Breeding for parasite resistance has been a very enjoyable part of breeding with Katahdins, they have such great potential as far as...

We are as good as done with lambing, one ewe left to go ... A total of 287 lambs were born, 243 of the lambs came from adults and 44...

We post a lot about our rams but decided that it was high time to feature a good ewe line too. Bottlejaw is the smallest ewe in our flock an

It is that time of year, breeding is done, we completed ultrasound scanning the ewes, the first major snow storm is approaching and we...

We first met you as rambunctious 6 month old ram lamb, being mister personality from day one. When you came down with meningeal worm...

This year we tried to better understand the change in weight gain of the lambs. Previous years we saw that growth slowed at a certain...

Fecal egg counts (FEC) is a great tool but you need to use it right. One single egg count on an individual animal is not very useful but...

The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes....

We have a lot of deer on our property as well as a lot of snails so inevitably we see meningeal worm in the sheep. Since we started doing...

We received our Katahdin Hairald today and found some very good news inside. I want to congratulate my husband on doing so well in the...

We are done with lambing for this year and thought this might be a good time to summarize the results of lambing season (for ourselves or...

Lambing is starting in less than a week and this year we are not going to throw the hay in a corner of the jug. Having a feeder in the...

You can use ultrasound or the BioPRYN blood test to for pregnancy testing in sheep. The benefit of ultrasound is that you can see how...

Distinguishing between parasite resistance and resilience is very import for a sheep operation that wants to produce quality breeding...

We are patiently waiting for lambing to start the end of March but wanted to introduce our herd sires and how they earned their place in...

This is our second year trying to graze through the winter. We are learning a lot and respecting the cold a lot more. Our first year was...

There is something about sheep enjoying forage that just makes you feel relaxed. This year we are finishing our 100% grass fed lambs in...

We started the day a bit earlier than usual because we needed to get some other work done but the sheep had other plans for us. Before...

It felt like we have been waiting forever. Exactly 145 days after we started breeding we have our first lambs. The yearling had twins,...

This was not exactly a planned pregnancy; you cannot control everything that happens. We were lucky to be there almost from the start...