We have mostly registered Katahdin ewes with a few commercial ewes. All Katahdin rams are registered, full blood. With careful genetic selection, this flock is prosperous and hardy, requiring low input. Our Katahdins are raised in a contemporary farm setting, on pasture and hay in the winter months. The ewes only require grain during late gestation and while nursing lambs. Katahdins possess excellent mothering skills, lambing twins and triplets unassisted most often and raising them without help. They are heavy milk producers so feeding multiples is no problem. We have lamb 2-3 times per year.

We are proud to be members of the Katahdin Hair Sheep International, National Sheep Improvement Program, Pennsylvania Sheep & Wool Growers Association and The Eastern Alliance for Production Katahdins. These are excellent organizations and we value their great resources for raising our sheep. See our resource page for more information.

Parasite resistance is very important to us. We rarely deworm our Katahdin sheep and only when FAMACHA score, body condition and/or fecal exam indicate a need. We test annually for CL, OPP and Johne’s diseases. Our flock is free of hoof issues such as foot rot. All breeding lambs are individually tested for scrapie codon. In 2020, we added Genomic DNA testing through NSIP for the Katahdin flock and now are testing all rams and some ewes/ewe lambs for more accurate EBV’s.