Our sheep
Katahdins are known for their quality meat, which is
both lean and mild.  The ewes have excellent
mothering abilities;  they twin routinely, breed out of
season, and provide plenty of milk for their lambs.  
They are very hardy and resilient to parasites.  They
are also making a name for themselves in grazing
projects throughout the United States.  Hair sheep
are becoming ever more popular as the need for
wool is decreasing.
Our goals since purchasing our first registered Katahdins in 1997 have been to
produce a well muscled, solid looking, medium sized animal with mothers who
can give birth easily and raise twins or triplets without assistance.

We maintain a flock of 60-75 ewes. They are on pasture spring through the
fall. The ewes are in the barn when they lamb and are jugged for 1-3 days.  
We feed alfalfa/orchard grass hay usually from November to April. Ewes are
supplemented with shell corn starting about 4 weeks before lambing through
the first 6-8 weeks of lactation. Lambs are born in February. They receive
supplemental creep feed before they and the flock head out to pasture. They
are weaned at 14-16 weeks and are for sale in early July.

We have been enrolled in the Scrapie Flock Certification Program since
December 2006.  Our flock and their offspring have been tested over the years
for OPP, and have passed every health certification required of them.  Dr. Mary
Smith from Cornell University is our vet.  She brings a class out to see our
operation every February.
Katahdin Hair Sheep
We always welcome farm visits!
"Hope your lambing season is going well. I just had to share how ours went. The three
ewes (2 year olds) I purchased from you all gave me triplets (all unassisted births and
lambs are growing well, unassisted also). One yearling ewe lamb had twins. So from 4
ewes I have 11 lambs!
I must say quite a productive little starter flock. I'm very impressed with the quality of
animal I purchased from you.......thanks again.

Teresa S.

I have a correction to our lambing.......We didn't think one of the ewe lambs got bred, but
we were wrong.  So from 5 ewes (3 that are 2 yr olds, and 2 yearlings) we got 12 lambs. 6
ewes and 6 rams. I am pretty pleased with 240 % !"