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We started with a small commercial flock of Katahdin and Katahdin cross ewes, one Katahdin ram and one Dorper ram as a means to keep our twenty acres from being a fire hazard in the summer.
I had so much fun with the commercial flock, that I decided to branch into an all-purpose breed that might actually pay for itself in the long run. After extensive research, I decided on Finn sheep, or Finnish Landrace as they are known in the country they came from. Finns are a lovely, multi-purpose breed that has a beautiful, fine, lustrous fleece; excellent milking capabilities; excellent mothering abilities; sweet, non-gamey meat; and they produce litters (3 to 6) of lambs when they are mature! They are very docile and tame with very little handling.
Finns
We currently have one of the largest selection of Finnsheep for sale in California! We have adult stock for sale year round, and lambs available seasonally. Contact us any time if you are interested in mature or proven stock.
We are trying to down size. I let things get a little out of hand, and we had 79 ewes this year. We moved the sheep into a converted greenhouse, and built more lambing jugs, but I need to get things back under control! We are having a sheep fire sale! I will be updating the website with lambs, and most of the ewes and rams are for sale.
We still have several yearling lambs to lamb in the next month. Contact us if you want to reserve a special lamb before it's born, or request a specific pairing for next year.
The 2018 lambing season is well under way! We already have 59 lambs as of February 25, 2017! Scroll down to the ewes to see who has had what!
Finn Rams
Breeze
3L-10-119
Sire: 3L-9-70 Zypher
Dam: Wee Croft 3014 AI Dolly
Brown, Triplet. He is a gorgeous, big ram, with a gorgeous fleece.
Breeze died this summer while off at a friend's grazing down pasture. But he has left an amazing legacy behind, in beautiful, sweet lambs with docile personalities and gorgeous fleeces.
Now deceased, but was a great herd sire.
Remington
3L 10-006
Sire: Wee Croft The Chocolate Man
Dam: 3L 8-11 (QD GR)
Black, Triplet. Beautiful crimpy fleece. Big boy. He is my biggest ram.
Now deceased, but was a great herd sire.
Rivet
ED210
Sire: "ED Rammie" FF0045
Dam: "ED Rosie" WC0149
White, triplet
Appears to be homozygous for white. Hasn't produced anything but white, even bred to colored ewes.
Now deceased, but was a great herd sire.
Dakota
ED202
Sire: Washington 3L-736
Dam: Sepia ED#102
Brown, triplet
Medium brown fleece with lots of crimp and small amount of silvery grey throughout it
Dakota died this summer while at a friend's grazing down grass. He also left behind a lot of beautiful lambs with soft, crimpy fleeces.
Now deceased, but was a great herd sire
Mousse
Medley 11-003
Sire: Remington
Dam: Truffle
Brown, Quadruplet
He has a deep beautiful rich fleece with lots of crimp. His fleece was my shearer's favorite of all the rams last year. This one is a pet. Not for sale. He is just too sweet and gentle, and has a delightful crimpy fleece with very little greying or silvering in it.
Argos
Medley 12-017
Sire: Graham, 3L 9-61, Brown
Dam: Maera, 3L-222, white
Black, twin.
Almost entirely black, and holding his true black color, no fading. He carries a brown gene and a pied gene from his grandsire, Eino, who came from semen from Finland. This ram breeds true black fleeces into his lambs. Many of his lambs never grey out. Not for sale.
Dango
Medley 12-018
Sire: Deacon, 3L 9-85, black triplet
Dam: Mochi, 3L 11-295, black triplet
Fading black single from a yearling that was bred, then shipped. He carries a spotting gene and a brown gene. He is the color of steel wool (no pun intended)!
Sold
Pikku
Medley 12-019
Sire: Mr. Spot, black Piebald triplet
Dam: Smokey, grey quadruplet.
Grey piebald, twin, photographed at age 2.
His spots have completely faded before one year of age, he looks silver now. His fleece was my shearer's favorite year year before last.
Pikku caught a nasty pneumonia two years ago and despite multiple rounds of antibiotics, he succumbed to it a few months later. He was my first grey and first pied sire and had the most fine fleece of all my rams.
Paikka
Medley 13-030
Sire: Pikku, grey and white pied twin
Dam: Godiva, fawn twin
Grey pied, twin, photo at age 14mos.
I made the mistake of selling his mother before I realized how wonderful her fleece was. He has the same tight, crimpy, high luster fleece, so I kept him
For Sale $300 Paikka's fleece turned out at least as nice, if not better than his sire's (Pikku). His mother, Godiva was purchased by a hand spinner who just loves it's buttery brown color and super high crimp. His fleece is just like that as well.
I need to update to show the newer, amazing rams we have now! Stay tuned!
Finn Ewes
(The girls listed from oldest to youngest, so many of the first listed ewes are gone now. Keep scrolling down.)
"Truffle"
3L-8-66
Sire: Wee Croft The Chocolate Man
Dam: Witt 3-97
Fading Black, Quadruplet.
Lambing record is 2-3-4-1-3-1+2-2.
Died
Charon
3L-10-058
Sire: 3L 9-68 Acheron (TW WH)
Dam: 3L 8-69(QD WH)
Homozygous White,Triplet
Lambing record: 2-2-4-3-5-3.
Died.
Calypso
3L-10-078
Sire: 3L 9-50 Atlas (QT WH)
Dam: 3L 9-08 (TW WH)
Black, Triplet.
Lambing record is 0/1-4-2-2+3-2-1-2.
Sold
Medley 11-007 Sonar
Sire: 3L 10-119 Breeze(BR TR)
Dam: 3L 10-055 Godiva (FA TW)
Brown single.
Lambing record: 2-1-4-2-1-3-4.
Sold
Smokey
WC 3023
Sire: Zachary
Dam: Brennah
Gray, Quad
Lambing record: 2-2-3-3-3-2-2-1+1-1-2
I'm really excited about this girl: great size, amazing silvery fleece, and she carries genes for spots and brown. And she's a complete outcross. Her genetic potential in my flock is unlimited!
Bambi
3L-5-44
Sire: Bjorn
Dam: 3L-1-16
Black(fading), triplet
Lambing record: 2-4-2-2-3-2-1-5-3.
Not bred this year, she's now in retirement. Bambi died of old age this year. She was 14, had lambs until her 13th year, and quintuplets at twelve!
Maera
3L 11-222
Sire: Atlas (Wh)
Dam: 3L-9-67
White, quad, heterozygous for white. So far has only produced white or black lambs.
Lambing record: 2-3-3-4-4-4-4-2-4.
Bred to Sherriff. Lambed 2-17-18: quadruplets. Three white rams, and one black ram. They were pretty small, so I'm helping her feed them to fatten them up.
Mochi
11-295
Sire: Graybeard (B/W Pied)
Dam: WC 3023 (Smokey) (Gr)
Black, triplet
carries spotting gene
Lambing record: 1-2-2+2-0-2.
Sold
Eclaire
12-003
Sire: Breeze (Br/Triplet)
Dam: Truffle (Br/Quad)
Fading brown, single.
Lambing record: 0-5-3-5-3.
Very large, well put together girl. Her mother has a great lambing record, I'm not worried that she's a single. And she's proven me right! Thirteen lambs in three years!
Died
Zydeco
12-007
Sire: Remington (BL/Triplet)
Dam: Calypso (Bl/Quad)
Brown quadruplet, carries pied gene.
Lambing record: 1-2-2-3-3.
Bred to Captain Hook . Lambed a single badger faced ewe on 3-20-2020.
Tuuli
12-009
Sire: Breeze (Br/Triplet)
Dam: Ensi (Wh/Quintuplet)
Brown triplet, carries pied gene.
Lambing record: 2-3-2-5-3.
Retired due to mastitis.
Gogo
12-026
Sire: Stryker, 3L 9-88, (Bl/Twin)
Dam: Titania, 3L 11-273 (Bl,Triplet)
Black twin, carries a brown gene.
Lambing record: 1-3-3-3-1.
Sold
13-027 Carmelita
Sire: Dakota (Br/triplet)
Dam: Cupcake (Fading black/Quad)
Brown ewe, twin
Lambing record: 1-2-1.
SOLD
Not pictured:
15-010 Jazz
14-031 Edna
Sire: Dango
Dam: Tuuli
Black Pied Triplet
Lambing record: 1-2
Bred to Argos. Lambed twins 2-16-2020. one black ram and one black pied ram.
14-115 Mindy
Sire: Boulder Ridge 117 Xenophon (white ram)
Dam: KSB 409 Peaches (white ewe)
Mindy is a white triplet ewe that I traded stock with someone for to open up genetic diversity.
Bred to Argos. Lambed on 3-13-2020 with all white quads. Three rams and a ewe.
14-116 Mandy
Sire: Boulder Ridge 117 Xenophon (white ram)
Dam: KSB 409 Peaches (white ewe)
White triplet, Mindy's sister.
Bred to Captain Hook. Lambed with quads on 3-20-2020. All ewes and all white.
15-016
Sire: Paikka
Dam: Eclaire
Fawn pied triplet
Lambing record: 1-4-2-3-4
Bred to Captain Hook. Lambed 3-14-202 with quads. A grey pied ram, a badger faced ram and two badger faced ewes.
15-010 Jazz
Sire: Argos
Dam: Zydeco
Brown twin
Lambing record: 1-0-1-2-2.
Bred to Captain Hook. Lambed on 3-20-2020 with twins. A grey pied ewe and a pied badger ram.
14-058 Sulka
Sire: Dakota
Dam: Sonar
Brown, quadruplet
Bred to Captain Hook. Lambed twin brown ewes on 3-12-2020.
15-022
Sire: Dakota
Dam: Sonar
Brown,
Bred to Captain Hook. Lambed a single grey pied ewe with an adorable speckled face on 3-16-2020.