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WOW!
FALL SALE OF RAM LAMBS!
** See discounted
prices below on selected rams. **
June 15, 2004
Greetings to Old Friends, New Friends, New Customers and other Icelandic Enthusiasts,
It seems every spring has its challenges. Sometimes the cold and ice of winter
hangs on too long, sometimes we can't get enough rain for the pastures and hayfields, and
sometimes there is too much rain and the wetland floods. This year it has been the
fox, or rather, the fox-es. We have lost five newborns to a family of
foxes this spring, despite our 6-strand electric fence and our two farm dogs.
One poor ewe had both of her twins stolen when they were just a few days old.
We've tightened up our gates and posts, brought in fill for the low places, and
both dogs are working overtime. Thankfully the lambs are also growing quickly, and
hopefully are now too big for a fox to take, so we are hoping that the fox danger has
passed for the year. It just goes to show that it is always something!
Our AI breeding program continues, with this being our sixth year of AI lambs and the
flock's genetic improvement continues onward. We even have some lambs this year with
three successive generations of AI, making them 7/8 AI blood. There are suddenly
very few ewes in our breeding flock that do not have any AI blood in their background.
We lost our two oldest ewes to old age this year, with two more being old girls to
be retired after weaning, so our flock is changing rapidly. While I absolutely miss
my old ewes, it is also exciting to see the improvement that the younger ewes bring to the
breeding program as they come out of the AI program themselves. All of our breeding
rams are out of AI lines now, sometimes on both sides of their family tree and the lambs
just keep getting better and better.
A very exciting development in the AI program has taken place both here at Jager Farm,
and within the Icelandic community. Southram Stud station has been working for a
number of years on a new process for AI, and this past November we were able to attend
their seminar and learn this exciting new process of Vaginal AI. No hormones
for sychronization, no invasive procedures, no expensive equipment, and no specialists
required! Just a teaser ram, a watchful eye for heats in the ewe flock, and a simple
pipette to inseminate the ewe. Wow! So simple, and so little stress, for the
ewes or for the shepherd! We were able to jump right into Vaginal AI when we
returned from Iceland, resulting in 7 pregnancies out of 13 ewes bred. Over 50% -
not bad for the first time ever! We are thrilled with the ease of the process and
its low cost, and will be importing more straws packaged for vaginal AI this coming
fall. This is the wave of the future!
Part of the week spent at the Southram seminar was spent touring the Hestur research
station, the Southram stud station, and several progressive sheep farms. We saw lots
of beautiful country, met some wonderful people, and saw some really good looking sheep.
Iceland has the benefit of a much larger breeding pool than here in North America,
plus about 50 more years of the AI program, and wow! Are those beautiful breeding
animals! Deep and wide chests for large capacity hearts and lungs, deep and thick
leg muscle, muscular shoulders, wide backs, lustrous fleece; I could go on and on! A
bit depressing to see how far we have to go, but exciting too as we could see what it was
that we were working towards. I was re-energized by our trip and ready to get back
to work.
Of course any discussion of breeding and genetic improvement has to include a statement
regarding our overall breeding criteria. Here
at Jager Farm, we evaluate each animal on its own merits, without regard to the source of
its bloodlines, or its color or pattern. Farmbred or AI, moorit
or white, we select our breeders and our culls depending on build, health, growth rate,
fertility, ease of lambing, mothering, and fleece. The AI program has
simply been an effective and efficient tool in this selection process, producing
outstanding individuals from which to choose our sale-list lambs and our own breeding
animals. We do not discriminate between farmbred or AI-bred in our selections, nor
in our recommendations to potential buyers.
Some general reminders: Our Scrapie flock number is MA10 and our status date is
November 9, 1999. (We are shortly to reach the status of Certified Scrapie Free!)
Remember that lambs born as a direct result of the AI process are limited to sale
to another flock enrolled in the Federal Scrapie Eradication Program; they will be marked
with an asterix. ~ We welcome calls or emails with any questions and will
always provide ongoing buyer support. ~ A phone call will hold an animal until
you can get a deposit to the post office, and a deposit of one third will hold an animal
until pickup or delivery.
Thanks for your time and interest!
Barbara, Shepherd, Jager Farm Icelandics
413-268-3086 or barbara@jager-icelandics.com
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LAMB |
DESCRIPTION |
BIRTH &
D of B |
DAM |
SIRE |
NOTES/PRICE |
| 702P photo |
moorit gray horned ram |
twin 3/30/04 |
BLW-127K Serkurdaughter |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Beautiful! Great horns, great build,
great bloodlines. $650 |
| 703P photo |
black gray horned ram |
twin 3/30/04 |
BLW-127K Serkurdaughter |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Dramatic flashes of white. Carries
moorit - great fleece both parents
$550 |
| 706P
photo
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black gray polled ewe |
twin 3/31/04 |
BLW-247J Flekkurdaughter |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Big and beautiful! Fleece should be
great with this parentage.
$600 - SOLD! |
| 707P
photo
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black gray polled ewe |
twin 3/31/04 |
BLW-247J Flekkurdaughter |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Great set of twins - big and
plenty of fleece. $600 - SOLD! |
| 708P |
black gray polled ewe |
single 3/31/04 |
"Flash" BLW-465M Buridaughter |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Almost as big as her Mom!
SOLD! |
| 717P |
black gray polled ewe |
twin 4/1/04 |
BLW-241J Flekkurdaughter |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Big and beautiful! Fleece looks great.
SOLD! |
| 718P
photo
photo2 |
white horned ewe |
twin 4/1/04 |
"ChubChub" BLW-520M Hunn grand-
daughter |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Dam doing a great job. Ewe has a
collar of light tan. Fleece looks very fine. Carries gray or solid. poss.
moorit.
SOLD! $600
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| 719P
photo |
moorit gray polled ram |
twin 4/1/04 |
"ChubChub" BLW-520M Hunn grand-
daughter |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Nice looking ram, looks to be really polled.
Could be homozygous gray.
$600 |
| 721P |
white polled ewe |
triplet 4/1/04 |
"Big Girl" STS-839G |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Raised as a single, this gal is REALLY well
grown! Carries solid, poss. moorit SOLD! |
| 724P photo |
black gray horned ewe |
twin 4/1/04 |
STS-434K |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Nice dark contrast to her gray. Has her
mother's leader temperament. $700 - Sold! |
| 727P
photo1
photo2 photo3 |
black gray horned ewe |
twin 4/2/04 |
BLW-416M "Lizzy" daughter
Morro/Snowflake granddaughter |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Wow! Really flashy gray! Mom
is outstanding, and so are these lambs!
$700 - Sold! |
| 728P
photo photo2 photo3 |
white horned ram |
twin 4/2/04 |
BLW-416M "Lizzy" triplet
Morro/Snowflake granddaughter |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Great size and build and great bloodlines.
Carries gray or solid, prob. moorit as well.
$500 |
| 729P photo |
white polled ewe |
single 4/2/04 |
AI BLW-304L Split Ear/Bassi triplet daughter |
BLW-162K Moli/Solee grandson |
Nice sassy ewe lamb. Could carry either
gray or solid, 2/3 chances of a recessive pattern. She has Moli
and Bassi, as well as Solee and STS-63B!
SOLD! |
| 736P photo photo2 |
moorit polled ewe |
twin 4/21/04 |
BLW-634N Flekkur granddaughter |
BLW-650N Heli/Sveppur grandson |
This ewe lambed and mothered her twins
as if she read the manual! Ewe carries spotting - great bloodlines!
$700 |
| 739P photo |
white polled ewe |
twin 4/22/04 |
BLW-112K Solon/Big Girl daughter |
BLW-198L Helison |
Top notch lines, both AI and maternal!
Sire is a quad. Must carry solid and moorit, poss. homozygous for moorit.
$600 |
| 741P* (AI) photo photo2 photo3 |
white polled ram |
single 4/26/04 |
BLW-195L Eirdaughter |
Snoddi |
Wow! This one is a tank! Some
real structure on this boy! Could carry solid, moorit or
spotting. Snoddi has great scores, incl. 18 for leg and 8.5 for wool.
3/4
AI.
($600) ** $450!** |
| 742P
photo
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moorit/gray polled ewe |
single 4/27/04 |
BLW-328L Sveppurdaughter |
BLW-198L Heliquadson |
Has her mother's build with a long back, and
super bloodlines. Dam is a triplet, sire a quad.
SOLD! |
| 744P*(AI) |
white polled ram |
twin 4/27/04 |
BLW-448M 3/4 AI Flekkur/Skjanni |
Horvi |
Stocky, square, completely polled the
twin stays here! Horvi grades 9 on chest & rump with 8.5 on wool. With 7/8
AI blood, this ram has alot to offer!
($700) ** Wow! $500! ** |
| 745P*(AI) |
white horned ewe |
twin 4/27/04 |
BLW-118K Molur daughter |
Rektor |
3/4 AI, carries solid and spotting, poss.
moorit. Nice wide chest, great bloodlines. $750 - SOLD! |
| 746P*(AI)
photo
photo2 |
white horned ram |
twin 4/28/04 |
BLW-118K Molur daughter |
Rektor |
3/4 AI, must carry solid and spot, poss.
moorit. He and his twin are particularly wide chested. Rektor gets 9 on both
back and rump - wow!
$700 |
| 749P photo |
moorit polled ewe |
twin 4/29/04 |
"Little Red" BLW-403M Heli
granddaughter |
BLW-198L Helison quad |
Maternal line is oustanding and Heli is well
known for build and fleece.
$700 |
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| 754P*(AI) photo
photo2 |
white polled ram |
twin 5/1/04 |
BLW-444M Dalurdaughter |
Horvi |
Great set of twins, the sister stays in the
flock. Carries solid, nice!
3/4 AI ($600)
** Wow! $450 ** |
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| 756P*(AI)
photo |
black horned ram |
twin 5/1/04 |
BLW-452M Serkurdaughter, Soleegranddaughter |
Rektor |
Wow! Really flashy with streaks of
white. Great, bold, square build, great horns. Carries moorit, 3/4 AI.
$700 - SOLD! |
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| 757P*(AI) photo1
photo2 |
black horned ewe |
twin 5/1/04 |
BLW-452M Serkurdaughter, Solee granddaughter |
Rektor |
Great set of twins, flashy in color, broad
build. Carries moorit, 3/4 AI.
$750 - Sold! |
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| 759P
photo
photo2 photo3 |
black spotted polled ram |
twin 5/2/04 |
BLW-235J Flekkur daughter |
BLW-638N Dalur gr.son Francesca son |
Would be a great sire for a polled flock,
could carry moorit. These are some of the best of our polled lines.
SOLD! |
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| 760P*(AI) |
white polled ram |
twin 5/4/04 |
BLW-372L |
Toppur |
Toppur has great scores! 85 overall,
8.5 for neck/shoulders, chest, back, wool & harmony, 9 for rump - wow! This ram
carries solid, poss. spotting or moorit. ($600) **
$450! ** |
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| 762P*(AI) photo |
black gray horned ram |
single 5/4/04 |
"Little Bear" STS-779G |
Rektor |
Sturdy, square, chesty, flashes of white on
his gray. Handsome! carries spotting.
$600 |
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| 772P |
moorit spotted polled ram |
twin 5/12/04 |
BLW-482M Dalur daughter |
BLW-662N grandson of Heli and Flekkur |
Great lines for fleece and build!
Wonderful addition to any polled flock.
SOLD! |
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