 For
the past 10 years, we have been raising CKSA Registered Katahdin Hair
Sheep as an addition to our grain farming operation. Our
flock started out with a mere 23 ewe lambs and is now at 130 ewes that are
pasture grazed in the summer and fed in the winter due to the range of
climatic conditions we experience here.
Over
the years, we have continually strived to improve our flock by culling
hard and using only the best genetics.
We not only visually and physically inspect our animals to get the
best, but we have also enrolled the entire flock in the GenOvis flock
improvement program.
Each
lamb is weighed at birth, at 50 days and at 100days and the information
submitted to GenOvis.
The program then provides us with valuable statistical information
on the ewe flock, the sires we use and the lambs that are born in order to
be used in our selection for breeding stock.
All
of this hard work has paid off as Mish Katahdins is now home to the
Canadian Western Agribition 2004 Reserve Grand Champion Ram and Ewe, the
2005 Grand Champion Ewe, the 2006 Grand Champion Ram and Ewe and most
recently the 2007 Grand Champion Ram and Ewe.
These animals can be viewed by visiting the section titled Show
History.
Feel
free to contact us or stop by our stalls
during the 2008 Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, Saskatchewan!!
Please
check back often as we try to update our pictures regularly.
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