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Breeding Rams

Meet the sheep on Blue Frog Farm

Here is where you will find information on all our BREEDING RAMS. Their names, ages, history, and qualities. For the 2012-2013 breeding season we used our best ram lamb from this year, an AI Grabotni son. Our other two farm rams that we are breeding this year are also F1 rams, an Alfur son and a Goli son. We are using imported semen from five of the very best rams in Iceland. Superb muscling, excellent conformation and wool scores on all.

For more information on the AI rams used this year, click on the following links: Kveikur, Kaldi, Guffi, Blettur, and Grabotni. All of this year's AI sires, plus AI sires from past years can be found on our AI Sires page.

ROSCOE KTB-405Z

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ROSCOE

Roscoe is a black grey mouflon ram out of AI sire Grabotni. At 7 months, he is showing great promise as an excellent sire, taking his job very seriously this fall. Long body, nice straight legs, excellent horns so far, wide and well muscled chest and great rump and back muscling. Color Inheritance: Roscoe has the potential to throw many colors and patterns: black, moorit, grey, and mouflon. AI genetics include: 1/2 Grabotni, 1/8 Bambi and 1/16 Flotti for a total of 69% AI breeding.

Sire: Grabotni AI ram

Dam: KTB-117W Wrena

Date of Birth: April 13, 2012

2012 Breeding: Roscoe is matched with EmmyLou, Patsy, and Martine for 2013 lambs.

UNCLE JESSE FFC-743Y

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Uncle Jesse

A dashing black grey yearling ram. He is an AI Goli son. Nice straight topline, great conformation and horns, well muscled ram, plentiful wool. Color Inheritance: Uncle Jesse will throw black and grey and spots. AI Genetics: 1/2 Goli, 1/16 Bambi and Hylur, 1/32 Noi, Morro, and Sponn for a total of 72% AI breeding.

Sire: Goli AI 02956

Dam: FFC-646U

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Date of Birth: April 6, 2011

2012 Breeding: Uncle Jesse is matched with Dolly, Skeeter, Gossie, Lucinda and MaryAnn for 2013 lambs.

$ 850. We have kept several daughters and will use one of his sons this fall, so will offer this AI Goli-son for sale.

BOSS HOG (Copernicus) BLW-321W

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Boss Hog

Boss is a powerful, handsome ram. Great muscling, excellent conformation and horns, sweet and calm temperament, lovely wool. He is an AI Alfur son. Color Inheritance: Boss Hog is heterozygous white and has the ability to throw all colors including black, moorit, grey, and spots. AI genetics include: 1/2 Alfur, 1/4 Grimur, and 1/32 Heli for a total of 78% AI breeding.

Sire: AI Alfur

Dam: BLW-142T

View Pedigree: BLW-321W Copernicus

Date of Birth: April 22, 2009

2012 Breeding: Boss Hog is paired with Katey, Whoopi, Wrena, Loretta and Crystal for 2013 lambs.

KALDI AI Ram

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Score 2003: 85,5 points
Ultrasound 2003: Eye muscle thickness 31 mm, back fat thickness 3 mm, muscle shape 4. (H)

Description:

White, horned, rather longheaded. A bit coarse shoulders and good rib shape. Broad and strong back with good muscling. Very broad and muscular rump and thick and well muscled legs. Strong feet’s. Very long bodied ram.
Light tan on head and feet’s. Tan fibers on back and loins. Medium wool quantity, rather much thel and long, medium coarse and curly thog.

Kaldi has performed very well so far, carrying on average carcass grading but very good fat grading. His father was one of the best rams in Iceland according to his BLUP-indexes. Kaldi especially carries on leanness.
His daughters are very prolific but Kaldi carries the Thoka gene which he has inherited from his mmf. They have very good milking abilities.

Colour inheritance: Kaldi is heterozygous white carrying moorit and spotted. Therefore you can expect all colors on Kaldi’s progenies.

For more information and photo of Kaldi, click here: KALDI

BLETTUR AI Ram

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Score 2006: 85,5 points
Ultrasound 2006: Eye muscle thickness 39 mm, back fat thickness 6,0 mm, muscle shape 5,0. (H)

Description:

Blettur is horned and grey spotted. Vigorous head with especially good horn curving. Very good rib shape, broad and muscular front body. Broad back and broad and very well muscled rump. Superb leg muscling. Very vigorous and beautiful ram.
Wool quantity well above average and even fleece. Curly and medium fine thog. Lustrous and good wool.
Blettur was progeny tested at Ytri-Skogar farm. His progenies have good eye muscle thickness, good meat grading and are overall well muscled with good conformation.
Blettur's daugthers have average prolificacy and milking abilities little below average.

Colour inheritance: Blettur carries moorit as well as grey and spotted so all colours are possible on Blettur's progenies.

For more information and photo of Blettur, click here: BLETTUR

GUFFI AI Ram

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Score 2008: 83,0 points
Ultrasound 2008: Eye muscle thickness 37 mm, back fat thickness 2,5 mm, muscle shape 4,5. (H)

Description:

Guffi is horned and white. Vigorous head with good horn curving. Broad and thick neck and good shoulder muscling. Rather wide chest. Well muscled back and muscled and rounded rump. Superb leg muscling. Longbodied and powerful ram.
Tan on head and feets, some tan fibers in the fleece. Wool quantity above average and thick thel. Even and rather fine thog.

Guffi was bought after a big progeny test in Northeast Iceland. He had earlier been progeny tested at his birth farm resulting in very muscled progenies and great leanness. Those qualities were confirmed in the big progeny test. His progenies performed as earlier, had great conformation resulting in very good carcass grading.
Guffi has very few daughter records yet but his indexes state that they can be expected to be very prolific with average milking abilities.
Colour inheritance: Heterozygous white carrying black and spotted but not moorit.

For more information and photo of Guffi, click here: Guffi

GRABOTNI AI ram

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Grey mouflon with vigorous head and good horn curving. Broad, round shaped and very muscular shoulders. Very good rib shape. Broad and strong back and very muscular rump. Extremely good and well shaped leg muscles. Strong and well placed feet’s. Longbodied and vigorously looking ram.
Even and good grey color. Average wool quantity. Thick and even thel but short thog with variable fineness.
Grabotni was bought to Southram because of very good results from his birth farm. His progenies have proofed to have very thick eye muscle, leanness and superb gigot muscling resulting in very good carcass grading.
Grabotni's have proven to be very prolific with very good milking abilities.

Colour inheritance: Grabotni carries grey and mouflon as his color indicates as well as spotted. Grabotni also carries moorit.

For more info and photo, click this link, Grabotni .

KVEIKUR AI ram

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Kveikur is horned and white. Good looking head with good horn curving. Broad and thick neck. Good shoulder muscling. Very wide chest. Well muscled back and esepecially broad, muscled and rounded rump . Superb leg muscling. Very good looking ram with good temperament.
Tan on head, feets and tail but very few tan fibers in the fleece. Even fleece, medium wool quantity and medium fine thog.

Kveikur was bought after good results in progeny test at Hestur exp. farm. He carries on superb meat qualities, leanness, eye muscle depth and leg muscling. His progenies are also mature with good carcass grading.
Kveikur's daughters are prolific with excellent milking abilities.

Colour inheritance: Heterozygous white, carrying black but neither moorit or spotted.

Click this link, Kveikur, for more info and photo.