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Offered for sale as a proven herd sire $650

“Iowa” comes from John Bare’s Thistle Grove Farm breeding program in Iowa. He is a “maternal sire” meaning that his EBVs are focused most on prolificacy and milk, with some of the top scores in the nation. He merits the Certified NSIP Maternal Sire label. His growth scores are positive, but not super impressive. This guy’s genetic lineup is meant for producing replacement ewes that promise a high twinning/triplet rate, good milk, and really strong lamb survival, while still producing adequate butcher lambs for the short-term.

He is solid white, long-bodied, well proportioned with a meaty hind end and a moderate adult frame size (which is desirable from a maintenance standpoint for breeding stock). He is a curious, friendly, intelligent and interactive ram, but has also needed some reminding to keep him on good behavior. He has a small scur on one side that breaks off now and then, and thus a small percentage of his lambs will be scurred or horned. I have used this ram for three years and kept a lot of daughters out of him, as well as two sons, so it’s time for him to bring some Iowa NSIP genetics to a new place!

EBVs from up-to-date 2017 lamb crop sixty day weight data. Pictured here as a two year old.

Offered for sale as a registered ewe $300- SOLD

This pretty girl is out of our red sire, Yeti. She is a red roan, with a long, well-proportioned frame and substantial hindquarters. She has good, balanced numbers across the board; she will likely be a solid twinner that raises good-growing lambs. She was the product of an accidental breeding last fall; one of a triplet set where all three lambs had a different sire (as determined by DNA test)!  She’s been in the barn, so is fairly acclimated to people and somewhat friendly. She is weaned now and ready to go to a new home today.

EBVs from 60 day data. Photo taken at 90 days of age.

Offered for sale as a registered ewe $300- SOLD

This beefy girl is out of our very high growth EBV ram, Rugby. She is a red roan, and very substantial in size and growth. Very strong growth and milk EBVs, with moderate prolificacy, so shouldn’t be a high # of triplets here. She was the product of an accidental breeding last fall; one of a triplet set where all three lambs had a different sire (as determined by DNA test)!  I raised her as an orphan-rear to give her mother a break, since she wasn’t on the right feeding schedule, lambing so early. This lamb is pretty friendly, and if you wanted her to be even more social, you could bottle feed her for a little longer, as a treat. She is weaned and ready to go to a new home today.

EBVs from 60 day data. Photo taken at 90 days of age.