Our herd of Registered Icelandic Sheep are pure quality.  A medium sized sheep, they are used for milking, fleece and meat.  This tough sheep is very parasite resistant and we have selected for heat tolerance as well.  We plan on milking at least one to see how it goes.  We spin and knit  fleece as well.  I love the double coat on this breed and it is simular to Mohair.  The lamb wool is wonderfully soft as well.  We will be offering fleece, breeding stock and meat lambs in the future.

**We have just purchased 3 bred ewes and a fantastic ram from Tongue River Farm in Pomona, Mo!!  The quality of these sheep is outstanding!!

 

Why Icelandics?

The Icelandic sheep come from Iceland and were brought to Iceland by the Vikings.  They where bred, isolated from all other sheep for almost 1000 years.  They are a primitive sheep, intelligent, friendly and outgoing.  They can be finished for meat entirely on grass without grain.  They have short tails, so no docking is needed and they can be bred in their first year to lamb by the time they are a year, as long as grown out properly.  They are a  medium sized sheep, the ewes at maturity are 132 to 160 pounds.  The rams are 180 to 220 pounds.  They are easy lambers and excellent mothers and produce enough milk to be used in Sheep Dairy's and can easily raise triplet lambs.  Their fleece is double coated with a long outer coat and a short undercoat.  They come in a rainbow of colors, even spots and hand spinners love their fleece.

We decided on this breed because of the triple purpose, (Milk, Meat, and Fleece) and their parasite resistance.  We have selected for heat resistance in purchasing our stock.  They are a hardy, easy breed of sheep.

We also tried some of their meat, which is considered gourmet lamb.  It is the best tasting lamb (unlike the buck flavored imported lamb at the supermarket) I have ever tasted.  The grass fed and finished lamb is very healthy and they are never fed any hormones or antibiotics to push their growth.  We will have no problem with the ram lambs who do not make the grade.  We know were they will be going.  The pelts off the lambs are very valuable as well and sell very well.

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