SHEEP

SHEEP:

We work with hair sheep (no wool breeds). Our goal is to breed for parasite resistance and good hooves, rather than large carcasses and faster grow-out weights. We are also interested in producing tasty meat that is not "gamey" in flavor. Hair breeds are great for this, as they don't produce that lanolin found in wooly-breeds of sheep. Therefor their flavor tends to be milder. However, as our sheep eat mostly grass, they are also going to gain that richer flavor found in grass-fed animals, versus the less flavorful sheep that are fed mostly grain.

Our breed of choice for our sheep herd is Katahdin. Our Sire is a high-color red/white Katahdin. We have 6 full Katahdin Ewes, 1 full St. Croix Ewe, 1 ewe that is half St Croix/half Katahdin, and 1 ewe that is 1/2 Dorper-1/2 Katahdin mix.

Most of our girls consistently throw twins, and your herd ram is also a twin himself. Some of our girls have thrown lambs with color. Our current herd sire should also add quite a bit of color to our future lambs. Any lamb born April 16, 2026 or later is from his offspring.

Lambs born prior to 4/16/26 will be from our previous full St. Croix herd sire.

DIET:

Our sheep are mostly grass-fed. We do feed them a small amount of sheep grain in the morning, and evening, just to bring them in from the pasture to look them over and make sure all are healthy and accounted for. We also like that, because they are very food-oriented, it is extremely easy to call them to the barn. We find this makes rounding them up and caring for them as needed, much easier on us.

We do not vaccinate our sheep.

We do not feed growth hormones.

We DO provide loose minerals and sodium bicarbonate on a free-feed method.

Hay is supplemented during the winter months.

And of course, plenty of fresh water!

De-wormer is rotated each year to prevent parasite resistance, and usually given Spring/Fall.

OUR HERD:

Ram: Red/White Katahdin. Twin. (Un-registered)

Ewes:

x5 Katahdin (registered)
x1 St. Croix (un-registered)
x1 Katahdin/Dorper mix (50/50)

Lambs:

Born 10/1/25: 1 black/white ewe (keeper); 1 white w/tan undertones wether
Born 10/18/25: 1 white wether, 1 white ewe lamb
Born 11/3/25: 1 white wether
Born 11/5/25: 1 white wether, 1 white ewe lamb
Born 2/17/25: 1 white w/red spots ram lamb, 1 white w/few red spots ewe lamb
Born 3/7/26: 1 white ram lamb, 1 white ewe lamb

BREEDING GOALS:

Our goal is to breed late fall, for an early-mid spring lambing, and/or spring for a fall lambing.

Our ram currently runs with the girls on a regular basis. However, in the future we may be creating a separate pasture for him and any wethers, and ram lambs that are over 3 months old.

Ram-lambs are either sold to other sheep farmers for herd rams, or grown out to be processed for meat. Wethers are typically grown for meat, but can also be used as a buddy for a herd ram.

We prefer to sell our ewe-lambs for future breeding. However, some do end up being processed for our freezer as well.

Extra sheep meat is sold as freezer meat. We list all of our available live sheep, and freezer meat, on Craigslist when available (Jackson, TN).