Icelandic Sheep
Spring and Summer Icelandic Sheep Sale
Our flock of 50 registered Icelandic sheep is outgrowing our farm. We had 30 lambs this spring, and only one needed help in delivery. We also had one bottle baby from a new mother who had some trouble bonding with her babies on a snowy Easter Day. The biggest reason we love Icelandics is for their mothering instinct and easy lambing.
We’re offering some of our strongest breedstock at good prices this spring in order to reduce our flock by about half. If you are looking for a new ram or for some additional foundation ewes, please consider us and call for details.
Ram Lambs for Sale: Born in April and growing fast! Photos below
KFM 63T and 64T - White ram lamb twins. These boys are from one of my favorite foundation ewes, Lucky. She always throws twins and has a calm friendly temperament. Her ram lamb that I sold as breed stock last year threw all twins and triplets. Their father was my pick of the ram lambs last year, a white twin who matured very early named Otto, KFM 46S. Both lambs are large and vigorous; I will probably keep one myself. $300 each. SOLD
KFM 61T - White ram lamb twin, very strong build, from my foundation ewe Lady. Lady also has a great temperament and throws twins. Ram was a black twin named Wells, DWY 10S. $300. SOLD
KFM 67T - White twin, from one of my oldest and most reliable foundation ewes. He's gorgeous looking with a very long and leggy body and long classic face. I'd keep this ram if I didn't already have several close to his bloodlines. I tend to keep this ewes' rams for breeding because she reliably throws strong sires with a great body type. This one will carry moorit and probably spotting. $350. SOLD
KFM 71S - White ram lamb single, quite possibly the single largest lamb I've ever weighed at birth at almost 11 pounds. His mother, Dutchess, is black and one of the largest ewes I have. She is five, and this was her first single. The sire is Otto. He'll carry moorit. $350. SOLD
KFM 69S - Black ram lamb twin from Ruby, a moorit badgerface. This one is another lovely ram lamb, not as large as 71S but a great build and growing very vigorously. He might carry the badger pattern. $250. SOLD
KFM 75S – moorit ram lamb twin from Martha, a moorit ewe from our oldest foundation ewe, Baba. Comes from a great line with great temperaments. $250
KFM 81S – moorit/gray ram lamb twin with white spot on forehead. This guy is a beauty, with lots of color and pattern. Both parents have amazing soft, long fleece. Out of Russett, an amazing mother and big stocky ewe, and Otto. $350
KFM 83S – a black badgerface ram lamb twin out of one of our favorite ewes. Stocky and beautiful. $300. SOLD
KFM 84S – a black/gray ram lamb twin. His mother also carries this pattern and has a gorgeous, soft, blue-silver fleece with black tips. Sire is Otto, our pick of the litter last year. $300
Mom and Baby Sale
This is a great way to add to your flock and is how we started our flock one summer seven years ago.
Panda (spotted ewe) and spotted ewe lamb - $450
Spot and her spotted ewe lamb and black ram - $500. SOLD
Mombasa and black ewe - $450
Mara and moorit ewe with white spot - $450
Black badgerface ewe with moorit ewe lamb - $450
More information on these ewes below. Please ask for information on the sires.
Yearling Ewes for Sale – we have some strong yearling girls ready to go anytime – two blacks and one moorit are still not spoken for.
We give 10% discount on four or more animals. We will deliver anywhere in Vermont.
About our Flock
Over the years we have been breeding for size and for parasite resistance, and we are just beginning to see the positive results in our flock. We raise grass-fed meat as well as wool and breed stock, so these traits are particularly important to us. We intensively graze our animals in small paddocks to improve the health of the soil and give them the maximum nutrition, moving them as often as once a day through the summer and fall. In the fall and winter they are fed hay and kelp inside a shelter and are able to move around through the snow and forage for grass whenever possible. They lamb outdoors in the late March – early May.
Very few Icelandic sheep have been exported from Iceland since Viking settlers brought the breed there 900 years ago, making Icelandic sheep one of the purest breeds in the world. Renowned for their exceptional fleece (which is marketed in this country as Lopi yarn), Icelandics are an excellent all-around breed that is becoming increasingly popular around the US.
Icelandics range in color from white to blue-gray to deep brown to black, spotted and mouflon. Other desirable traits include easy births, multiple births common, excellent mothers, highly alert and curious dispositions, fast growth, delicious meat, naturally docked tails, and very hardy. We have found that they are excellent for bringing back the fertility of land, as they love to forage and thrive even on rough pastures.
For more about Icelandic sheep, visit the Icelandic Sheep Breeders website at www.isbona.com.
Our Ewe Flock
All of our ewes are purebred Icelandic and are registered with the Canadian Sheep Breeder's Association. All of our animals have horns.
We sell pregnant ewes in late fall/early winter, and well-grown ewe and ram lambs at the end of the summer. We sell only the rams that we consider to have the most potential as breed stock. Also ask us about buying a mother and baby together.
This list includes ewes that lambed in spring 2007. Those with prices are for sale; prices negotiable based on when you buy.
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Spot BLW 491M |
4/26/02 | BLW 228 J | BLW 215 J | SOLD | White, single, carries spotting, excellent mother |
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Mombasa KFM 19P |
5/2/04 | BLW 436M | BLW 491M | $300 | Our first ewe out of Spot. Great fleece. Had beautiful spotted lamb this year. One of our favorites. She's a twin. Carries spotting and moorit. |
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Mara KFM 21P |
5/3/04 | KFM 1N | BLW 413M | $300 | We're very pleased to have this big first ewe out of Russett, who has such a soft fleece. Moorit, solid, single. |
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Lamu KFM 22P |
5/6/04 | DRK 56H | BLW 437M | NFS | Black badgerface. Very Stocky. Carries moorit. Will breed this fall for the first time. |
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Lady TNY 448M |
5/10/02 | AI Ram 345J | Yeoman 710G | NFS | White, horned, twin. She's got the most open horns and classic face of our flock and an exceptional vanilla, crimpy fleece. | Unavailable |
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Lucky TNY 731N |
4/17/03 | TNY 263M | TNY 206L | NFS | White, horned. Another fine fleece on this ewe, especially white and soft. |
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Shy Girl BLW 383L |
5/1/01 | BLW 132K | BLW 74G | NFS | White, twin, has thrown moorit every year, also carries spotting, excellent mother, tall our best brood ewe. |
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Duchess BLW 431M |
4/21/02 | 192L | 370K | NFS | Black, Single, carries moorit, stocky, premium fleece. |
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Russet BLW 413M |
4/14/02 | BLW 325L (quad) | BLW 160K | NFS | Moorit/gray, single, very stocky build, had beautiful single lamb as a lamb, exc. mother. |
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Ruby KFM 33R |
4/13/05 | MSF 1N | BLW 413M | $450 | Moorit badgerface twin out of a moorit gray and a badgerface gray ram. |
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Isa KFM 35R |
4/22/05 | MSF 1N | BLW 431M | $350 | Black badgerface single |
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Sugar KFM 37R |
4/22/05 | MSF 1N | BLW 370K | NFS | Black/Gray twin, silvery-blue fleece with dark tips |
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Martha KFM 40R |
4/16/05 | KFM5N | 108D | $350 | Solid moorit ewe out of our lead sheep and a spotted ram |
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Sweetie KFM 41R |
4/27/05 | KFM 5N | TNY448M | $400 | White ewe, big, exceptional fleece | Unavailable |
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Panda KFM 43R |
5/30/05 | KFM 5N | KFM 10P | $450 | cute spotted black and white ewe, gave twins this year |
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Rams
Need a new ram for breading to bring in new bloodlines? We still have a few 2007 ram and ewe lambs for sale. Please email for a complete list.
Wool
We sheared in early October and we are just started to skirt our new fleeces for handspinners. Our best lamb fleeces come in moorit (brown, from dark to light), gray, white, black (chocolate and jet black), and the variegated tones of badgerface and grey. Please call or email for a complete list of what we have left in stock.
Please e-mail or call 802-496-5685 for a complete list of 2005 ewe and ram lambs or to order a sheepskin.