We value our ewes. Without well bred ewe mothers, you don't have a lamb crop and although they contribute 50% of the breeding to a lamb's genetic make-up, they contribute 99.9% of the sweat equity into getting lambs physically to weaning. Good healthy, hardy ewes are essential. We have invested wisely in our Texel ewes and are happy with them all.
FLOCK EWES
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We started out in 2003 with ewes from Little Creek Lambs in Oregon with their Canadian bloodlines out of sire "Blue".
LCL 307 and 308

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This girl and her sister (look identical) were our first Texel ewes purchased from Little Creek Lambs of Oregon in 2003 as ewe lambs . They are more of the Dutch type of Texel, shorter height and length but very muscular and easy fleshing. They are the first to get fat on grass of all of our ewes each year. Neg OPP so far.

Lambing Records: 04 S, 05 TW, 06 TW, 07 TR, 08 TR
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LCL 311

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This girl joined our flock in 2003 as a ewe lamb from Little Creek Lambs in Oregon. She's been one of our top producing ewes ever since. Her offspring are always sold as breeding stock and are fast growing and very well muscled. Neg OPP so far.

Lambing Record: 04 S, 05 TW, 06 TW, 07 TW, 08 TW
In 2004 we added ewes from Hess Sheep Farm in Kansas.
HESS 0359

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This girl joined our flock in 2004 as a yearling from Hess Sheep Farm in Kansas. She has been a top producing ewe for us wth triplets every lambing.
Neg OPP.

Lambing Record: 05 TR, 06 TR, 07 TR, 08 TW
HESS 0363

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This ewe joined our flock in 2004 from Hess Sheep Farm in Kansas as a yearling. Her ewe lambs stay in our flock as keepers. She has a very funny fleece, crimpy and curly, not a typical Texel fleece.
Neg. OPP.

Lambing Record: 05 TW, 06 TW, 07 TR
Unfortunately, we lost this ewe spring 2007. Kept one of her two 2007 daughters!
HESS 0397

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This girl joined our flock in 2004 as a yearling from Hess Sheep Farm in Kansas. She's a beauty! She's totally line-bred and we have continued that type of breeding with her and have produced some very muscled, wide, typey Texels with her.
Neg. OPP.

Lambing Record: 05 TW, 06 TW, 07 TR
HESS 0248

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This ewe joined us in 2004 as a 2-year-old from Hess Sheep Farm in Kansas. Negative for OPP.

Lambing Record: 05 TW, 06 TW, 07 TR, 08 TW
In Fall 2006 we added imported bloodlines from Portland Prairie Texels of Minnesota.
PP4110
PORTLAND PRAIRIE 4110

Ribeye scan at 145 lb. = 3.1 sq. in.
Backfat .27"
This ewe joined us in 2006 as a 2-year-old from Portland Prairie Texels in Minnesota. She's an embryo transfer birth with completely imported bloodlines from the UK and the Netherlands. Callerton's Hot Spur is her sire and Annan Won O Won (both UK rams) is her dam's sire. She has tested negative for OPP. She will be genotyped soon. We're very excited to have this ewe join our flock.
This ewe's 2006 ram lamb was high selling ram at the 2007 National Texel Show and Sale, sold by Portland Prairie Texels of Minnesota.

Lambing Record: 07 TW, 08 TW
PORTLAND PRAIRIE 436

Ribeye scan at 147 lb = 3.3 sq. in.
Backfat .16"
This ewe joined us in 2006 as a 2 year-old from Portland Prairie Texels in Minnesota. She's an embryo transfer birth with imported semen from Commanduer 03938-02545 (the Netherlands) as her sire and Annan Won O Won (UK) as her dam's sire. We will genotype her soon. She comes from a flock with consistent neg OPP tests.

Lambing Record: 07 S, 08 TW
We held back a few replacement Texel ewe lambs in 2006 that we feel will enhance our breeding program.
CCS 0601

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Ribeye scan 2.4 sq. in. at 104 lb.
Line-bred Hess ewe. Dam is Hess 0363, Sire Hess 0352. This girl is muscled up with great genetics and good growth. Unfortunately, we lost her sister to a coyote kill and these were hand picked by me at a few weeks old to stay in the flock.

Lambing Record: 07 S, 08 TW
CCS 0603

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Ribeye scan
2.8 sq. in at 120 lb.
Backfat .29"
0603 is out of Little Creek Lambs 308 ewe above. Loineye scores were very nice and she has inherited her mother's easy-fleshing attributes.

Lambing Record: 07 TW, 08 TW

FOR SALE
CCS 0604

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Ribeye scan
2.95 sq. in. at 115 lb.
Backfat .34"
This girl scanned well for ribeye area. She again is a an easy fleshing ewe out of LCL 308 ewe above. Very similar to her sister above.

Lambing Record: 07 S, 08 S

FOR SALE
These are the Texel lambs we held back as ewe flock additions in 2007. Most were triplets but all bred up and are lambing spring 2008. We're only expecting singles out of these girls in their first year.
CCS 0744

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FOR SALE
A triplet out of ewe LCL 307 and Hess 0352 ram, raised by her mother without supplementation with her 2 siblings. She had a nice ram lamb this spring as a yearling.

Lambing Record: 08 S
PICTURE SOON
CCS 0747

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FOR SALE
A triplet out of Hess 0248 above and ram MI-37. Very nice Texel ewe with excellent growth with no supplementation raised solely by her mother with her 2 siblings. She had a nice ram lamb this spring as a yearling. We named him "Boeing" since he's out of a 747.

Lambing Record: 08 S
PICTURE SOON
CCS 0735

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FOR SALE
A triplet out of Hess 0397 above and ram MI-37. A very nice Texel ewe with a beautiful face and built just like her mother. She had a nice "keeper" ewe lamb as a yearling this spring.

Lambing Record: 08 S
CCS 0752

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A twin out of PP 4110 and MI-57, one of the best ewe lambs from 2007. She is almost pure imported bloodlines and had a beautiful ewe lamb spring 2008.

Lambing Record: 08 S
PICTURE SOON
CCS 0733

FOR SALE
Lambing Record: 08 S
PICTURE SOON
CCS 0705

FOR SALE
Lambing Record: 08 S
PICTURE SOON
CCS 0726

FOR SALE
Lambing Record: 08 S
PICTURE SOON
CCS 0727

FOR SALE
Lambing Record: 08 S
PICTURE SOON
CCS 0712
Lambing Record: 08 S
CCS 0815

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A future brood ewe. Dam is PP436 and sire is MI57-29.
CCS 0848

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Future brood ewe with a dirty face. Dam is CCS 0752 and sire is MI57-37.

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