Breeding Rams

                 As the saying goes, when it comes to raising sheep “the ram is half the flock.” Keeping this piece of wisdom in mind I am very picky when it comes to my boys, who must meet several exacting criteria before they achieve breeder status:

Winter Ram Sale       

                 In order to maintain genetic diversity, we often offer our farm rams for sale at a reduced price once they have finished breeding their ewes. If you would like first dibs on one of our farm boys, please be in touch. Their prices increase in the spring when their lambs are born. They may stay on our farm through the summer, if needed.

                 If you require additional information or photos pertaining to any of our rams, please let me know!

Fall 2008 Ledgewood Farm Breeding Rams: To Be Announced

Lili Bookwalter

 

Ledgewood Farm

20 Roberts Farm Lane

Putney, VT 05346

 

Email: shepherd@ledgewoodfarmicelandics.com

 

Telephone: 802-387-4697

1. Broad and meaty conformation is a must, and I tend to lean towards fellows with heavy AI backgrounds

 

2. A Ledgewood ram must be long throughout the body, have a good deep chest and respectable muscle cover. Gangly and/ or lanky boys do NOT pass the test

 

3. Soft and lustrous fleece… Of course!

 

4. I will not knowingly use a ram whose mother had a below average lambing rate or milk supply or who did not absolutely shine in the role of mother. Her X chromosome is what he will be passing on to his daughters, and I do not want to risk producing ewes who may be inclined to less than average production, nor do I want to perpetuate poor mothering traits.

 

5. An even temperament and resistance to parasitism are other key traits that I value.

                 To Learn more about the ewes a ram is bred to, please visit our Breeding Ewes. To view breeding groups and comments on the strengths and goals of each cross, please visit our Breeding Groups page. For those of you eagerly awaiting the arrival of Spring lambs, please check out our Lambing Journal where the lambs are typically posted within 24 hours of their birth.

Rams from Previous Breeding Seasons