Ewegenics

Sires and Dams

We are very careful in choosing our breeding stock, and we are rightly proud. We research all of our new sires and dams thoroughly. It is just simple reasoning. Quality in, quality out.

We grade our breeding stock by ten criteria. They are conformation, size, color, wool quality, milkiness, scrapie resistance, temperament, progeny, prolificacy, parasite resistance, and libido. We look at our sheep differently than many breeders. We are always looking at what we want to get from a particular ram or ewe, and who we can pair them up with to achieve that goal. We are generally two years ahead of the actual matches. In other words, we generally know who we are going to pair this seasons lambs with, for their first lambs.

What you see in our sires and dams are the top of the crops.

 

Sires
Picture Basics Description Progeny
"Rambo"
SVD RAKKE DELIGHT B5SP78Y

DOB
04/29/2011
B5SC

This a beautiful  black  ram. Has a big deep square body, a calm studly temperament, and gorgeous fiber. His 10 month lamb fleece had 16"+ tog, and 12"+ thel. His dam is a OFFF champion, very milky (he is a triplet and gained 0.59 lbs. per day on moms milk).  Dam is prolific (once again he is a triplet), and has strong mothering instincts. Rambo is parasite resistant, and his lambs have inherited his resistance. ♂=5
♀=1

 

Dams
Picture Basics Description Progeny
"Cinnamon"
HMRR MRT M5P 14U

DOB
04/07/2008
M5C

This a lovely moorit/solid/silver ewe. She is 7/16 leadersheep and has the classic leadersheep attributes; a taller lankier frame, alertness, and intelligence. She Also has a fine soft fleece. She carries silvering and her tog ranges from a blond to brown. Her thel is brown. Even though she was registered as polled she has scurs. This sometimes happens when the scurs develop late. She also carries spotting. It is evident by the faint white blaze on her nose. Her first lambs proved it too. She also has a high resistance to parasites Not Bred
Not Bred
Not Bred
♂♂
Not Bred
"Beauty"
HMRR BLACK B5C 26U

DOB
04/12/2008
B5C

Beauty is very calm and personable. Always the first in line to get a halter, get to the feed trough, and be petted. She is black/solid/silver, and has a  square solid build. She is a true sweetheart, and very easy to work with. One of her ram lambs weighed 135 lbs. before reaching a year old. Not Bred
Not Bred
Not Bred
♂♂
Not Bred
"Cecelia"
TFE EWE B5P 0008Y

DOB
04/18/2011
B5P

Cecelia is a great ewe with real attitude. We picked her for her fine genetics, great conformation, and exceptional fleece. Her lamb fleece was solid black. Her adult fleece is black/solid/silver. Her lamb fleece won best of show for Icelandic sheep from the Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival (OOOF), and the Icelandic Sheep Breeders of North America (ISBONA). Her twin sister Merlot, was the Reserve Champion ewe at the 2011 OOOF. Cecelia is parasite resistant. Cecelia is a triplet, and was acquired  specifically to be matched with Rambo. Not Bred
♂♀
"Mercy"
GOODIE'S MERCY 25Z

DOB
04/01/2012
M5C

Mercy is a beautiful solid moorit ewe. We picked her for her fine genetics, great conformation, and exceptional fleece. her thel has a great crimp. more so than is typical for an Icelandic ewe. She is a triplet, and her mother was well up to the task. She has shown a very high conversion  rate. We have yet to find an equally good moorit ram to match her with, but we are looking. Not Bred


she is just a baby.

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