Crossbred yearling rams
Crossbred yearling rams
We have three fabulous crossbred rams: two 50/50% Blue-Face Leicester/Merino and one 25% Teeswater/75% Merino rams. Perfect as 2025 sires for commercial flocks looking to improve their wool clip. Bring them home now before the price goes up again! With practice they may be ready for breeding in 2024 (but not guaranteed).
Don’t order from the website, contact us by email at: happygoatluckyewe@yahoo.com. They were $450 as weanlings, but we’ve been feeding and caring for them for over 18 months so the price is now $800. The price changes as we get into the fall/winter season. The more money put into keeping them on purchased hay, the higher the price. All three have been with ewes so we shall see what they produce this spring. The point being, they will be “proven” in the spring. The wool from our crossbred sheep goes into spinners roving. Even though it’s low micron, we keep it separate from our 100% merino stash, which goes into our hats, socks and millspun yarn.
After January they won’t be leaving the farm until they are sheared in March (one fleece will produce 7 pounds of roving at $40/pound … you get my drift).
Email us for current pictures, they are in full fleece.
Hunk -Blue’s Baby: this guy is white with trimmed horns. His tail is intact. His dam, Blue is an unregistered Blue Face Leicester ewe with a micron count of 17. He’s already very confident and strong. He was a twin. His dam has given us twins for six years. His sire was Big George (American Delaine Merino registered Merino Stud, with Morehouse Farms genetics). $800
Bubba- Blueberry’s Baby: a strong white with grey-skin underneath, this guy is tall and meaty. He is polled (no horns) and was smart enough to stay with momma and he learned manners from her. His tail is intact. Blueberry is a purebred Blue Faced Leicester ewe from Pitchfork Ranch. Bubba didn’t get into any trouble as he was growing up. Which is rare with ram lambs. We haven’t yet measured the micron count on this stud. His sire is our registered merino, Big George. $800
Rocket Man: 75% merino, 25% Teeswater. This guy is white with magnificent horns. His tail is in tact, which doesn’t matter for male sheep as their puzzle is no where near the tail. He’s been with two merino ewes this fall and he marked them, so we are expecting lambs out of him. He can leave after shearing in March. Bring him home and use him in 2025 to improve your wool clip. Bring your clip prices up, up, up! Go from 27 cents a pound to $2/pound. Or spend some time marketing your fiber and get $5-$10/pound (depending on your ewe’s breeding). The sky’s the limit! $800