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  • Home
  • 2025 Ram Lambs
  • 2025 Ewe Lambs
  • Sires
  • Dams
  • Sheridans
  • Mission
  • Katahdins
  • Practices
  • 2024 Ram Lambs
  • 2024 Ewe Lambs
  • 2023 Ram Lambs
  • 2023 Ewe Lambs
  • 2022 Lambs
  • 2021 Lambs
  • 2020 Lambs
  • Dams Archive

Our Mission

  

Our mission is to breed structurally sound sheep that can give us more with less, more lambs with less time, less work, less grain and fewer bills.


First and foremost, efficient  animals are healthy animals, so we have tested our breeding stock with the help of  North Texas Veterinary Hospital and Texas A&M to rule out OPP, CL and Johne's, three debilitating sheep diseases.


Our foundation animals, purchased from the USDA-ARS Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center in Arkansas,  Hound River Farm in Georgia, Rolling Spring Farm in Virginia, and Gibraltar Farm in New York were selected for their maternal traits, which increase the likelihood of our ewes birthing multiples, producing plenty of milk and taking good care of their lambs. We also made parasite resistance a priority. Every sheep we’ve purchased can mount a significant immune response to internal worms, allowing them to block an attack instead of succumbing to anemia and death. 


We have a young flock, and we are still getting to know how our animals will perform as they grow, reproduce and age, but we are committed to gathering the information that will help us make good decisions. We record weekly weights from birth through maturity and frequently condition score our animals. We collect fecal samples on a regular basis and perform FAMACHA checks to assess worm load. 


As members of the National Sheep Improvement Program, we are excited about tapping into a system where we can select the best animals based on genetically linked and mathematically calculated performance estimates. 

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