, she has one nostril totally occluded, so she breathes kind of loud. Her ear actually droops on the same side. My vet’s best guess is this might be tissue damage from bot flies, for which we treated with injectable Ivermectin, but perhaps there is scar tissue in there that will never go away. Thus, she will either go on the butcher list this summer, or can go to a pet home (she is priced as a butcher lamb). She could probably be bred, but she may always need kind of a coddled, stress-free life, since obviously any running or respiratory pressure could put her in distress. Currently she is in good weight and otherwise quite healthy. She is a mellow, curious, modest-sized girl that’s easy to handle.

Photo taken May 2021.   This ewe is open (not bred), and can go to a new home any time.

Offered for sale as a purebred, registered Katahdin ewe $700 with lambs at side through  6/30

Mahogany colored ewe, moderate frame size. Positive EBVs but with lower prolificacy, so this girl will likely avoid triplets most of the time. Blend of local genetics, Birch Cove Farm (David Coplen, Missouri), and White Post Farm (East Coast, now retired). Lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/1, 1/1, 2/1 (one stillborn twin), 2/2.

Photo taken November 2020. EBVs from 2021 lamb crop birth data. This ewe has gorgeous, beefy twin lambs at side (out of BC H 974); a ram lamb with some red coloring on his neck, and a chocolate ewelamb with a white krunet face marking. Price good through end of June. Current price reflects dam as registered, ewelamb as register-able, and ram lamb as commercial. $100 more (now or later) for ram lamb registration paperwork. Below is a photo with her lambs taken early May (click for larger image).

Offered for sale as a registered Katahdin Ewe (Pet) $250

Very sweet middle aged ewe who comes from a very productive family and has tremendous EBVs for prolificacy and survival. But she is weak on growth and milk; and as she’s aged and her udder has sustained wear ‘n tear, she can no longer raise triplets, though she likes to have them! She is priced at cull/pet price. She will be bred in November, so if you purchase her before she lambs, you’ll be on the hook to bottle supplement them. If she lambs here, I’ll likely let her keep one lamb and will orphan any others, and she could go to a new home in April with whatever lamb she has at side.

Her pedigree has Aspen Mountain Farm (Aileen Scott, Montana) and now-retired White Post farm from the East Coast, as well as other local genetics. Lambing record starting as a yearling: 2/2, 2/2, 2/2, 2/2, 2/2, 3/3, 3/1

Photo taken November 2020. EBVs from the 2020 lamb crop PWWT data. This ewe is being bred now in November, to lamb in April 2021.

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

Fawn ram with a clean shedding hair coat. Really nice EBVs across the board, good growth, very high prolificacy, survival and milk. This ram will produce both good replacement ewes and fast-growing butcher lambs.

He is out of my newly-purchased white ram from Birch Cove Farm in Missouri (David Coplen); which is a grass-based, minimal input system with a long history of NSIP data. Note that ram has some Texel in his background, and is an 87.5% recorded ram. He has not shed adequately this year, so I will not be upgrading him (yet). Thus his lambs will also be record-able and eligible for upgrade upon hair coat inspection (which I can do) next summer. This lamb’s already shed as a lamb, so I have no question he will shed again next spring and can be upgraded. For me, this ram’s productivity scores outweigh the shedding drawback in the pedigree, but I have discounted his lambs accordingly. On the maternal side, this lamb captures some really nice genetics from Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, Iowa) which is another grass-based flock that’s long been active in NSIP; and also Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired).

Photo taken November 2020.  EBVs from 2020 lamb crop PWWT data. This ram is ready to go to a new home and start breeding ewes right away.

Offered for sale as a purebred Katahdin ewelamb $275

Feminine white ewelamb. Modest growth, good prolificacy and survival, and a phenomenal milk score. Pedigree has Aspen Mountain (Aileen Scott, Montana) ewe and Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, retired), as well as KRK genetics (Karen Kenagy, Oregon).

Photo taken November 2020.  EBVs from 2020 lamb crop PWWT data. This ewe is open and ready to breed this fall to lamb as a two-year-old.