Author: fourfarmdogs

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.

Offered for sale as a registered Katahdin ewe $350

Standard white ewe with some gray markings. Solid EBVs across the board. Pedigree is a mix  of  Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO), and tracing back to old White Post Farm genetics plus Bert Martineau, one of the original Kat breeders in WA. Her productivity record starting as a yearling: 1/0, 1/1, 2/2, 2/2.

EBVs from 2025 lamb crop BWT data. Photo taken May 2025. H.er lambs are weaned and she’s ready to go to a new home today.

Offered for sale as a registered Katahdin ewe $350

Standard white ewe. Solid growth and strong milk and prolificacy scores. Pedigree traces back to Birch Cove (David Copen, Missouri), Thistle Grove Farm ( John Bare, DVM, Iowa), the USDA Research Station in Booneville, AR and Aspen Mountain Farms (Aileen Scott, MT). Ewe’s lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/1,  2/1, 1/1, 3/2.

EBVs from 2025 lamb crop BWT data. Photo taken May 2025.  Her lambs are weaned and she’s ready to go to a new home today.

Offered for sale as a registered  Katahdin ewe $350

Classic white ewe with a lot of tan/gray freckles. Solid EBVs, lower on prolifacy for those who prefer to avoid triplets+. Pedigree has some good out of state/ outcross genetics from Birch Cove (David Coplen, MO), Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, IA) and there is a quarter Dorper great grandmother in there. Her productivity record starting as a yearling: 1/1, 2/1, 1/1, 2/2, 2/2.

EBVs from 2025 lamb crop BWT data. Photo taken May 2025.

Offered for sale as a register-able Katahdin ewelamb + register-able ram lamb at side $800

Classic chocolate ewe. Really strong EBVs across the board. Pedigree traces back to Birch Cove (David Copen, Missouri), Thistle Grove Farm ( John Bare, DVM, Iowa) and older PNW genetics via KRK. Ewe’s lambing record starting as a two year old: 2/2, 2/1, 2/1, 2/2, 3/1. This year I wasn’t confident that she could raise triplets so I grafted one onto another ewe, and then one of the remaining was lost to clostridium (not her fault, and this was the cause of the losses in prior years, other than one random stillborn). So she has one ram lamb at side this year. She is a really attentive mama.

EBVs from 2025 lamb crop BWT data. Photo taken May 2025.  She comes with her ram lamb at side, who is registerable, out of PTK 20145. He is beefy and muscular, with brown and black confetti spots. Price good through 6/30.