KMC 6043

Offered for sale as a registered pet Katahdin ewe $300

Big bodied chocolate ewe with white star, eight years old.  She is a great ewe with very strong EBVs, but hitting the end of the line with her udder health, so priced accordingly. She can probably raise one lamb adequately, two may be a push, so she should be monitored in future years. Sire is from Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, in Iowa). Dam traces back to KRK (Karen Kenagy, OR and Aspen Mountain (Aileen Scott, MT). Lambing record starting as a two year old: 2/1, 2/2, 2/2, 2/2, 3/2, 2/0. (2023: pulled one to orphan rear, then the other one perished from clostridium, which is not her fault.)

Photo taken May 2022. EBVs from 2023 lamb crop WWT data. This ewe has been genotyped.  This ewe’s lamb is weaned and she can go to a new home today.

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.337 1.901 2.940 25% 15% 0.311 1.005 123.66 102.76
KMC 6043
Twin birth
DOB: 4/6/16
RR at codon 171 (by parentage)
OPP 1,1LS
JRB14007 MOF1107 WJF0905
MOF4001
JRB1232 GF9329
JRB1034
KMC5095 WRN006 KRK00168
BME006
KMC1041 KMC0024
ADS0065

 

MRL 315

Offered for sale as a registered Katahdin ewe $275

Tall and framey white ewe. Modest on growth and survival, but good milk and prolificacy scores. This ewe came from Mary Bakko’s place (Misty River Farm, Moses Lake) when she retired; and she is a fairly tame and very assertive girl. She can be a fearless ringleader at spotting an open gate and dashing through it while the others all follow, but is also helpful as a herd boss when you want the mob to go somewhere.  She has been a productive ewe, but missed lambing in 2021 and again this year, so she may be declining in productivity, this she’s priced as a pet. She’s healthy as a horse and in good weight, so she may be fine to lamb again for several years to come. Lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/1, 2/2, 2/2, 3/3, 2/2, 3/3, 0/0, 1/1, 0/0

Photo taken May 2023. EBVs from 2023 lamb crop WWT data. This ewe is NSIP genotyped. She is open and can go to a new home any time.

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.336 1.044 0.450 17% 7% 0.809 2.081 112.75 101.7
MRL315
Triplet birth
DOB: 4/23/14
RR at Codon 171
OPP TC
KRK2123RR KRK0845 VJ7039
KRK726
VJ8086 BTS105R
VJ6046
KRK936 KRK725 SWP05-139
KRK160315
KRK614 SWP04-129
JBH406

 

KMC 3033

Offered for sale as a registered Katahdin ewe (pet) $275

Red brockle faced ewe, clean shedder. This is one of “The Madams”- 10 years old and still raising lambs. She should be able to continue to do so, I’m only dropping her because her EBVs are getting on the low side. She does have very good Parasite Resistance EBVs, however. She has a very old-school pedigree: White Post Farm (East Coast, now retired), Bert Martineau (one of the original Kat breeders in WA state, now retired), KRK (Karen Kenagy, OR), On the Lamb Farm (Sarah Jo Gahm, Arlington). Even PAS28L, so common in PNW pedigrees of yore. Lambing record starting as a two year old: 2/2, 2/2, 3/2, 3/2, 2/2, 3/0, 3/2, 2/1, 2/1. The last two years she was rearing lambs fine but lost one of twins each year to clostridium, which is not her fault.  Price just reflects her age, but I expect she could still raise twins for a few more years if given the chance and fed well, her udder is healthy.

EBVs from the 2023 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken September 2023. Her lamb is weaned and she’s ready to go to a new home today.

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.117 1.786 3.425 -2% 11% -.094 0.476 124.05 102.94

 

KMC3033
Twin birth
DOB: 4/7/13
RR at codon 171
OPP 3,3HS
SJG494 SWP06-214 CORNERSTONE SWP05-137
SWP05-122
SJG78 PAS28L
SJG60 75%
KMC1030 BLM417 BRM1AA
BLM0479
JJK0010 KRK640
KRK4141

 

KMC 18104

Offered for sale as a purebred, registered Katahdin ewe, $300

Red baldface ewe with white hind socks. Strong growth and prolificacy  EBVs but more modest on survival and milk. Pedigree has Birch Cove (David Coplen, Missouri), Thistle Grove Farm (John Bare, DVM, Iowa), Misty Oaks Farm (Kathy Bielek, OH) and some local genetics. This mama is super maternal. This year she aborted twins a bit early and I was able to graft another lamb onto her easily, she loves having babies. But last year and this, despite a large udder, I’m feeling like she may not have that great of milk quantity and maybe should only raise a single or twins, at most, with readiness to supplement. So I’ve discounted her a bit because of that; she’d do best in a small homestead farm that feeds well and keeps close tabs on things. As you can see from the photo, she’s carrying great condition herself, she’s fat as a seal. Lambing record starting as a 2-year old: 2/2, 1/1, 4/2, 2/1.

Photo taken May 2023. EBVs from 2023 lamb crop WWT data.  She is NSIP genotyped. Her lamb is weaned and she’s ready to go to a new home today.

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.406 3.054 5.127 35% 11% -0.117 0.302 123.09 101.48
KMC18104
Twin birth
DOB: 4/18/2018
RR at Codon 171
OPP 1,3HS
KMC7018 JRB14007 MOF1107
JRB1232
KMC3044 SJG494
KMC2013
BC C 291 JRB1231 GF9398
JRB0941
BC Z 067-13 BC X 301
BC T 14-33

 

KMC 5011

Offered for sale as a registered Katahdin ewe (pet) $275

Pretty white 8-year-old ewe with a modest frame size. She is a really mellow girl and a very dedicated mama who loves her babies. She has modest growth and survival EBVs, but is very strong in prolificacy and milk. But as she’s gotten older, her milk supply has dwindled, probably due to damage from subclinical mastitis in past years. This year she had twins and I let her raise a single, but even that one didn’t grow very well.  So she could be retired out as a pet, or if someone wanted to breed her to capture some of these diverse genetics, just be ready to supplement her lambs. This ewe is out of the now-retired Misty River flock and John Bare’s Thistle Grove Farm in Iowa, both dedicated NSIP flocks. Lambing record starting as a two year old: 1/1, 2/2, 2/2, 2/1, 2/2, 2/2, 2/1.

EBVs from the 2023 lamb crop WWT data. Photo taken May 2023. This ewe’s lambs are weaned and she can go to a new home today.

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.233 0.790 -0.408 17% 5% 0.345 1.083 105.56 100.89

 

KMC5011
Twin birth
DOB: 3/29/15
RR at codon 171
OPP 1,4LS
JRB14007 MOF1107 WJF0905
MOF4001
JRB1232 GF9329
JRB1034
MRL295 KRK2123RR KRK0845
VJ8086
MRL231 KRK921
KRK936

 

KMC 18018

Offered for sale as a registered purebred Katahdin ewe pet, $275

Standard ewe with red flecks. She is a really good mama and has nice lambs, but has a damaged udder from subclinical mastitis in a past year and can really only raise one lamb, thus I’m discounting her as a pet. But with supplementation or orphan rearing, she could give you good lambs for years to come. Or she can make a nice pasture ornament. Lambing record starting as a yearling: 1/1, 1/1/ 2/1, 2/2, 2/1.

Photo taken May 2019.  EBVs from 2023 lamb crop WWT data.  This ewe is NSIP genotyped. She has a white ram lamb at side that could go with her for an extra fee, or she can go when he is weaned in July.

BWT WWT PWWT NLB NLW MBWT MWWT MAT$ HAIR
0.214 1.029 2.702 6% 7% 0.070 0.099 114.45 101.52
KMC18018
Triplet birth
DOB: 4/3/18
QR at codon 171
OPP 1,1LS
KMC5088 WRN006 KRK0618
BME006
BC C 298 CMG10019
BC T 14-33
MRL318 KRK2123RR KRK0845
VJ8086
JPS60079 KRK5180
JPS0004