“Magnitude” Season’s Bounty 23216
Magnitude was another standout from Tuba’s first lamb crop that we have decided to retain and use in our flock. He was out of a yearling Sycamore daughter, and he was too young to put in our 2023 sale. But we grew him out and kept him around partly as a backup in case anything happened to Tuba. We were going to sell him in our 2024 sale, but we have decided that he needs to stay here and go to work in our flock. He is notable for his thick level top, big correct feet and beautiful head that he holds high. He has 3 ewes in his pedigree that were all productive beyond 10 years of age.
“Cinder Block” Season’s Bounty 23109
We selected Cinder Block from the first lamb crop out of Tuba. He really combined the best of both his parents with the big feet, girth, wide hips and excellent head of his sire and the long, smooth, thick top and heavy muscle of his dam who was sired by Hickory. We have been thrilled with the first lamb crop out of Cinder Block for their remarkable consistency. The lead off rams, 24040 and 24090, in our 2024 sale were both sired by Cinder Block as well as the lead off ewe lamb, 24013.
“Tuba” Emenheiser 22T03
We leased Tuba as a ram lamb from Joe Emenheiser of Vermont. We had been looking for a ram that would boost the girth and foot size of our flock and improve the Suffolk heads. When we saw what Joe was getting as a result of his embryo transfer work with certain Batt lines, we knew he was onto something. We were so pleased with his first lamb crop, that we ended up buying him and using him hard again along with a couple of his best sons. Tuba has had a tremendous impact on our flock already and most of the lambs in our 2024 were his descendants.
“Timberline” Kimm19033
We really liked the first 2 rams we had purchased from Bob Kimm (Teton and Hickory) and when we saw the muscle shape on Timberline who was in the Kimm 2000 sale, we ended up purchasing him. He has been our source for heavy muscling (NSIP +3.53) and his daughters have proven to be excellent mothers. So we will be using him hard again for his 5th breeding season in 2024. He sires long level lambs with excellent muscle shape and his lambs have been popular in our annual production sales.
“Rio” Season’s Bounty 0093
Rio was a triplet out of a young ewe that was sired by Mint Gold 3007. We sold him in our 2000 sale to Brad Smith of WV who got a really good lamb crop out of him, and after hearing from multiple people that he was the lamb in our sale that caught their attention most, we asked Brad if we could buy him back. Rio produced the high scanning ram in our 2023 sale that sold to Josh Cruz of CT, and his twin that sold to Miles Gibbs of Texas. We used Rio on a large group of ewes and many of the ewe lambs for the 2024 breeding season.
“Rubble” Season’s Bounty 24006
Rubble was our pick of the 2024 ram lamb crop out of the impressive Cinder Block sire group. He had an LEA of 3.73 adjusted to 135 lbs. and at 6 months of age he posted a solid stat of 1.19 lbs/day of age. His 11 year old dam, #4026, was sired by “Doc” a triplet son of Bob Kimm’s 4081 ewe that was still productive at 14 years of age. Rubble is heavy duty from front to back and top to bottom.
“George” Season’s Bounty 1008
George was our pick of the Timberline sons from the 2021 lamb crop. He is out of the 1056 ewe family that has given us multiple keeper male descendants like Cobalt, Sycamore, and Magnitude. This ewe family has excellent maternal traits such as prolificacy, excellent udders, great milk supply, and longevity. George was the top scanning ram here at the farm in 2021 and his twin was the top scanner at the Virginia Ram Test.
“Sycamore” Season’s Bounty 1049
Sycamore is from the heart of our flock and probably related to just about every sheep on the place. He is a son of Hickory and out of the 1056/3036 ewe family. He is the maternal grandsire of Magnitude.