Breeding Ewes

Meet the sheep on Blue Frog Farm

Here is where you will find info on all our BREEDING EWES. Their names, ages, history, and qualities.  Our 2013 lambing rates were excellent:  lambing rate for our mature ewes was 220% and for our one winter ewes,   140% !!!   If you are interested in mature breeding ewe for sale, please go to our Breeding Ewes for Sale page.

Click on the following link if you would like to be directed to our site at the Canadian Livestock  Records Corporation.

Spring 2013 Lambing:  We are accepting $200 deposits in order to get on the lamb reservation list; one, $200 deposit reserving the choice of one lamb.  The reservations are taken in order and allow the buyers to choose from the lamb list in turn.  First deposit in, gets first choice of the lamb list come spring, second deposit, second choice, etc.

Francine FFC-715X

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Francine

FrancineA beautiful AI Bifur daughter.   Excellent build, heavily muscled back and legs, smooth shoulders.   Fine conformation and excellent wool, plentiful with lots of thel.  AI genetics:  1/2 Bifur, 1/4 Grani, 1/32 Heli and Flekkur for a total of 81% AI breeding.

Sire:  AI Sire Bifur  06994

Dam:  BLW 235U  AI Grani daughter

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Date of Birth:  April 15, 2010

Lambing record:  1, 2

Bred to:  AI Sire Guffi for 2013 lambing season.  Lambs will have 90% AI breeding and will be white, solid black, or grey most likely.

 

   

Martine FFC-736X

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Martine

MartineA really fine ewe in all regards.   Well conformed with a great front end: nice straight legs and a wide chest.   Her fleece is abundant and even with long tog.    AI genetics include:  1/4 Goli and Rektor and 1/16 Hylur, 1/32 Sponn, and 1/64 Moli for a total of 61% AI.  She is heterozygous white, carrying solid black, grey, white pattern.

Sire:  FFC-658W  AI Goli son

Dam:  FFC-386P  AI Rektor daughter

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Date of Birth:  May 8, 2010

Lambing Record:  2, 2

Bred to:  KTB 405Z Roscoe  (AI Grabotni son).  Lambs will be grey, black mouflon, white and possibly moorit.   Lambs will be 65% AI genetics.

 

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Loretta KTB-417Z

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Loretta

Loretta   KTB 417ZSolid black girl carrying moorit from her dam.   She was one of our fastest growing lambs last summer.   Born late, but caught up in size by September... a testament to the milkiness and mothering of the dam.   Her AI genetics include:  1/8 Grani, 1/16 Munkur and 1/32 Sponn, Noi, Hunn, Peli  plus Bambi, Morro, Molur, Horvi, and Blaevar for 40% AI total.   She will throw black, moorit, and solid for pattern.

Sire:  KTB 314Y   Luke

Dam:  KFM  86T   Butterscotch

Date of Birth:  May 20, 2012

Lambing Record:  1 (OWE)

Bred to Boss Hog  BLW-321W, (AI Alfur-son), for the 2013 lambing season.  Lambs will be of 59% AI genetics and could be solid black or moorit, or grey.

 

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Skeeter KTB-420Z

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Skeeter

This girl is out of our best fleece line, a granddaughter of Wrena.   She also has the excellent muscling of her AI grandsires, Dropi and Grani.   She has the potential to be one of our best ewes, all around.   AI lines include:  1/4 Dropi,  1/8 Grani, 1/16 Munkur and Bambi and Flotti, 1/32 Udi, Grimur and Sponn plus a little Morro and Molur for 69% AI total.  Skeeter carries color, badgerface for pattern, plus spotting.   Her ewe lamb this year is a spotted black badger.

Sire:  Beau  KTB 303Y  (AI Dropi-son)

Dam:  Freda   KTB 214X

Date of Birth:  April 20, 2012

Lambing Record: 1 (O.W.E.)

Bred to FFC-743Y Uncle Jesse for 2013 Lambing season.  Lambs will be 69% AI genetics and could be spotted black or grey, or white and slim chance of moorit.

 

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Dolly KTB-408Z

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DOLLY

DollyWe are excited about the potential of this girl.   Her superb AI sire, Grabotni, received excellent scores for muscling, leanness, and wool and his daughters have proven to me very milky and prolific.   The dam, Katey, is one of the matriarchs of our flock, calm with excellent mothering and milkiness.   Dolly is heterozygous white, so she will throw colored and white lambs depending on the sire. Carries mouflon or grey for pattern gene and possibly moorit from the sire.   Twin.  AI genetics are super:  1/2 Grabotni, 1/4 Laekur, and 1/32 Noi for a total of 78% AI breeding.

Sire:  AI Sire Grabotni 06833

Dam:  EJX 114S  Katey

Date of birth:  April 14, 2012

Lambing Record:  2 (OWE)

Bred to:   Uncle Jesse (AI Goli-son) FFC-743Y for the 2013 lambing season.   Lambs could be grey, white, black mouflon with 72% AI genetics.

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EmmyLou KTB-403Z

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EmmyLou

EmmyLou   KTB 403ZBlack grey badgerface out of Marla and our Dropi-son, Beau.   She looks to have inherited her sire's excellent rump and back muscling, plus the nicer fleece of her dam.   She is lovely with a golden caramel fleece apart from her badger markings.   Excellent AI pedigree includes 1/4 Dropi,  1/16 Udi, Grimur, Kari and 1/64 Rector, Flotti, and Noi for 48%  AI total.   Her mom is super attentive and we are sure she wll carry on the great mothering of this line.

Sire:  KTB 303Y  Beau (AI Dropi son)

Dam:   KTB 204X  Marla

Born:  April 6, 2012

Lambing Record:  2 (OWE)

Bred to:  Roscoe (AI Grabotni-son) KTB-405Z for the 2013 lambing season.   The lambs will be black badger or mouflon and 59% AI genetics.

 

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PATSY KTB 412Z

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Patsy

Patsy 412ZA very sturdy girl that shows her AI breeding with her heavy meat build.  Plentiful wool with a beautiful shine.  We will see how she grows out.  TRIPLET.   Out of an outstanding pairing of Lucinda, a Rektor AI daughter, and our ram Aries.   A little line breeding to preserve AI Laekur traits.  AI genetics include:  1/4 Rektor, 1/8 Blettur, and Muli, and 3/16 Laekur for a total of 69% AI breeding.  This is a great mix of AI rams with excellent conformation, carcass grading, plus very good wool scores.

Sire:   Aries   KTB 205X

Dam:   Lucinda  BLW 131T

Date of Birth:   April 21, 2102

Bred to KTB-405Z Roscoe (AI Grabotni-son) for the 2013 lambing season.  The lambs will be 69% AI genetics and will be grey, white, black mouflon.

 

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KTB 404Z Crystal

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Crystal

Big, beautiful single out of an AI breeding of Grabotni sire and one of our most milky ewes, Weslea.   AI genetics include 1/2 Grabotni, 1/8 Bambi, 1/16 Rector, 1/32 Noi for a total of 72% AI total.  As her markings indicate, she will throw black, mouflon and possibly moorit and solid.

Sire:  AI Sire Grabotni  06-883

Dam:   KTB 101W  Weslea

Date of Birth:   April 11, 2012

Lambing Record:  1 (1 winter ewe)

Bred to:   Boss Hog (AI Alfur-son) BLW-321W for the 2013 lambing season.   Lambs will be 75% AI genetics and could be black or moorit mouflon, grey, or white.

 

 

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KTB 304Y MINNIE

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Minnie

Minnie A twin out of an AI breeding!  A solid, well conformed AI Lodi daughter.  Lodi's overall conformation score is excellent at 85.0 with neck/shoulders of 9.0, chest 8.5, back 9.5, rump 9.0, leg 17.5, wool 7.5, and overall harmony of 8.0.   Leanness at 128, muscling 117, with a composite meat score of 121/100 - excellent!   AI lines: 50% Lodi, plus 1/8 Blettur, 1/16 Kari and Rector, and 1/32 Serkur for a total of 78% AI.  Carrying solid black and grey and possibly moorit from the dam.

Born:  April 23, 2011

Sire:  Lodi  00871 AI SIRE

Dam:  KTB 113W  Weeko

Lambing Record:  2 (VAI),

Bred to:  AI Sire Grabotni for 2013 lambing.  Lambs could be grey, white, black or moorit mouflon.   AI genetics of lambs will be 89%.

 

   

KTB 302Y GOSSIE

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Gossie

A beautiful white twin out of AI sire Dropi and our ewe Whoopi.  She will carry black and spotting from her mom.  AI lines include 50% Dropi, plus Udi, Grimur, Flotti, Morro and Molur for 69% total AI genetics.  AI sire Dropi is described by the South Ram AI station as having a long, strong head with a broad neck well connected to the shoulder. The shoulder is well muscled.  Gossie has a broad wide chest, a muscular rack, and his leg is muscular, big and deep, like her sire.

Born:  April 19, 2011

Sire:  06998 Dropi   AI SIRE

Dam:  KTB 108W  Whoopi

Lambing Record:  2

Bred to:  Uncle Jesse (FFC 743Y AI Goli-son) for the 2013 lambing season.   This pairing has the potential for grey, white, and possibly black spotted lambs.  The lambs will have 70% AI genetics.

 

   

BLW-463X Tinkerbelle

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Tinkerbelle

TinkerbelleAnother wonderful ewe from Jager farm.  There is something about this girl that really sparkles, hence the name Tinkerbelle.  Wonderful AI breeding includes 1/4 Alfur and Hylur, 1/8 Grimur, 1/16 Sponn and Moli plus a little Heli for a total of 67% AI.  She has proven herself to be a devoted mother with a terrific milk supply.

D.O.B.:  May 15, 2010

Sire:  Jager AI ram  BLW 321W

Dam:  Frelsi ewe FFC-528S

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Lambing Record:  1, 2

Bred to:   FFC-743Y Uncle Jesse (AI Goli son) for 2013 lambs.  These lambs will be either white, grey or black and have 70% AI genetics.

 

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BLW-922S MaryAnn

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MaryAnn

MaryAnnA well built  AI ewe, a Kunningi daughter.  Mom is a Molur daughter, so 922S is 3/4 AI, 1/2 Kunningi, 1/4 Molur.  Great build, short, broad and chesty.  Looks to carry solid from Mom.  MaryAnn has great milking abilities and mothering skills, plus a very nice fleece.

D.O.B.:  April 13, 2006

Sire:  Kunningi 02903  AI SIRE

Dam:  BLW 118K

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Lambing Record:  1, 2(VAI), 2(VAI), 1(VAI), 2, 2, 3

Bred to:  Uncle Jesse (FFC 734Y) for 2013 lambing.  Lambs will be 73% AI genetics and could be white, solid black, or grey.

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EJX-114S Katey

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Katey

 

KateyOne of the matriarchs of the flock, a sweetie.  She really shows her meaty AI lines--50% Laekur.  Her sire is on the top ten list for meat classification in Iceland.  Creamy white fleece.  Our most friendly ewe, an excellent mother, and lots of milk.

AI genetics:  1/2 Laekur and 1/16 Noi for a total of 56% AI breeding.

Sire: Laekur 97843   AI SIRE
Dam: TNY-696N  (twin)

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D.O.B.: May 15, 2006

Lambing record:  ?, ?, 2, 2, 2, 2 (VAI), 2

Bred to:  Boss Hog BLW 321W (AI Alfur son) for 2013 lambing.   Lambs will be white and carry 66% AI genetics.

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BLW-131T Lucinda

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Lucinda

 

LucindaWe love this girl-- everything about her is so good!  Loads of very fine white fleece.  Excellent build.  AI lines:  1/2 Rektor, 1/4 Muli, 1/8 Laekur for a total of 88% AI!  Lucinda is heterozygous white and carries spotting. We are looking forward to many years of her babies.

Sire: Rektor 00889  AI SIRE
Dam: FFC-436R (triplet)

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D.O.B.: April 14, 2007

Lambing record: ?, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2

Bred to:  Uncle Jesse (FFC 734Y) for the 2013 lambing.   Lambs will be 80% AI genetics and could be spotted black or grey or white.

   

KTB-117W Wrena

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Wrena

Wrena  KTB 117U

Beautiful black grey badgerface ewe with very gorgeous fleece.  Both of her parents are top fiber animals in our flock.  1/4 Bambi and 1/8 Flotti for 38% AI.  She will carry moorit from her sire.  With fall shearing we see that her fleece is just super with lots of shine and beautiful color.  Fairly calm temperament.  She is an attentive and patient mother.

Sire: BLW-604N  Bigwig (AI Bambi son)
Dam: FFC-475R  Hattie

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D.O.B.: May 21, 2009

Lambing record:  1(OWE), 2, 2 (VAI), 2

Bred to:  Boss Hog (BLW 321W AI Alfur son) for the 2013 lambing.   Lambs could be moorit, black, badger, grey, or white.   Lambs will have 58% AI genetics.

   

KTB-108W Whoopi

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Whoopi

KTB 108W  WhoopiVery sweet and cute black grey spotted ewe.  Nice stocky build.  38% AI lines from Udi, Grimur, Flotti, Morro and Molur.  Perfect wide and tight udder with well placed teats.  We love her inquisitive nature and friendly personality.  This ewe is a terrific, patient mother.   One of my favorite ewes. 

Sire: SWF-281U  Tycho
Dam: KFM-43R  Panda

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D.O.B.: May 16, 2009

Lambing record: 1(OWE), 2( VAI), 2 (VAI), 3

Bred to:   Boss Hog  BLW 321W (AI Alfur son) for 2013 lambing.  Lambs will be black spotted, grey, or white and will have 58% AI genetics.

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