Bandera (aka Blake) is a new addition this breeding season from Wayward Rest Farm in PA. Bandera is well conformed, very large framed, long and muscular. He has outstanding fleece lines and he carries and throws spotting. I am excited to see what he adds to the Rough Forage Flock’s 2022 lamb crop! Bandera carries 1/8 AI Brennan, and has solid lines from Knoll Farm and Frelsi Farm.

DOB: 04/15/2017

Alder is very well conformed, muscular, large framed and long bodied. He displays a beautiful horn set and has a gentle disposition. Alder carries genetics from Kind Horn farm and The Creeks Edge farm from his sire and Dancing Lamb Sheep Dairy from his dam. His AI lineage includes 1/8 Gandur, 1/8 Grabotni, and 1/8 Brennan, with Raftur and Kani. He is a black gray mouflon, and throws long bodied lambs in mouflon and solid. I have retained Alders ram lamb Artemesis, and am offering Alder for sale to a new flock.

DOB: 05/10/2018

Ghostpipe was bred at Bright Earth Farm and comes from very milky and meaty lines. Sired by Stark Hollow Farm’s Godric, he displays a stocky stature with a great topline, deep chest and excellent rump muscling. His dam carried Fence Row and Kind Horn Farm genetics, and his A.I lines include 1/8 Raftur and 1/8 Blettur, with Grani, Floti, Kani and Dropi. Ghostpipe is a silvery black gray solid. He had interesting flashing as a lamb and displays a lovely fleece. Ghostpipe throws stocky, meaty lambs with extremely dense, thick, fluffy fleeces. He has been retained to breed a select number of ewes for 2022.

DOB: 04/13/2019

Artemesis is a large, long bodied, muscular ram with an exceptional wide hornset. He was retained here due to his beauty, conformation, size and disposition. Artemesis was sired by Alder, and his dam is Ash. He carries lines from Kind Horn Farm and Dancing Lamb Sheep Dairy, and his A.I genetics include 1/8 Salamon, with Raftur, Gandur, Grabotni, Laekur, Flotti, Smyrill, Bessi and Kani. He is a black gray mouflon. 2020 was his first breeding season, and he threw very nice lambs in 2021. He is bred to several ewes for 2022.

DOB: 04/25/2019

For Sale $650

SOLD

Ash is a solid gray ewe bred at Green Heart Farm in Vermont. Ash is 1/4 A.I Salamon from her Kind Horn sire, and carries milky Dancing Lamb Genetics from her dam. Ash has twinned reliably and with ease, throwing lovely lambs who grow quickly in part due to her copious milk production an well conformed udder. Ash and her offspring show very good parasite resistance. She is long bodied and tall, and is the Alpha among the ewes Ash is bred to Ghostpipe for 2022 lambing.

DOB: 04/10/2016

Lambing: NB/2/2/2/2/2

Cottonwood is a very large, calm, sociable ewe. Bred at Green Heart Farm, her lineage includes Kind Horn, The Creeks Edge, Fence Row Farm, Frelsi Farm, and Knoll Farm stock. Her A.I genetics include Grimur, Blettur, Alfur, Heidur, and Mango. Cottonwood consistantly passes on her large size and easygoing personality to her lambs. Cottonwood is bred to Artemesis for 2022 lambing.

DOB: 04/15/2016

Lambing: NB/2/2/2/1/2

Driftwood (aka Driffa, pictured on left with daughter Blanconia on right) is new to the Rough Forage Flock, and is a solid white ewe with notably lustrous fleece. Driftwood’s AI genetics include 1/4 Blettur, 1/8 Dropi, and 1/8 Kviekur. She carries solid lines from Kind Horn Farm and Fence Row Farm breeding flocks. Driftwood is bred to Bandera for spring and I am excited to meet her 2022 lambs.

DOB: 04/18/2015

Lambing: NB/?/?/?/?/2

Lobelia was bred at Fence Row Farm. Lobelia carries SGGM pattern from her sire Xeno, from whom the SGGM pattern unexpectedly originated in Icelandic sheep. Lobelia’s A.I genetics include 1/8 Grimur, 1/8 Alfur, and 1/8 Sedill, with Heli, Austri, Fengur and Bambi. Lobelia has exceptional fleece with thick thel and long luxurious tog. She has displayed ease of lambing and good mothering instincts, and is one of the higher yielding hand milkers in the flock. Lobelia is bred to Bandera for 2022 lambing.

DOB: 04/27/2016

Lambing: ?/?/2/2/2

Ginger (aka Kolka) was bred at Stark Hollow Farm, and is an overall outstanding ewe, with lovely conformation, strong parasite resistance and fierce mothering instincts. Ginger is extra protective of her lambs! She is very milky with a large, high yielding udder. Ginger’s A.I lineage is 1/4 Drifandi, a sire known for throwing meaty, lean progeny with above average fleece qualities, 1/8 Dropi, plus Grani, Raftur, Flotti and Bambi. Ginger threw mouflon twins in black and moorit her first lambing in 2020. Ginger is bred to Artemesis this season, and it will be exciting to meet her 2022 lambs.

DOB: 04/24/2018

Lambing: NB/NB/2/2

Waxahachie (aka Willie) is a new member of the Rough Forage flock, hailing from Wayward Rest in PA. She is a very large and extremely well conformed ewe with an extra wide horn set. She is uniquely SGGM patterned, with 1/8 genetics from FAV Ram Xeno. Waxahachie has AI lines from The Creeks Edge as well as very nice fleece lines from Tamarack Farm, and a gentle, friendly disposition. To top it off she carries Dancing Lamb milking genetics. She is bred to Bandera and it will be interesting to see the lambs she throws in 2022!

CLRC : 04/11/2019

Lambing:NB/?/1

Amarillo (aka Avelin) is new to the Rough Forage flock this season by way of Bright Earth Farm. She is a black gray solid ewe with very nice conformation and frame size with a really lovely mix of midwestern and eastern Icelandic genetics all around. Amarillo has a Rock Farm Dam and Kind Horn Farm sire with AI including 1/8 Gandur and 1/8 Gramann. Her lineage spans Dancing Lamb, The Creeks Edge, and Fence Row Farm lines as well. She is bred to Bandera for 2022 lambing.

DOB: 03/25/2019

Lambing: NB/?/

Flora Del Rio (aka Fennel) is new to the Rough Forage flock this season from Bright Earth Farm. Flora Del Rio is 1/4 AI Gramman, with eastern lines from Kind Horn Farm and midwestern lines from Fence Row Farm. She is an overall outstanding ewe, with correct conformation and a rich moorit brown fleece. She is bred to Bandera for 2022 lambing.

DOB: 03/29/2020

Lambing: NB/?

Blanconia (aka Bletta, pictured on right with dam Driftwood on left) is a large white patterned ewe who is uniquely beautiful and has notably lustrous and silky solid while fleece. She is well conformed, has shown excellent parasite resistance this season, and carries 1/8 Xeno SGGM genetics as well as 1/8 AI Blettur lineage. She is bred to Bandera and it will be interesting to see the lambs she throws in 2022!

CLRC : 04/05/2019.

Lambing: NB/NB/?