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

Classic white ram. This is one of the higher indexing rams here this year, really nice EBVs across the board. A mix of local, Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), and a USDA ram from the Booneville facility that we got to borrow in 2021.

This guy’s dam died tragically from sepsis as a two year old, leaving 60 day old, very well-fed ram lambs behind. This guy is weaned and eating well on creep and alfalfa and can go to a new home today and breed late summer/early fall. He should stay on creep feed at least until July before being turned out on grass alone, to allow his rumen to fully develop. Photo taken May 2023. EBVs from WWT data.

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

Dark mahogany ram with broken blaze and white bib and body spots. He has solid growth EBVs, especially high on prolificacy  and milk.  A mix of local, Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM Iowa) and Misty Oaks Farm (Kathy Bielek, OH) genetics.

Photo taken August 2023. EBVs from 2023 EPWWT data. This ram is NSIP Maternal Certified. He is weaned and ready to go to a new home and start breeding today!

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

Flashy red tick roan ram lamb. He has solid EBVs, especially high on prolificacy and lots of colors in this pedigree. A mix of local, Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM Iowa) and Misty Oaks Farm (Kathy Bielek, OH) genetics.

This due was born a quad, and I didn’t want the dam to try to raise them all, so this guy was the pick for orphan rearing. He’s been trained to the teat bucket from the start (not hand/bottle fed), so isn’t overly tame and at risk of becoming an obnoxious adult. He is ready to wean and go to a new home today, but should stay on creep feed at least until June before being turned out on grass alone, to allow his rumen to fully develop. Photo taken April 2023. EBVs from BWT data.

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

Unusual dilute/buckskin roan tick, panda faced ram lamb. He has modest and balanced EBVs across the board, is just a standard, middle-of-the-road guy, but I know someone is going to want these fancy colors. A mix of local and Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri) genetics.

I brought this one inside on a dark and stormy night because he kept getting separated from his dam in the big field, and I didn’t have time to mess with them. Meanwhile a ewe in the barn aborted twins, so I just grafted this one on to her. He does nurse off her and they are bonded. But she turned out not to have a great milk supply, so he’s mostly been eating creep feed at this point, and could be weaned and go to a new home at any time. He should stay on creep feed at least until June before being turned out on grass alone, to allow his rumen to fully develop. Photo taken April 2023. EBVs from BWT data.

Offered for sale as a purebred, register-able Katahdin ewelamb, $300

Dark mahogany ewelamb with a white brockle face. Twin-born ewe, but was born on pasture in a really miserable thunderstorm and was weak at birth. I brought her in thinking I’d either retrieve her mother and sib or graft her onto another ewe; neither of which happened! So she is an orphan rear.

Photo taken April 2023. EBVs from BWT data. She is somewhat friendly and would become more so with handling. She is growing like gangbusters on the teat bucket and creep feed and will be weaned at the end of April. She can’t be weaned onto grass/ forage alone until she’s about four months old; so should continue to be offered high-protein creep through late June.

Offered for sale as a castrated wether Katahdin lamb/ pet $180

This funny little Quasimodo dude had a very troubled birth. I call him “Ed Grimley” (IYKYK!) He was one of a set of quads and was born really crooked! It took a week before he could even manage standing up in an laundry basket and another week before he could walk around somewhat competently. But he was a good eater from day one and has always had a cheerful demeanor, he has a very positive mindset! 😀 I worked with him a lot and braced his legs to help straighten them. He is mostly put-together now, but you can see he still has some leg bend, spinal curvature and a slight wry mouth. I don’t think this will cause him long-term trouble, but he really shouldn’t be bred, so I’ll castrate him before he leaves here. But he is just so flippin’ cute, he deserves a pet home!

He was born 3/6/23 and will need high protein creep feed through the end of June, then could wean onto grass.

Offered for sale as a purebred, register-able Katahdin ewelamb, $300

Blocky white ewelamb. Her dam is older and seemed to have an iffy milk supply, so I pulled this lamb to orphan-rear. Solid growth EBVs and really good maternal metrics. Diverse NSIP genetics from Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Misty Oaks (Kathy Bielek, OH),  Thistle Grove Farm (Dr. John Bare DVM, Iowa), KRK (Karen Kenagy, OR) and Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, Moses Lake, now retired). She is a big girl and a good eater. Solid white.

Photo taken April 2023. EBVs from BWT data. She is trained to the teat bucket and is eating creep feed well. I usually wean these around 8 weeks, so by mid May she can go off milk and just be creep-fed. She can’t be weaned onto grass/ forage alone until she’s about four months old; so should continue to be offered high-protein creep through mid July.

Offered for sale as a purebred, register-able Katahdin ewelamb, $300

This little busy bee is an orphan-rear triplet; her dam is older and can no longer feed triplets, so I pulled this one. She has really strong EBVs across the board, great maternal and growth genetics. Lots of out-of-state lines on this one, bringing in NSIP genetics from Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Lynn Farhmeier (Missouri) and Carl Ginapp’s flock (Iowa, now retired). She is a big girl and a good eater. Solid white.

Photo taken April 2023. EBVs from BWT data. She is trained to the teat bucket or will happily nurse off a bottle, and is eating creep feed well. She is somewhat friendly and would become more so with handling. I usually wean these around 8 weeks, so by late April she can go off milk and just be creep-fed. She can’t be weaned onto grass/ forage alone until she’s about four months old; so should continue to be offered high-protein creep through late June.

Offered for sale as a purebred, register-able Katahdin ewelamb, $300

Feminine and well-built white ewelamb. Positive EBVs across the board, especially strong on milk. She also has pretty good parasite resistant scores, and their accuracy is higher because Caleb (sire producer) measures. Pedigree traces back to Birch Cove Farm (David Coplen, Missouri), and a USDA ram from the Booneville Research Station we were able to borrow in the PNW in 2019. This ewe is complete out-of-state genetics, so can bring some fresh blood to your flock.

Photo taken December 2022. EBVs from PWWT data.   This ewelamb is weaned and ready to go to a new home today. She is NSIP genotyped. She has been exposed to a ram since 9/20/22 and may be bred to lamb as a yearling. She already looks pretty round, so I suspect she is pregnant.

Offered for sale as a purebred, register-able Katahdin ewelamb, $300

Pretty brockle-faced ewelamb with black legs. Positive growth and prolificacy scores, and really strong on milk. Pedigree traces back to Birch Cove Farm (David Coplen, Missouri) and Misty River Farm (Mary Bakko, now retired) genetics. Sire is from Birch Cove, he is one of the strongest EBV rams in the country right now, with strong, proven data behind him. We are lucky to have him here on the west coast and he’s going to be an influencer for some time to come.

Photo taken December 2022. EBVs from PWWT data. This ewelamb is weaned and ready to go to a new home today. She has been exposed to a ram since 9/20/22 and may be bred to lamb as a yearling. She has been NSIP genotyped and is NSIP Maternal Certified.