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Horned Rams:
Busi - 03946 There are four VAI straws available for Busi at $60/straw.
In the 2007 slaughter season, Busi's lambs came through as follows:
Chest 8.3, back 8.5, rump 8.5, leg 17.1, wool 7.9, total 82.5. BLUP
scores were as follows: leanness 130!!!, muscling 102, composite 119.
We do not yet have any Busi lambs.
ELDAR - 01922
A horned white ram, born 2001, with the wonderful daughter score of +15 Eldar is homozygous for white pattern. His overall conformation score
is 84.5 with neck and shoulders 8.5, chest 8.5, back 8.5, rump 9.0, leg
18.0, wool 8.0 and overall symmetry of 8.0. His leanness scores well
at 120, muscling 109, composite score 116. His average lamb scores are
chest 8.4, back 8.0, rump 8.4, leg 17.0, wool 7.9, total 81.9. Eldar has
excellent BLUP scores according to
Southram's statistics. A real plus is that Eldar is
highly unrelated to other AI sires. Eldar's scrapie genetics are
neutral. $90/straw. Eldar has one VAI straw
available.
His daughters for us, 105Tand 106T.
Gaddur - 04950
We
currently are out of Gaddur straws.
GARI 02-904 A Laekur grandson, Gari's scrapie status is neutral. With a total conformation score of 83.5, Gari scored particularly well with an 8.5 on Chest, back and symmetry, and a 9.0 on rump. His BLUP scores are outstanding; 126 for muscling, 129 for leanness, and an overall score of 128. Remembering that an average score is 100, these are amazing scores. Gari is homozygous white and for scrapie status is neutral. There are 2 VAI straws available for Gari at $60/straw.
GRIMUR - 01928
Grimur is a horned, white ram born in 2001, is a Tuli son, the source of his
wide and beautiful horns, and a grandson of the famous AI sire
Garpur, 92-808. Garpur's genetic effect is so strong that he appears
often in the lineage of AI sires coming to the station. Grimur has an
overall score of 83.0, with neck and shoulders scoring 8.5, chest 8.5, back
8.0, rump 9.0, leg 17.5, wool 7.5 and overall harmony 8.0. Grimur is
heterozygous for pattern, carrying gray and spotting. Grimur is still
standing at stud at
Southram and his progeny results are starting to come in. His
lambs are grading very well, with leg muscling being particularly
outstanding. His mother was a very prolific milker, and Grimur's
fleece has thick thel with little tog. Grimur will bring muscling,
excellent horn set, color, fleece and milk to your flock, plus
Grimur sired our Supreme Champion ram at Michigan
Fiber Festival, BLW-907S. So we really like Grimur and will
be using him again this fall! We have imported more Grimur straws and
there is 1 Grimur straw available at $100 per straw.
HYLUR - 01-883
Another ram with a wonderful combination of build and wool. Son of All, 00868, who has a great total score of 85.0, and also the sire of Muli 03907, who has a wool score of 9.0 and total score of 83.0, Hylur is part of a very strong family tree. Homozygous white horned, the lack of color is more than made up for by his wool score of 9.0 and his great build scores. Hylur grades particularly well on his overall symmetry and chest with 8.5, and fabulously on his back and rump with scores of 9.0. Hylur's lambs are proving to have a unique level of leanness and his daughters are very good milkers. Hylur is still described at the Southram website. Hylur is truly an all around ram. There are 2 VAI straws available at $90/straw.
Kjalvar - 02943 There are 2 VAI straws available for Kjalvar at $90/straw.
Kjalvar is a horned, homozygous white ram
with a neutral scrapie inheritance status. He is a son of Lodi, 00-871
. With five daughter years in, they score +25 for fertility and 108
for milkiness and he is considered to be a very promising father of
daughters. The BLUP scores for his lambs this fall are very promising
as well. Chest 8.3, back 8.3, rump 8.4, leg 17.1, and wool 7.8 with
total scores of 82.1. Carcass grading: leanness 124 and muscling
119 for a composite meat score of 122. Kjalvar may carry moorit
as one of his daughters here appears to be homozygous for moorit under her
white pattern. We had two Kjalvar daughters this spring, 123T and
124T.
LODI - 00-871
Lodi is a horned white ram born 2000. He is a grandson of the AI sire
Sekkur, 97-836 and is homozygous for white pattern. His 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. It is very
unusual to see an AI sire with such high neck and shoulders scores, plus
that amazing back score of 9.5! PLUS he has a wonderful score on
leanness at 128 and a positive daughter score of +10 and the mothering index
of 115. The general report coming in to
Southram is that Lodi is an excellent father of
daughters. Lodi has some of
the highest progeny test results, particularly in total score, rump, leg,
and neck and shoulders. If you want to put some build on your lambs,
and would
like to add outstanding daughters to your ewe flock, then Lodi will be an
excellent choice. We had a Lodi ewe lamb this year, BLW-919S, and we
are so thrilled! Square build, very broad chest and outstanding size,
we will definitely be using Lodi again this fall. $90/straw.
There are three Lodi VAI straws available.
Shown here is 919S our Lodi daughter; as a lamb, with her own lamb as a
yearling, and as a sheared fall yearling.
Moli - 00882
Moli is a horned, homozygous white ram. He is the son of Moli 93-986 who is already in our flock with a wonderful influence. Moli 00-882 has wonderful conformation scores; head 8, neck/shoulders 8.5, chest 9, back 8.5, rump 9, leg 18, wool 8, feet and symmetry 8 for a total of 85.0. His daughters scores are at +5 for fertility and 106 for milkiness. The average scores for his lambs are chest 8.5, back 8.5, rump 8.7 (!!!). leg 17.5, wool 7.9 and total score 82.2. Their carcass BLUP scores are 109 for leanness, 120 for muscling, with a composite meat score of 113. Moli is now dead. There are be 2 Moli VAI straws available at $80/straw.
MULI 03-907
Muli is a wonderful combination of a "fleece ram" and a "conformation ram". Horned, carrying solid and moorit, he has a wool score of 9.0 out of 10.0, which is outstanding. He also has a total score of 83.0 which is quite good, and is particularly so for a ram that was almost certainly brought to the station for his wool. Muli is the son of Hylur, who also has a wool score of 9.0, and has the amazing conformation total of 85.5, and Hylur is the son of All, who although he only has a wool score of 7.5, has a total score of 85.0. So clearly the genetics of this family tree is quite strong! Muli grades particularly well on his chest and rump, with scores of 8.5 out of 10.0. We had one Muli daughter this spring, BLW-911S and what a girl! Very large, very square, and bags of fleece. Her lamb fleece skirted to 3# 5 oz.!! Muli is sold out. Here is our Muli daughter 911S.
REKTOR - 00-889
Rektor is a solid black, spotted, horned ram, born 2000. He is the
grandson of AI sire Moli, 93-986. His overall score is 83.0 which is
quite good for a colored ram as they will never score higher than a 7.0 on
their wool. Rektor has scores of 7.5 for neck and shoulders, 8.5 for
chest, 9.5!!! for back, 9.0 for rump, 17.0 leg, wool 7.0, and overall
harmony 8.5. We have had some beautiful Rektor lambs who are showing
what we now call the "Rektor spotting pattern" of flashes more than spots.
Here are some of his lambs:
Rektor's lambs did well at the National Icelandic Show, held on October 14th at the New York Sheep and Wool Fair in Rhinebeck, New York. His daughters took first and second place in the Ewe Lamb class, with Frelsi Farm's FFC-418R and our BLW-807R, respectively. Rektor's daughters are getting very good reports coming in to Southram with a prolificacy score of +27 and a mothering score of 122 - wow! Rektor is still listed at the Southram station.
Rektor is sold out right now.
SEDILL 01-902.
A homozygous white, horned ram with excellent scores. Wool is 8.0, total of 84.5 and nines on chest, back and rump! Sedill is the son of Sponn, 98-849 and the maternal grandson of Garpur, 92-808, a favorite of the South Ram station, so his lines are very strong. Sedill has a black stripe on his horns, with an absolutely perfect curl. Sedill's daughter did very well for Frelsi Farm at the 2006 Icelandic National show in Alleghan, Michigan. There are 6 Sedill VAI straws available at $6o/straw.
TRASSI - 99-925
Trassi is a Garpurson, and thus can be a valuable addition to your flock
genetics. Trassi is homozygous for the white pattern and is protective
for scrapie. His
overall score is 82.5; neck and shoulders 7.5, chest 9.0, back 8.0, rump
9.0, leg 17.0, wool 8.0, and overall harmony 8.0. The reports on his daughter
are quite good with prolificacy at +29 and overall mothering index at 112.
The carcass grading on his lambs is 128 out of 100 so he can bring some
great meat qualities to your flock, as well as the maternal traits. One negative for Trassi is that his lambs may tend to the fat, but if you
have some leaner pastures, he may be a great choice to add to your flock.
There are two Trassi VAI straws
available at $80/straw.
Udi - 01912
Udi is homozygous white and horned. He is the paternal grandson of Laekur, 97-843. He died in the 2005-2006 season. As of the 2005 slaughter season, Udi's lambs had scores of chest 8.3, back 8.2, rump 8.5, leg 17.1, wool 7.8, and overall scores of 81.9. The BLUP scores were listed as leanness 109, muscling 126 and composite 116. We had two Udi daughters in spring of 2007, 134T and 135T. Here are some photos of them:
They are both having a growth spurt as of winter 2008 and are
looking very well. We will use Udi again. There are 3 Udi straws available at $80/straw.
Visir - 01-892 Visir is horned and homozygous white. He died in 2004. Visir's lambs came through the fall sorting as follows: chest 8.5, back 8.5, rump 8.6, leg17.3, wool 8.0, total score 82.8. The BLUP scores for leanness 92 (i.e. tends to fat) but muscling came through as 137! for a composite score of 110. Our Visir daughter 968S did very well at the 2006 Michigan Fiber Fest, and here is our Visir son of this year, 109T.
The last photo is of the Visir daughter as a ewe lamb. Check out that chest!
There are two Visir straws available for $100.
AEGIR - 01916
Aegir is polled white, homozygous for white pattern. He is a grandson of AI
sire Hnykill, 97-095. Aegir has a really impressive overall score of
85.5, with neck and shoulders at 8.5, chest 8.5, back 8.5, rump 9.0, leg a
very good score of 18.0, and wool also wonderful at 9.0! His BLUP meat
scores are 129 for leanness, 114 for muscling and a composite meat score of
123 - wow!! With these wonderful scores,
it will be well worth the wait of a generation or two to get back to color.
The average lamb scores for Aegir's last year are: chest 8.3, back
8.3, rump 8.4, leg 17.0, wool 8.1, and total 82.3. Aegir is now dead. We had a wonderful set of Aegir twins this
past spring with our Buri daughter
BLW-465M, 909S and 910S.
Here is 909S his first summer.
LANGIDALUR - 01-931
Langidalur is a polled white ram, carrying solid pattern and moorit.
He was born in 2001. He is the son of AI
sire Dalur, 97-838 from whom this farm has gotten such wonderful lambs.
Langidalur again has a great overall score of 85.5, with neck and shoulders
grading 8.5, chest 8.5, back 8.5, rump 9.0, leg 18.0, wool 8.5, overall
harmony at 8.5. His lambs
should bring rapid improvement to a flock. Their average scores for
2006 are: chest 8.3, back 8.2, rump 8.4, leg 17.0, wool 8.1, total
82.2. Langidalur's BLUP for leanness is 114, muscling 104 and
composite meat score is 110. We had a set of twins this
spring with Langidalur with a polled ewe, both horned, so his background for
horns must be mixed. We have imported more straws for Langidalur and
will be using him this fall.
Southram reports that his mother is a superb milker, and that his
scrapie inheritance is neutral. Langidalur is now dead. There are two Langidalur straws
available at $90.
ORMUR - 02-933
Ormur is a polled, white ram born 2002, with an amazing overall score of
85.5! He scored 8.5 for neck and shoulder, 8.5 chest, 8.5 back, 9.0
for rump, 17.5 leg and a rare and wonderful 9.0 for wool, plus an overall
harmony of 8.5. And on top of all this, he is heterozygous for pattern
carrying solid, moorit and spotting.
Southram reports that his offspring are grading very, very well for
leanness with very thick eye muscle and good maturity. Fleece is very
good, thick and lustrous, and scrapie inheritance is neutral.
Ormur's most recent average lamb scores are: chest 8.2, back 8.2, rump
8.4, leg 16.9, wool 8.1, symmetry 8.2, totaling 82.0. Ormur's BLUP
meat scores are, leanness 134 (!!!) muscling 93 for a composite score
of 118. His daughter scores are milkiness 114 and fertility 98. We have has some
wonderful Ormur lambs!
Shown below are 101T, 102T, 116T, 117T, 188T and 119T.
101T 102T 116T 117Tand 118T 118T 119T
We currently have no Ormur straws available.
SNODDI 99-896
Snoddi is a polled
white ram, born 1999 and he has been in the catalogue for several years now,
always a good sign. He has great scores, head 8.0, neck and shoulders
8.5, chest 8.5, back 8.5, rump 8.5, leg 18.0 (!!!) wool 8.5, feet 8.0
and symmetry, 8.0, for a total of 84.5. He is the son of AI sire
Sveppur, and also has Skreppur in his lineage. His daughter score are
good at +5 for fertility and 104 for milkiness. Snoddi is homozygous
for white. There are 3 Snoddi straws available
at $80/straw.
Solon: 01-889,
born 2001. Solon
is a white, polled ram, homozygous for the white pattern. His 2001
evaluation as a lamb netted him a total of 84.5 points, and his
re-evaluation in 2002, 83 points. Both years Solon graded an 8.5 on
his wool. and 9.0 on his rump, plus the wonderful leg scores of 18.0 and
17.5. Solon has two wonderful AI sires in his lineage, Hnykill as his
great-grandfather and Dalur as his mother's father. Solon's average
lamb scores in 2005, the most recent records for him, are: chest 8.3,
back 8.0, rump 8.4, leg 17.0, wool 8.3, symmetry 8.1 and total 81.6.
His BLUP scores are very consistent, 119 all the way through for leanness,
muscling and composite score. His daughters score just below average
at -3 fertility and 97 index. Solon is now dead. We have two Solon
VAI straws available at $60.
Thokki - 01-878.
A white polled ram born 2001, Thokki is immediately noticed for his immense quantity of shiny, white fleece, and indeed his wool score is an amazing 9.0. Thokki has an overall score of 83.5 with neck and shoulders at 8.5, chest 8.0, back 8.5, rump 8.5, leg 17.0 and overall harmony at 8.0. He is heterozygous for pattern and carries spotting and moorit. Our Thokki twins from 2006 have very, very thick fleeces, and impressive size. Our Thokki son 920S was breeding for us this past fall. Southram reports that Thokki has a superb progeny test score of 146; his lambs have a very thick eye muscle. His scrapie inheritance is neutral. Thokki's most recent lamb statistics are from 2005, and they are as follows: chest 8.4, back 8.3, rump 8.4, leg 17.0, wool 8.2, symmetry 8.1, total 82.3. Thokki's BLUP meat scores are 112 right through, fat, muscling and composite score. His daughters score well at fertility +10, index 108 with 141 daughter years reporting. Thokki has tended to throw some horns and scurs as you can see in our Thokkison 920S below. Thokki died in 2006 and we have no more straws available.
"Leader Sheep" Sires:
Tigull - 04939
The newest Leader sire to come into the States, he has a wonderful and unusual spotting pattern. We have 1 Tigull VAI straw available for $80.
We had three Tigull lambs this spring and all three have the heads-up leader aspect. Shown below are 113T, 144T and 115T.
Leifur: #02-900, a horned black/gray spotted ram born in 2002. He has an unusual spotting pattern as he shows very little color and is mostly spot. He is a paternal grandson of Blesi 98-884 whose straws we are importing fall of 2005.
Here is our Leifurson BLW-827R,
and you can see that he is his father's son! We have 3 VAI straws
available at: $80/straw
Blesi: #98-884, a spotted black horned leader ram, born 1998. He is the grandsire of Leifur 02-900 above. Blesi has the more traditional spotting pattern for leader sheep, white blaze, white socks, and in his case, a white bib. Blesi is sold out.
