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The Katahdin Hairald
Quarterly Newsle�er of Katahdin Hair Sheep International
Volume 26, No. 1
www.katahdins.org
Spring 2014
Welcome New Members
November 2013 February 15, 2014
New Youth Memberships
Kaleb & Erin Rodgers of Action Farms ..............Vanzant, MO
Tyler McAlister of O'Rays Farm.......................... Webster, FL
Don & Carolyn Booth of Sand Ford Ranch.... Perkinston, MS
Hannah Pirc of Good Shepherd Farm................ Meridian, ID
Caleb Pirc of Good Shepherd Farm ................... Meridian, ID
Ashea Nicole Graves of D & D Farms ...............Greenville, IL
Cooper Gehring...............................................Columbia, MO
Mitchell Woodlee of Woodlee Farms............ McMinnville, TN
Jonathan N Wells of Wells Farm ...................Fort Meade, TX
New Voting Memberships
Stoney M Beavers, PhD of Covered Bridge Farm..................
....................................................................... Hayden, AL
William & Ellen Burton of Not Rub Farm ....... Blountsville, AL
Ann Evans & James Jones of Enchantment Ranch...............
.......................................................................Summit, AR
Jonatan Chinolla............................................. Longmont, CO
Pam Dodsworth of RockinDCross ................ Cedaredge, CO
Rick & Cindy Gagnon of RNC Mouton Maison.......................
.................................................................Indian Hills, CO
Carla Roselli of Timberdoodle Farm................... Durham, CT
Mirtha Guerra Aguirre of Green Acres Madison ..... Miami, FL
Brandon Daugherty ......................................Rocky Face, GA
Katherine & Aaron Davis of Highline Katahdin ....... Boone, IA
Dean Brown.........................................................Hillsboro, IL
Lee & Bethany Doyle of Hillside Farm.................Altamont, IL
Alan VanDeWoestyne......................................... Geneseo, IL
Mitchell Rader..................................................... Orlando, KY
Melbern Wengerd ........................................ Munfordville, KY
Rose Marie Hall of R & J Farm..................East Machias, ME
Jon Heethuis of Deer Ridge Farm............................. Ada, MI
Betty Landercasper of Grass Valley Farm...La Crescent, MN
Judith M & Brian T Madsen of Straight River Lambing
Company ..................................................... Faribault, MN
Mark & Nancy Moulton of City View Farm.......Rush City, MN
J. or R. Dillard of Dillard Farms ...........................Ironton, MO
James M Spiers of Spiers Family Farm............. Wiggins, MS
Tyler & Shannon Eaton of Blue Pepper Farm ........... Jay, NY
Aden & MaryAnn Raber................................West Union, OH
Carl Edwin Stevens of Pecan Tree............... Elmore City, OK
Sarah Dille of Dille Run Farm .......................... Prosperity, PA
Jeffrey C Jodon, Jr of Silverdale Farm ...................Julian, PA
Stephanie & Jason McCauley of Shady Maple Farm .............
...........................................................................Kane, PA
Harm Trollip ............................................................Leola, SD
Bill Bruning of Twin Cedars Farm ....................... Decatur, TN
G Kent Chastain of Chastain Brothers Farm ....... Delano, TN
John & Sandra Coward of Round House Farm ......................
.................................................................. Speedwell, TN
Greg Needham of Thunder Road Katahdins ..........................
.............................................................Maynardsville, TN
Bill & Article Neese of JKA Farms...................Shelbyville, TN
Ricky & Cindy Pardon of Pardon Farm..............Prospect, TN
Matthew M Price of Square P Farm .............. Rogersville, TN
Carolyn Barth of Full Expression Farm...............Leonard, TX
Steve & Jala Runnels of Runnels Working Resort .................
.................................................................... Longview, TX
Donya Tomlin of Viking Ranch...........................Rockwall, TX
George Trapp of Come-By Farm of Texas..............Kemp, TX
Nyle B Wells of Wells Farm ...........................Fort Meade, TX
Pete & Kathy Gray of Gray Farm.....................Nokesville, VA
Grace Langner of Pondering Oaks Farm .............. Cullen, VA
Chuck & Lou Ann Neely of Riven Rock Farm....Monterey, VA
David & Rhonda Rutherford of D&R Farming.... Lebanon, VA
Gordon Taylor of Promised Land Farms..... Glade Spring, VA
Glenda or Dick Cable of First Love Farm ........... Sequim, WA
Mari Hunter of Nevrstop ................................... Republic, WA
Jeff Fjeld & Renee Schwarzmiller of The Schwarzmiller
Farm .................................................... Lake Stevens, WA
Spring 2014
VOLUME 26 ISSUE 1
Jim Morgan & Teresa Maurer, Editors
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KHSI Operations
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KHSI Registry
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KHSI Board of Directors
President - Lee Wright
Vice President - Carl Ginapp
Secretary - Roxanne Newon
Treasurer - John Dyer
Director - Maria Dosch
Director - G.F. "Doc" Kennedy
Director - Henry Shul�
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Inside This Issue
Articles
Directors Corner............................................................................................................2
The Five Point Check© System.....................................................................................2
Marketing Lamb Meat Part 1: From Field to Freezer.....................................................3
Evaluating Your Sheep Experts: Part One ....................................................................9
Breeding Sheep to be Shepherd Friendly: A Ewe Scorecard .....................................16
From the Feed Trough . . . TDN ..................................................................................22
The American Lamb Industry Roadmap Project .........................................................35
Regular Features
Welcome New Members ..................................................................... inside front cover
Katahdins and Katahdin Breeders In the News.............................................................6
Focus on Ewe-th .........................................................................................................14
Katahdin Recipe Forum...............................................................................................24
From the Resource Shelf.............................................................................................30
KHSI Member’s Guide.................................................................................................37
Classified Ads..............................................................................................................39
Advertisers Index (listed alphabetically) .............................................. inside back cover
KHSI Business & Information
2014 Katahdin Youth Scholarship Application Information.......................................... 13
Working for Our Youth.................................................................................................14
KHSI to Change Registries on April 1st, 2014.............................................................19
Expo Hotel Rooms Limited—Reserve Yours Now or Sleep FAR Away! .....................33
Plan Now to Attend a Great Set of KHSI Expo Workshops on August 8 ...................34
2014 Katahdin Hairald Publications and Ad Deadlines ...............................................35
2014 KHSI Expo Requirements for Consignment .......................................................36
10th Annual KHSI Expo & Sale Schedule — Aug. 7-9, 2014 ........................ back cover
Coming Events
Hairald Calendar ...................................................................................................... 11
Indiana Katahdin Association Ewe Sale: April 26, 2014..............................................27
Katahdin Sale Round Up .............................................................................................29
Educational Events Calendar ......................................................................................36
Cover: "Katahdin Mama", 1st Place, Best Promotion Category, 2012 Photo Contest, Will Bowling, Kentucky
Pictured Above: "Who Are You", 1st Place, Open Category, 2012 Photo Contest, Abby Mitchell, Tennessee
ANOTHER RECORD YEAR
AND A NEW REGISTRY
Lee Wright, KHSI President
Greetings KHSI Members,
As I come to you in this edition,
most of us are either well underway
with the 2014 lambing season, or we’ll
soon begin. New season means new
life, and the excitement of starting
over with a clean slate and trying new
things we have learned or invested in
during the previous year. We all have
hopes of a better year than the last,
no matter how good or bad the last
one was. We can always dream and
plan for a better future by using our
previous endeavors, education, and
even misfortunes as a solid pathway
to success.
Speaking of success, check out
the KHSI Registry and Membership
Activities chart below. My hat’s off
to all of you for yet another record
year. Seems like no matter how we
raise or market our Katahdins, they
continue to grow in popularity. My
theory with just about any agricultural
commodity is: productivity plus profitability usually tends to equal popularity. Hopefully our Katahdins will
continue to maintain their productive
and profitable traits for many years to
come. We have a tremendously strong
and growing membership, and I thank
each and every one of you for all you
do to continue to make KHSI, and
Katahdin sheep so successful.
In closing I want to inform you of
a change that the Board of Directors
has worked diligently on over the
past few months. We have decided
to make a change in Registries beginning April 1, 2014. At this time we
will be having all of our KHSI Registry work done through accuRegister,
based out of Darlington, PA. Before
making the change we will have all of
the necessary forms and procedures
for submittal posted at the website.
Feel free to contact KHSI Operations
if you have questions regarding the
process. In looking to the future of
KHSI, the Board agreed that accuRegister seemed to offer more potential for
growth and efficiency for all our registration needs. Until March 24, I encourage all of you needing to register
and record sheep, to continue sending
forms as usual to the KHSI Registry
in Milo, IA. I would also like to take
this opportunity to thank Associated
Registries and its staff for their years
of hard work and dedicated service to
KHSI and our members. I would also
like to thank the KHSI Board and Operations for all of their work and time
in making this transition happen.
Until next time, Happy Lambing!
I wish you all a bright and successful
2014. If there is anything either I or
the Board of Directors can be of service
with, please don’t hesitate to call or email. We are doing our best working
for you and Katahdins everywhere!
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The Five Point Check© System
Editor’s Note: In the last issue of the Hairald, we promised an article with more detail on the Five Point Check
system for determining if a sheep needs deworming. The editors are still looking for an author to write more on this
subject. However, in the meantime if you have internet access, you can learn more by viewing this excellent slide
show developed in 2013 by Susan Schoenian at this link:
http://www.slideshare.net/schoenian/the-five-point-check
If you don’t have a computer, go to your extension agent’s office or a public library and ask for help in accessing
the slide show.
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THE KATAHDIN HAIRALD • WWW.KATAHDINS.ORG
SPRING 2014
Marketing Lamb Meat Part 1: From Field to Freezer
Kim Harrison, Harrison Valley
Farms, Missouri
2013 has been the year of marketing
for me! This fall, I embarked on a lamb
meat marketing adventure and have
lots of thoughts and ideas to share. We
have been selling beef and lamb halves
directly to our customers since 2005.
We started direct marketing because
we did not appreciate the sale barn
experience, the lower prices our Polled
Hereford feeders and finishers were
bringing and the obvious lack of sheep
handling skill at the closest market for
our feeder lambs. In 2009 we started
individually packaging our beef and
selling it at farmers’ markets, while
still selling beef and lamb halves.
Then this past October in addition
to selling our beef by the package, we
added packaged lamb meat to our
product offerings. We also added online purchasing options from our web
site www.harrisonvalleyfarms.com,
as well as placing our meat products
in local mid-Missouri restaurants,
big box grocery stores and smaller
natural food markets. I have learned
a lot about the entire process of farm
to store shelf or restaurant kitchen. I
thought I was a thorough and methodical planner, but the more I delve into
this marketing effort, the more I realize I don’t know and didn’t plan for.
But, I should have known more and
you should too. Even if your focus is
raising and selling the best foundation
breeding stock possible supported by
excellent flock management practices,
you should be aware of the process of
getting a lamb rib chop onto the plate
of a restaurant customer, a package of
frozen ground lamb onto the shelf of
a grocery store, or a frozen crown rib
roast shipped to Boston.
I recently read the American Lamb
Board’s 2013 Industry Report, which
indicates both positive and negative
industry findings, such as the decline
of U.S. Lamb Meat consumption from
close to 5 pounds per capita in the
mid-1940’s to less than a half pound in
2012. Niche-market participants comment that the demand of their product
outstrips their supply and there is little
price sensitivity. I believe MKHSA
and KHSI members should more ag-
gressively educate ourselves about the
farm to plate process, no matter what
your interest or focus is. The better
you understand the entire process,
the better you can contribute to this
process by providing your customers
with what they need or want: whether
it is a ewe that lambs easily producing
stock that gains rapidly and efficiently
on forage, or a rib chop that a chef uses
for a $26.00 per entrée menu item.
To stay organized, I’ll categorize
my thoughts for Part 1 into the following areas: carcass, processing, and
storage. I have written about marketing and distribution in Part 2, which
will be published in the next Hairald
issue.
The Lamb Carcass:
• What is the desired live weight
of the finished lambs and when
does the lamb crop need to hit this
mark? My target live weight of our
live intact ram lambs is 110 – 120
pounds because of the size of cuts
it provides. Our packaged lamb
needs to be of a size that looks like
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the type of animals you want to produce
Registered ram and
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in early July.
Always Open
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All of the butcher
lambs we produce
are sold to high
end restaurants and
consumers in the
Kansas City market
through a direct
marketer.
Lynn & Donna Fahrmeier
13305 Flournoy School Road
Wellington, MO 64097
816-517-5049 • lfahrmeier@msn.com
SPRING 2014
We don’t chase fads,
we pursue what the consumer wants
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MARKETING LAMB MEAT PART 1, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3
it is enough to eat, but not too big/
heavy so that the price per package
discourages a purchase.
• Are all lambs processed at once,
or based on storage capacity, are
lambs divided into processing
groups based on when the target
weight will be reached? We process
in groups of 20 based on processor and storage capacity, as well
as markets used and customer
purchase preferences based on
seasonal cooking desires. It is more
efficient in terms of transportation
costs to haul 20 rather than 5 lambs
to the processor and then return to
pick up the processed meat.
• What is the target finished package weight of a lamb for my desired profit margins? Our goals are
to have package meat of a 110 lb
lamb weigh 39 – 40 pounds. This
is different from a hanging weight
percentage and doesn’t include
some of the fat and bone trim that
is tossed. So, if a ewe twins, ideally
we have 80 pounds each year of
finished and packaged lamb meat
to pay for all production costs and
contribution toward profit margin.
Production ewes that don’t consistently produce this and rams that
don’t consistently support this
do not spend a lot of time on our
farm.
• Do you know the meat cuts on
a typical (not customized for a
particular customer or restaurant)
carcass and how many of each cut?
This information is very important
for pricing and profit margin determination. For us this might
include:
o 2 boneless leg of lamb roasts
o 3 shoulder steak packages/2
steaks per package, 1” thick
o 4 sirloin chop packages/2 chops
per package, 1” thick
o 6 rib chop packages/2 chops per
package, 1” thick,
o 7 loin chop packages/2 chops
per package, 1” thick
o 15 1 lb. packages of ground
lamb
Note: Some processors will not
accept 2 chops per package and the
compromise can be four. Boneless cuts
such as a boneless leg need a higher
price since the leg bone is not being
sold and bone is 25-35% of the weight
of the leg.
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Processing:
• What type of processing plant
needs to be used? A state or federal inspected facility? All states
have federally inspected plants.
Twenty-seven states have both
federal and state inspected processing. To legally sell by the cut, the
meat needs to be inspected, packaged and labeled in a facility with
inspection.
• If selling lamb by the half or whole,
a marketer can use a facility that
does not have a meat inspector.
However, the person buying your
lamb has to officially own the lamb
prior to processing and the buyer
should pay the processor and not
you for the processing. It is OK to
transport the lamb to the processor
for the buyer since most will not
have a truck or trailer to do this.
• Processing lamb is more labor
intensive than beef or pork. Processors not used to working with
direct marketers and especially
lamb marketers may need some
TLC. They may label leg steaks
as round steaks and think they
need tenderizing like beef round
steaks.
• There are some retail opportunities
that only require a state inspected
facility. But there are also retail
chains that require a federally
inspected meat processing facility
be used due to corporate policy.
Typically processing costs are less
at a state inspected facility. Using a state inspected facility may
limit which retailers can carry your
products. We use a state inspected
processing plant.
• What is the capacity of the processing plant selected? What time in the
morning do you need to have the
sheep there? Do they charge extra
to handle sheep with “C” coats?
The processor we use has a capacity of 20 head, we have to be ready
to unload promptly at 7:30 AM
on the scheduled day and there is
an extra charge for working with
sheep that have “excessive wool”,
which includes animals with “C”
coats.
• Small processors may not process
sheep during months that fair
animals or deer are processed.
This will impact when the finish-
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ing lambs need to hit their target
weight. The processing date will
affect production scheduling for
the entire year, including breeding
time period, ideal lambing period,
weaning dates and when you’ll
evaluate the need for supplementation to insure the target live weight
is reached. We process from October through December. We lamb
in early April. We need ewes that
are good milk producers. And we
need lambs that are highly efficient
on spring and summer forage. We
do not have much room for error.
Storage:
How much lamb meat will fit in a
24.9 cubic foot freezer? It should
hold packaged lamb meat from
20 lamb carcasses with a hanging
weight of 60 lbs. cut typically, like
above.
So, if you only process one or two
times per year and want to have
lamb meat to sell all year round to
your customers, you’ll need to determine how many freezers you’ll
need. Perhaps a walk-in freezer
makes more sense (cents too!).
We have found that processors
usually do not “age” lamb, so the
packaged meat will be ready for us
to pick up, inventory, and put into
your freezers just a couple of days
after processing. Our freezer space
must be ready!
Hanging very lean grass fed lambs
can result in evaporation. If 10% of
the hanging weight evaporates in
the cooler before packaging, your
price per pound needs to increase
by 10%. The temperature and
humidity of the "hanging" cooler
along with number of days of
hanging all affect tenderness and
dehydration of the meat.
Do you have a backup plan for
keeping your meat frozen should
you lose electricity? Winter months
can bring weather-related electricity loses that last for several days.
Do you have a generator that can
provide the needed electricity?
Does your state, county or city
health department have rules for
the storage of meat? Typically, it is
illegal to store product not available
for future sale in the same freezer as
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SPRING 2014
A+ Stud
DOC P185
A maternal half brother to "First Ever" out of
ADS 0105, 2nd Place Fall Ram at Louisville.
You will see him again.
POY 44
DOC P297
Champion Ram at Louisville 2013, a
May 25th yearling whose twin sister
was second to champion ewe in class.
He was with 160 ewes prior to the
show and an additional 60 after the
show.
Visit with us at the major shows
and sales this year.
We and our sheep will be there.
HLB 1138 and MVF 6931 are no longer
with us, but their sons and daughters
are very much so.
Midwest Sale
Champion
Ram 2011,
sire of 2012
Champion Ewe
at Louisville
ADS 0105
Our choice of
the ram lambs
at the 2011
Expo held in
Pipestone
Pipestone Katahdins
G.F. & Deb Kennedy, and Gary Gorter
Pipestone, MN • 507-215-0487 • gkennedy@pipevet.com
SPRING 2014
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Katahdins and Katahdin Breeders In the News
Editor’s Note: If you, your sheep or
your farm have been featured in a news
story, let us know at info@katahdins.org
or send the article to us at KHSI, PO Box
778, Fayetteville AR 72702.
Ron Prokop and Michael Oglesby.
Alabama. On October 14, 2013 Michael Oglesby gave a presentation
to a group of lamb producers and
to 41 members of the culinary class
chapter at the Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham,
Alabama. Ron Prokop (from Florida)
had been in touch with Rae Maestas
of the American Lamb Board to arrange for a PowerPoint presentation
provided by the Lamb Board to Michael Oglesby. Ron Prokop of R & R
Katahdin Ranch provided the natural
all grass fed ground lamb for the meeting. Handouts with information on the
different lamb cuts and preparation
tips were provided by the American
Lamb Board. There were also videos
provided covering the American
Lamb Industry. The students planned
to use the ground lamb to enter the
American lamb recipe contest sponsored by the America Lamb Board.
https://www.americanlamb.com/
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Bob Nusbaum, Wisconsin. Bob, the lambs at birth and then sell them
a KHSI member, recently gave a pre- for breeding stock or to a lamb buyer.
sentation at the Sioux Falls Organic It has taken them several years, but
Agriculture Conference. A story about they have selected for ewes who lamb
the presentation was titled: Producer on pasture without assistance, do not
Touts ‘one-touch’ management at need foot trimming, deworming and
organic ag gathering. You can access do not require grain prior to lambing
the presentation at http://www.tristate or during lactation. They are promotneighbor.com, type the word "katah- ing these easy care sheep for beef cattle
din" in the search bar, and scroll to the producers.
story. Bob and his wife Amanda tag
MARKETING LAMB MEAT PART 1, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
the lamb meat for sale. Regulations
for storing and transporting frozen
meat are typically much easier to
meet than selling fresh. We tell our
customers that our meat is frozen
very fresh. Meat in the fresh meat
case in a retail store may be several weeks old or stored frozen and
then thawed for display.
In Summary: Katahdin breeders
really need to be well-educated on
the ever-changing lamb meat markets
and all of the processes that take place
to make eating the lamb meat we so
carefully produce a sought-after and
enjoyable experience. By adding this
knowledge to what we’re learning and
practicing on good genetics, recordkeeping, breeding soundness exams,
parasite control, forage management,
nutritional requirements, showing
and/or selling registered animals,
predator control with guardian animals, and fencing options, I think we’ll
continue to see strong growth in the
Katahdin breed numbers. We need to
keep in mind that the Katahdins are a
meat-breed sheep. We are producing
lamb meat for the American plate!
Editor’s Note: This is adapted from
Kim’s article in the Midwest Katahdin
Hair Sheep Association Newsletter.
SPRING 2014
BIG WIN AGAIN at Louisville!
Prairie Lane Farm is proud to be part of the Katahdin
Show at NAILE and winner of the PREMIER EXHIBITOR
AWARD for the second consecutive year!
1st Place
Flock &
Premier
Exhibitor
Award
Junior Champion Ram
1st Place Early Junior Ram Lamb
and sired by the 2013 NAILE Grand
Champion Ram, who sold to Ed
Julian, OH last year.
Thanks to Frankie Stiefel, AL for his
private purchase after the show!
Reserve Junior Champion Ram
1st Place February Ram Lamb
Thank you to Paul Howard for his
private purchase.
Thanks to All Our 2013 Buyers!
Grand Champion Ram
at Louisville 2013, and
Reserve Grand Champion
Ram in 2012.
Thank you to Ed Julian
for the purchase of
CENTRALIA.
1st Pair of Ewe Lambs
(Left) Reserve Junior
Champion Ewe, 1st Place
February Ewe Lamb
(Right) 2nd Place January
Ewe Lamb
Stop by to see our Katahdins!
ITE !
Henry Shultz & Family
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Audrain
Road 125 • Centralia, MO 65240 • 573-682-7127
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www.prairielanefarm.net or contact Sarah & Doug at 573-819-0806 • sb.gehring@gmail.com
SPRING 2014
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D & J SMITH KATAHDINS
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1st Place January Ewe Lamb
2013 NAILE
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Taking consignments to:
• “Katahdin All-Female Sale”, Greenfield, IN
• “Great Lakes Katahdin Sale”, Wooster, OH
• “Midwest Stud Ram Sale”, Sedalia, MO
• “The Katahdin Expo” in Hastings, NE
Sheep also available at the farm
David & Jane Smith
3985 N 300 W, Earl Park, IN 47942
219-474-3216 • djsmicol@ffni.com
SCD
SPRING 2014
Evaluating Your Sheep Experts: Part One
James Morgan, Arkansas
Fifteen years ago, shortly after we
started raising sheep, I participated
in a 14 week Management Intensive
Grazing (rotational) course. One of the
two main instructors, in response to
almost every question, would start his
trademark exasperating grin under his
big gray cowboy-style mustache and
ornery forehead hair curl and say, “It
depends”. I still picture him today.
At the time, I found that answer to
often be frustrating and sometimes
considered it the lazy answer. The
more that I have learned about livestock production and the more questions that I answer, I realize that “It
depends” is the best starting phrase
for answers to many farming and
ranching questions.
In fact, if your sheep expert doesn’t
answer your question with “It depends”, think twice before taking the
advice and consider finding a new
expert.
Before going on with some “it depends” examples, let’s consider other
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potential responses that should raise
red or yellow flags before you accept
the expertise. With the decreasing
numbers of sheep extension agents,
sheep research professors and DVMs
who have experience with sheep, our
options to find experts are becoming
more limited. With the advent of the
Internet, cell phones, and Facebook®,
sheep producers can obtain “expert”
answers from across the country or
around the world in seconds rather
than dealing with mail or traveling by
horse like people did 120 years ago. It
is great to have this instant access, but
we do need to exercise care.
Also, note that it is human nature
to accept simple, definitive answers.
Our whole sensory system and
brain circuits are constructed to take
complex information from the environment and to reduce it to simpler
information that we can use. Our eyes
have millions of photoreceptors and
our nervous system reduce this to a
single picture. Similarly, it is human
nature to want to accept an expert
who answers most questions with
simple, authoritative one-size-fits-all
responses. The novice sheep producer
is most prone to accept the advice of
the dogmatic expert.
FLAGS OF CAUTION WHEN
EVALUATING YOUR EXPERT:
SOME EXAMPLES
1. If the answer to your question is
not “It depends”.
Yellow Flag. Most situations are complex and probably don’t have a simple
answer. Evaluate the question and
whether it is complex. Decide if you
need to wave the yellow flag (later in
the article, some of these questions will
be explored).
2. “I tried this on one animal with
those symptoms and she did
much better. So, I showed that it
works.”
RED Flag. Many animals will get
better no matter what we do or what a
vet prescribes or a shepherd does. The
“expert” may be correct, but the red
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flag of caution should be waved. “One
animal” is typical of not using a good
evaluation process which should involve testing multiple if not hundreds
of animals. Be cautious.
3. “Since I switched my whole flock
to practice “X”, I no longer have
problems.”
RED Flag. E.g. this could be changing
a mineral and not having to deworm.
Without a controlled experiment it is
really hard to tell. The person may be
right, but the flag of caution should
fly.
4. “Last year, I gave three animals this
treatment and three animals without and the treatment worked.”
Yellow Flag. Three animals are not
enough, but it’s a start. In human
health, drug tests usually require
thousands of individuals. Many of the
failed medical innovations are due to
having based findings on a thousand
patients rather than 10,000.
Also, were the two treatment groups
treated the same? If in different pens
or pastures, they are not the same. Ask
your questions!
Is your farm or management system
similar? E.g. An “expert” could say
that all sheep need extra selenium
supplementation. It depends on your
forage and soil.
5. Starting an answer with a truth or
a something that appears to make
common sense and then expanding. For example, correlating a
physical external character with
an internal hormone condition or
performance character.
Red & Yellow Flags. Some have advocated that shiny hair above the thyroid or pancreas indicates that those
glands are working well. It seems to
make common sense, but there isn’t a
physiological basis and these are red
flags.
Green Flag. However, there are some
external characters that do indicate
specific or general conditions. Shiny
hair overall and good body condition
indicate health. Bottle jaw is a very
good indicator that almost always denotes severe anemia caused by barber
pole worms or liver flukes.
Green Flag. Drooping ears, not eating tasty quality forage, hay or grain,
grinding teeth, standing with their
head into a tree and/or a sheep moving away from the rest of the flock are
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general symptoms of something not
right. Symptom is not specific to an
individual condition.
Be careful of an initial small truth or
something that appears to make common sense that is used to justify the
opinion of the expert.
6. Is the expert trying to sell a technique or product or their sheep?
Red or Yellow Flag. Just be skeptical.
7. Alternative treatment for the sake
of alternative treatment. Or antiuniversity, anti- extension or antiintellectual. “The experts told me
to do this, but I tried this personal
remedy on one animal and it did
better.”
Yellow flag, maybe Red Flag. We farmers and ranchers have been led astray
by the experts a few times over the
years. It is human nature to often go
with the underdog (common theme of
popular movies). It is human nature to
go with the farmer who didn’t take the
extension agent’s advice and was right.
But alternative treatments need to be
treated with the same rigor of evaluation as scientific studies.
Certain publications and forums are
known for advocating alternative for
the sake of alternative or anti-extension. Agriculture needs these publications and these individuals that are
“thinking outside the box”, but we
as producers need to adopt with caution, and use the yellow flag.
In the next section of this article,
I will provide a few common questions that are definitive and several
that have as part of the answer “it
depends”.
QUESTIONS IN WHICH THE BEST
ANSWER STARTS WITH - “IT DEPENDS”
1. Do sheep have to have a barn (or
shade)?
2. Do you have to have lambs that
are at least 60 lbs at 60 days?
3. Do I have to supplement my ewes
before lambing and/or during lactation?
4. Are bigger sheep better?
5. Should I wean my lambs at 60
days of age? (see Fall 2013 Hairald,
page 4 for an article that discusses
this question in more depth)
6. Are sheep that are RR at codon
171 better than sheep that are not
RR?
7. When should my flock lamb?
8. Which dewormer (anthelmintic)
is best?
9. How many ewes can I run per
acre?
10. Will rotational grazing help with
parasite control?
In this article, there isn’t enough
room to answer each of the above
questions. In all of the above questions, the “expert” and the “questioner” need to know more about the
management system, environment,
markets for the flock, flock health,
flock history, nutritional program
and/or flock goals before providing
an answer. The focus of this article is
not to answer all of these questions,
but to encourage all of us to be critical thinkers and not pick the experts
who have a simple and/or definitive
answer to a question that requires an
"It depends on your system" answer.
“Do sheep have to have a barn?”
We could spend three whole pages
discussing this question, going
through each aspect of when a barn
is needed and when it is not necessary
and even when it creates problems.
The discussion might include: when
it pays to build a barn, when it causes
problems and costs the producer
money, and when the answer should
be “if you have a barn, you would be
much farther ahead to lock the barn
door and throw away the key (maybe
just hide it)”. Some of it depends on
your weather, predation risk, time of
the year lambing is, feed resources,
pasture fertility.
“Are bigger sheep better?” It depends on your market. It also depends
on your feed resources and their costs.
If your main market is lambs being
sold into the non-traditional (ethnic
market) or if you are selling commercial ewes to a producer that sells 60-80
pound lambs for that market, a 125140 pound ewe is plenty large. A big
ewe is inefficient for producing lambs
of that smaller size. It is analogous to
buying a two ton 4x4 diesel truck
when the most power you ever need
is to pull a small utility trailer with 5
head of sheep. You spend a lot more
on diesel than you need to. A larger
ewe will eat a lot more, providing a lot
more growing power in the lamb that
may not needed in the market you are
trying to serve.
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Hairald Calendar
KHSI periodically posts information on sheep sales and sheep events as a public service. Posting sale and event information does not imply endorsement or verification of the claims of any sale or event. Sales and events posted are not sanctioned by
KHSI unless otherwise noted. Contact the KHSI Operations Office to ask for your event or sale to be posted. 479-444-8441 or
info@katahdins.org.
Have You Paid Your 2014 Dues? Send them ASAP to KHSI Operations, PO Box 778, Fayetteville, AR 72702.
**April 1, 2014. Starting April 1: New Registry Address. Send registry work to our Registry in Pennsylvania. See
articles on pgs. 19, 20 and 21 for more info.
May 3-4, 2014. Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, Maryland, Info:
www.sheepandwool.org
May 24-25, 2014. Great Lakes Show and Sale. Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster Ohio. Show on the 24th at 9:00
AM. Contact Banner Sale Management at 309-785-5058 or go to www.bannermagazine.com.
June 14, 2014. 5th Annual Midwest Junior Preview Show. Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, MO. Contact Kate
Lambert at midwestshow@hotmail.com or 660-541-0468 www.midwestjuniorpreviewshow.com/
June 23, 2014. Leroy Boyd Memorial Junior Youth Show. Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, MO. Katahdin only
show. Contact Henry & Becky Shultz for more information. 573-682-5481 or beckyshultz@msn.com.
June 23-25, 2014. Midwest Stud Ram Show and Sale. Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, MO. Katahdins show
on the 23rd and sell on the 25th. Event lasts from 23-28th with other breeds showing and selling throughout the week.
**August 7-9, 2014. Tenth Annual Katahdin Hair Sheep International Expo. Annual KHSI Educational Workshop, Membership Meeting and KHSI National Sale. At USDA MARC, Clay Center, Nebraska and Adams County
Fairgrounds in Hastings, Nebraska.
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She lambed January
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“Glimmer” is a beautiful ewe. She was 1st yearling
ewe with 54 ewes placing behind her. We purchased
her at the 2012 Mid West Stud Ram Sale. Her son and
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SPRING 2014
2014 Katahdin Youth Scholarship Application Information
KHSI announces that applications
for the 3rd Annual Katahdin Youth
Scholarships Program will open on
April 15, 2014. Two Katahdin Youth
Scholarships will be awarded this
summer. Applications are due on
June 30, 2014.
KHSI is continuing its scholarship
program in 2014 for youth entering
college or already in college or in graduate school. Two $500 scholarships
will be awarded to youth for use at
any US college or university. On April
15, applications will be available at the
KHSI Website: www.katahdins.org
Completed applications and reference letters must be received by June
30, 2014 to be considered for this year’s
competition. Those without internet
access can call KHSI Operations at
479-444-8441 to request application
materials to be postal mailed.
Eligibility: the applicant must be a
youth member of KHSI, or their im-
mediate family must have a current
KHSI membership. Applicant must be
under 21 as of January 1, 2014 or under
age 26 if applying for graduate school
and must have been involved with Katahdin sheep for at least 1 year.
For questions about the scholarship,
or to request application materials,
please call KHSI at 479-444-8441, visit
the KHSI website www.katahdins.org
or email info@katahdins.org.
EVALUATING YOUR SHEEP EXPERTS: PART ONE, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
QUESTIONS IN WHICH THE ANSWER IS
DEFINITIVE
1. Are all Katahdins resistant to parasites?.......................................... No.
2. I have Katahdins and I hear they
are more resistant, so I won’t have
to deworm. Right? ............Wrong.
3. Can Katahdins get contagious hoof
rot? ............................................Yes.
SUMMARY
So the next time you receive or
read some advice, evaluate it with
some questions. Did the expert answer with a) It depends, b) I tried this
on one animal, c) last year I switched
my flock to this practice and haven’t
had any problems, d) I tried this on a
few animals and compared to others,
e) did the expert or the answer reel me
in by starting with a bit of truth or apparent common sense which lowered
my skepticism and led me on to something that isn’t true? f) playing on our
innate wish to support the underdog
who did something not advocated by
the experts, and/or g) alternative for
the sake of alternative.
All these experts can be listened to
and may have good advice, but it is
important to think through their answers. In the next issue of the Hairald,
part 2 of Evaluating Sheep Experts will
cover finding trusted sources.
Author’s Note: The author appreciates the valuable advice he received while
developing this article.
Have You Paid Your Dues? If not, this is your LAST ISSUE.
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Focus on Ewe-th
THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
by Brooke R. Kern,
Montana Youth Member
It was a cold, windy day in the
middle of October 2007. My parents
and I had made the drive up from
Absarokee to Livingston, Montana, in
order to buy two registered Katahdin
sheep to start my 4-H breeding sheep
project. When we arrived at Pinto
Ranch, Kindra Harlow had already
selected two bred ewes for me and a
surprise third ewe, unregistered and
aged seven years, who would be a gift.
My parents owned a flock of Columbia ewes, which they usually culled at
six or seven, when the ewes stopped
being productive. However, we were
happy to keep the seven year old ewe,
who Kindra had named Rosa, for at
least one year to see if she’d lamb.
Rosa has lambed every year since I
received her. This March, at the age of
thirteen, she produced a beautiful set
of twins. We kept her separate from
the younger ewes in the early spring
so she and her lambs could receive
extra feed until they could be turned
out on grass. They all thrived. Over
the years she has had some singles,
some twins, and one set of triplets,
and all her lambs have been vigorous and healthy. I’ve sold a couple of
her ram lambs and kept a few of the
ewe lambs. She’s a wonderful hardy
ewe, a great example of the amazing
Katahdin breed, and one of the most
wonderful gifts I’ve received.
READY FOR MORE!
by Natalie Hodgman, Maine
Many thanks to Brooke for sending me her article and Rosa’s picture.
If you are a youth and you have
something you would be willing to
share, please send it!
Send me pictures or a story about:
- Your 4H, FFA, or farming accomplishments!
- Your sheep, farm, or herding
dogs, whatever!
Send to natalie.hodgman12@
gmail.com
Please include your name, age,
where you live, what you did and a
caption for your picture!
Working for Our Youth
By Henry Shultz
Youth Committee Chairperson
On behalf of the Youth Committee,
I would like to thank all the Katahdin
breeders who have contributed so far
to the youth fund for scholarships and
premiums. Over the last three years
we have seen KHSI youth membership triple! This can be attributed to
breeders, like yourself, who are willing to support the youth through contributions and volunteering your time.
Youth are the future of not only our
breed but the agriculture industry.
When my girls were growing up,
we found they liked to be involved in
activities with other kids. The friendships & knowledge they gained were
timeless. The Youth Committee strives
to provide activities and projects for
Katahdin juniors that will be both
educational and fun.
In its third year, the scholarship
program is one we hope continues to
grow. Each year we award two $500
scholarships to graduating high school
seniors who have been involved with
Katahdin sheep. More information
about the 2014 scholarships can be
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found in the article on page 13. Application deadline is June 30, 2014.
To honor an active Katahdin
breeder, the Leroy Boyd Memorial
Show was started in conjunction with
the Midwest Stud Ram Sale at Sedalia,
Missouri. Junior Katahdin breeders
can enjoy a week showing their animals and meeting others who share a
passion for the breed. This show will
be held on Monday June 23. Another
event, the Midwest Junior Preview
Show, added a Katahdin breed for
the last two years and will be held
June 14, also at Sedalia. This show
hosts educational workshops as well
as a junior show. Both of these events
have seen Katahdin numbers double
the last two years and I believe they
will continue to grow. As these events
are not solely Katahdin events, other
youth are being exposed to Katahdins
and seeing the benefits of the breed.
The Youth Committee is excited
to announce that Katahdins will be
exhibited at the Eastern States Exposition in Massachusetts, also called
the Big E, during both the junior and
open shows. This will allow more exposure for Katahdins to kids on the
East Coast.
Watch your Katahdin Hairald for
information on future projects that are
in the works. The Hairald continues to
host a Youth Page, Focus on EWETH,
in each issue. Thank you to Natalie
Hodgman, from Maine, for putting
this page together. I would also like
to thank Petra Carlson & Bob Shauck
for all of the great photos they took at
events this year.
Seeing the youth involvement
grow makes me even more excited
about our industry! This bright future
is thanks to the generous donations
that have been made to the youth
fund. KHSI accepts donations at dues
renewal time and throughout the year
for the youth funds—just send your
check to KHSI, Attn: Youth Fund, PO
Box 778, Fayetteville AR 72702 and
indicate whether you wish to donate
to scholarships, premiums or both.
Thank you for giving us the privilege to serve on the Youth Committee
and develop these projects.
Editors Note. The youth committee
consists of Chair Henry Shultz (MO),
Kenneth Jessee (VA), John Dyer (IN),
Howard Brown (OK), Dr. Bruce Shanks
(MO)
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Flock Prefix: BIR
BIRCH CREEK FARMS
Registered Katahdin Breeding Stock
100% Registered
Katahdin Breeding Ewes
Taking Orders
for Spring 2014
Lambs Sired by:
BAG 1725, "Diesel"
Selected for:
¬ Performance on Forage
¬ Performance in the Show Ring
¬ Parasite Resistance
¬ Prolificacy
Bred by Buckeye Acres Genetics, "Diesel" was
Grand Champion high-selling ram at the 2012
Midwest Stud Ram Sale, selling for $3,300.
SHU 3348, "Today's News"
Bred by Prairie Lane Farm, "Today's News" was
Grand Champion ram at the 2013 Midwest Stud
Ram Sale, selling for $2,000. Also Reserve
Junior Champion Ram at NAILE in 2013.
W11
Flock Prefix: BIR
Birch Creek Farms
Brad, Tracy, Ben, & Kristi Williams
Atoka, Oklahoma
(580) 889-1646 • birchcreekfarms@yahoo.com
SPRING 2014
Bred by Up Hill Ranch, Sired by MVF 6108
"Bojangles", and out of the 2010 Reserve Grand
Champion ewe at the 2010 Midwest Stud Ram
Sale. W11 is an RR Triplet half brother to POY
44, the Grand Champion high-selling ram at the
2011 Midwest Stud Ram Sale.
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Breeding Sheep to be Shepherd Friendly: A Ewe Scorecard
By Tom Settlemire, Brunswick, Maine
Editor’s note: Tom Settlemire is
Professor Emeritus of Bowdoin College,
a Katahdin sheep producer, and a long
time KHSI member. This article was first
published in the Farming magazine.
Sheep are amazing animals that
can take nutrient sources not usable
by man such as grass and other forage material and convert these sources
into highly valued protein both as
meat and fiber. But just like any form
of biology, sheep have a wide range
of genetic potential. As producers we
need to measure and use these genetic
variations to select for animals that on
our particular farm will produce rapid
growing, high quality offspring that
will make our farming enterprise
profitable and more enjoyable.
There are important tools available to help all of us sheep farmers
select animals that have the genetic
potential to produce multiple births,
fast growing heavy muscled lambs,
and high quality wool under our specific farming conditions. The National
Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP)
with submission to LambPlan is a tool
that is invaluable in helping us select
sheep with the production potential
we need.
In addition to birth rate, growth
rate and important carcass characteristics, I have found that traits important
to making life easier at lambing time
have a strong genetic connection. Such
characteristics as ease of lambing,
mothering ability and milk at lambing
time have a genetic basis we can use
to not only make life with our sheep
easier and more enjoyable but have a
clear connection to profitability.
To measure these three important
“lambing barn” characteristics over
30 years ago, I created a “Ewe Lambing Scorecard”. The purpose was to
develop a system that would identify
those ewes that lambed easily, went
right to work as good mothers to clean
and care for their new arrivals and had
a good milk supply at the ready to feed
their offspring.
Some of the most frustrating times
for sheep producers at lambing time
are needing to work with ewes that
don’t dilate, that give birth but think
their job is over and walk away from
their lambs, or that give birth to a
beautiful set of twins but have no
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milk at time of lambing to feed their
new arrivals.
I know these traits have influence
on the factors used in production record systems but I have found scoring
the above three traits at lambing time
to be very useful and makes life at
lambing time much less stressful for
all involved.
In the 1980’s the following protocol was put together. I began using
the scorecard as one tool in selecting
breeding stock. In 2005, the sheep
flock was moved when I sold my
farm to Crystal Spring Farm, Brunswick, Maine. Seth Kroeck, the farmer
at Crystal Spring Community Farm,
and I began together to manage Crystal Spring Katahdins. The scorecard is
used to rate every ewe at lambing. Let
me explain.
I suspect that many of us at lambing time have had the experience of
having a ewe come into labor, but
she didn’t dilate and the birth of the
lamb(s) only happened (or didn’t)
because we were there and became
the “midwife”. And then to top it off,
after the lambs were born the ewe
said, “hey, my job is done, I really
don’t want to be a mother” – and she
ignored the new lambs. So we begin
the job of convincing her to take her
responsibilities seriously. Then to add
insult to injury, she didn’t have any
milk.
Now I agree that maybe each of
our problem ewes don’t have all these
faults, but all too often in the flock of
sheep our family had back in the early
‘80’s one or more of the above happened with a ewe at lambing time. I
decided it was time to say enough is
enough and I don’t want to deal with
three big problems at lambing time:
ewes that had difficulty lambing, or
were poor mothers and/or at the time
they lambed they had no milk.
So how to move forward? Records
are a major help and I wanted a simple,
user-friendly scorecard for each ewe at
lambing time and then wanted to use
that information as a tool in selecting
breeding stock.
The theory behind all this is that
there is a genetic base to ease of
lambing, mothering skills and available milk at lambing. And that if we
recorded information about what was
happening at lambing time and used
that information to select only those
who got high marks for the above, life
in the sheep barn would be better. So I
created a scorecard that has been used
for over 30 years and the results have
been rewarding.
The scorecard has three components:
Lambing score:
At lambing time the ewe is given
one of three scores:
Score of A: she lambed normally
(came into labor and in a reasonable length of time presented her
lambs without intervention)
Score of B: she lambed but required some assistance but only
because lambs were breach, multiple lambs were in the birth canal
at same time-but she had dilated
and would have delivered a normal
presentation without help.
Score of C: the ewe went into labor,
tried to deliver but had not dilated
sufficiently to allow the delivery of
a normal presentation. These ewes
are automatic culls for me. I also
scored any ewe with prolapses of
any kind a “C” and placed her on
the cull list. In addition none of her
ram or ewe lambs would be kept or
sold for breeding purposes.
Mothering score:
For me this score is very important.
Here I am ranking the ewe’s action to
immediately care for her new born
by licking, talking/cooing to her new
birth with total focus. A mature ewe
is either a good mother or a cull- plain
and simple.
So the scores for this one are:
Score of 1: great mother, immediate to the task at hand of cleaning
and caring for her new lamb with
total focus. And when lamb number 2 or 3 arrived, she was able to
change focus as needed and keep
her new offspring in her complete
care.
Score of 2: - CULL. If the ewe did
not take her responsibility seriously and did not clean, connect
with and nurse her new lambs, all
of this means more work for you,
more dead lambs and less joy in the
lambing barn. Some might want to
give a little slack to young ewes,
those lambing at 12-16 months
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BREEDING SHEEP TO BE SHEPHERD-FRIENDLY, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16
of age. That decision needs to
be one you make. Even here I
would want the young ewe to
become focused on mothering
with very little intervention. In
general, the more critical you
are of “mothering skills” the
easier life in the lambing barn
becomes over the years. Simply
said there is a genetic component to “mothering” and if you
identify the good mothers and
remove those with poor mothering skills you are on your way to
a shepherd friendly flock. Only
select for breeding stock those
ewe and ram lambs who come
from dams that are the stars and
earn a score of “1”.
Milk available at time of lambing:
Score of I. Ewe has a full udder,
normal teat size and all is ready
for a lamb to nurse. If we are in
the lambing barn when lambs
are born, as one of the tasks we
strip a little milk from each teat
to remove wax plug and make
sure milk can flow. We love the
girls with full udders and all set to
get lambs off to a good start!
Score of II. Ewe has some milk
but her milk production is not the
full, distended udder we would
like. Within a few hours she is in
business and full production is in
place. Again it is your choice as to
how critical you are on this trait
– but we have observed there is a
genetic component and the more
critical you, are the easier work in
the lambing barn becomes over the
years.
Score of III. Cull. No milk, abnormal or misshaped teats, hard udder
or for any reason a non-functioning
mammary system.
An example of how this scorecard
can be used at lambing time is shown
in the table below.
The first ewe, number 1005, is a
winner. She lambed normally (score
of “A”), she was a great mother (score
of 1) and she had a good milk supply
for her lambs (score is I). You can’t
get better than A-1-I!!
The second ewe, number 1008,
lambed easily (score of A), she is a
good mother (score of 1) but her full
milk supply came in a few hours later
(score of II). You need to decide how
important this trait is for your program and this ewe might be a cull or
given another chance.
The third ewe, 4034, lambed easily,
(score of A) but is not a good mother
(score of 2) but did have a full udder at
lambing (score of I). Without question
Ewe ID
lambing
date
lamb Id
birth wt.pounds
sex/type
birth
comments
1005
1008
4034
2089
2/10/11
2/11/11
2/15/11
2/17/11
1001
1010
1045
1094
8
9
11
10
e/tw
r/s
e/tw
r/tw
A-1-I
A-1-II
A-2-I
B-2-II
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Feb.
2014 Herd Sires:
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HLB 293 KA-BOOM
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All rams RR
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Stud Rams
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John, Judy & Scott Dyer
new email:
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for me this ewe is a cull. Unless she is
caught and made to identify with her
lambs, the lambs would more than
likely die. This is an excellent example where keeping this ewe will mean
more work next year. And just as important - if you kept any of her lambs
you are keeping the genetics you don’t
want. So both she and her lambs are
meat animals. Mothering traits have a
strong genetic base and poor mothers
one year means the same for years to
come. One exception might be a 12-16
month old ewe lambing for first time
– but even here I would want to see
strong mothering instincts kick in
with very little encouragement from
the shepherd.
The last ewe, 2089, is an easy cull.
She needed some assistance lambing
(Score of B), did not show good mothering instincts (Score of 2- a cull score)
and she was late in coming into milk
for her new lambs (Score of II).
Again I want to emphasize that
most of our selection focus should
be using production records. Production records and EPD’s are powerful
tools in breeding sheep that provide
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the base for successful sheep farming.
And clearly the factors measured in
the Ewe Scorecard are also reflected
in lamb growth rates, factors that are
evaluated in the NSIP and Lamb Plan
indexing programs.
But I have found there is a place for
additional, easily measured information that can be collecting at lambing
time and then used to select breeding
stock that can make lambing easier
for the shepherd. Sheep are amazing
animals with a wide assortment of
genetics and we can make our lives
(and theirs) a lot easier and productive
by aggressively using all the selection
tools available.
A logical question would be: what
has happened in our flock using this
ewe scorecard? Well, in the 2011
lambing season we had 122 lambs
born in Maine during the months
of January/February. The barn was
checked for the day at 10 pm and
again at 6 am and off and on during the day. Only one lamb was lost
at lambing time. For that to happen
you must have ewes that lamb easily,
have strong mothering skills and have
milk available to get their lambs off to
a strong start.
Nothing will make our sheep
world perfect but the ewe scorecard
maybe a tool you want to consider to
help create a shepherd friendly and
productive flock.
Author’s Bio - Tom grew up on a
dairy and sheep farm in Ohio and has
raised sheep in Maine since 1970. He
was a professor of biology and chemistry
at Bowdoin College until his retirement in
2005. Along with Dr. Richard Brzozowski,
University of Maine Extension Service, he
has co-directed two sheep research projects
with one focusing on breeding sheep that
are resistant to infection by the barber
pole worm, Haemonchus contortus,
and the other creating a protocol to rid
sheep of foot rot with the long term goal
of breeding sheep resistant to that disease.
He has been an active participant in the
effort to create high quality pasture management systems involving rotational
grazing for ruminant animals and was
SPRING 2014
KHSI to Change Registries on April 1st, 2014
The KHSI Board of Directors
voted to contract with John Savage
of accuRegister in Darlington,
Pennsylvania to be our new Registry
Contractor starting on April 1st
The KHSI Board decided to change
registries to be better positioned for
advances in software, programming
and to offer increased flexibility in our
services. Associated Registries in Iowa
was in the process of hiring a new
Registrar and the Board decided that
this was an appropriate time for KHSI
to implement a change. accuRegister
provides KHSI with greater flexibility
in custom database programming and
more options for customizing certificates and service for KHSI.
KHSI thanks Associated Registries
in Milo, Iowa for three years of good
service. KHSI greatly appreciates the
service of their many hard working
employees. We would like to recognize and thank current employees
Elisha, Julie, Jacki, Barb and Janine
for their hard work. KHSI would also
like to thank Carrie Taylor Kelly and
Karey Claghorn who were the previous Registrars for the breed. Associated Registries, and especially Elisha,
assisted KHSI though a period in
which registrations and transfers increased by over 65%.
Before explaining more about our
new Registry Service, KHSI will answer a few questions that you might
be wondering about:
I just sent my only copy of Registry certificates to the KHSI Registry
in Iowa. Is my goose cooked? No,
you are fine. The Registry in Iowa
will continue to process certificates
until March 31, 2014. After that, all
work will be forwarded to our new
Registry.
It is after April 1st and I sent work
to Iowa, what will happen? The registry service in Iowa is contracted to
forward all mail to Pennsylvania.
Should I not register sheep in
March and wait for the new Registry?
KHSI Board of Directors encourages
our membership to do business as
usual. Don’t wait.
I need Certificates of Registration
processed and in my hands April 115. In this case, the KHSI Board encourages you to send your work to
the Iowa Registry by March 24. There
will be at least a week delay in early
April as accuRegister, imports the new
database, does the final tests of the
SPRING 2014
program (as part of the bid process,
John Savage already tested his new
Katahdin Registry database). Then,
accuRegistry will be processing 2-3
weeks of work.
What changes can the membership expect? Later in this article,
we list a few changes that we think
many members will appreciate.
Other changes include 1) an increase
in the cost for overnight shipping, 2) a
change in the online registration forms
that are used in conjunction with our
PayPal services. There will be other
minor changes.
Do I need to change the address
and phone number for the Registry?
Yes. But if you forget and call the Iowa
office or mail to the Iowa Registry Office, don’t panic. The Iowa office will
forward mail to the KHSI Registry in
Pennsylvania. They will also remind
you to call the Pennsylvania office at
724-843-2084.
Do I need to change my email
address for the registry? It depends. If you have been using
registry@katahdins.org the answer is
no change needed. If you have been using asregistry@yahoo.com, you should
change it to registry@katahdins.org. If
you forget, Associated Registries will
forward your email for you.
Do I need to change website addresses that I have bookmarked?
The main site and the links for online
registration will be the same but the
process will differ slightly. Those who
use online registrations will start at
www.katahdins.org as usual. If you
wish to look at online pedigrees (see
item 1) below), you will need a new
link.
Do I need to use a new Work
Order and Registration Application
Form? Yes. You should have received
a copy of the new registry form in the
mail. You can also download one from
the website starting on April 1, 2014.
(note: The main changes are in the
address.)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE
NEW REGISTRY
accuRegister is owned and managed by John Savage. John has been
registering sheep for other breeds
since 2000, and has thirteen years of
experience. John and his wife Chris
have been members of KHSI since
2003. Currently, accuRegister is registering 10 breeds of sheep.
Some of the changes that KHSI
members can take advantage of include the following:
1) Registry Database Online. KHSI
members will be able to look at
the pedigrees online. For example,
if you are thinking about buying
a sheep and want to know if there
are inbreeding issues with your
current flock, a member will be
able to look at three generation
pedigrees online.
2) Submission by Excel Files. Many
members have asked about submission of registration information by Excel files. This will now
be possible.
3) Registration Certificate changes.
The general format stays the same,
but there are a few changes.
a. Current Owners, as well as
Breeders and Owners of Dam will
now be listed on the front of the
certificate
b. Percentages of Recorded Sheep
will be listed in the five generation
pedigree, for example, if dams or
sires in the pedigree are 50% or
75%
c. Better Readability. The Registration number and sheep ID of
the animal are much larger. When
sorting through several certificates,
it will be easier to find. Much of the
information is in a larger and/or
bolder font.
d. A new certificate will be issued
following each transfer. All past
owners will be printed on the back
by the computer.
The KHSI Board of Directors and
KHSI Operations Office are looking
forward to John Savage’s computer
skills to customize and provide Registry Reports that are electronic and
more specific to the needs of the Katahdin association. John also has the
abilities to program Operations Office
Membership databases and Registry
Membership databases in ways that
minimize having to enter the same
data repeatedly in different places.
Again, KHSI thanks Associated
Registries and their staff for all of
their service in the past—you helped
KHSI grow, and we thank you! We
are looking forward to working with
John Savage and accuRegister starting
in April 1. If you have any questions
about the change, please contact
KHSI Operations at 479-444-8441 or
info@katahdins.org.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
KHSI Registry Staff (from le�) Alexis Gingerella, Registrar John Savage & Kris Savage
KHSI Re
1039 State Route 168 •
724-843-2084 • regi
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April 1, 2014
What Do I Need to Know?
Effec�ve April 1: KHSI Registry, 1039 State Route 168, Darlington, PA 16115
724-843-2084 • registry@katahdins.org
Con�nue to send registry paperwork to Iowa un�l March 24, 2014.
KHSI Registry, PO Box 51, Milo, IA 50166.
IMPORTANT: IF YOU NEED PAPERS IN YOUR HANDS BY APRIL 15TH, SEND
THEM EARLY to Registry in Milo, IA.
“It is a�er April 1 and I sent my cer�ficates to the Iowa Registry.” Relax!
Don’t panic. Iowa will forward to the registry in Pennsylvania.
For more details see the Directors Corner on page 2 and the ar�cle "KHSI
to Change Registries on April 1st" on page 19.
Registry
• Darlington, PA 16115
istry@katahdins.org
SPRING 2014
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FROM THE FEED TROUGH . . . TDN
If you’re going to buy a feedstuff,
you need to know its energy value.
But energy values are expressed in all
sorts of cryptic terms: TDN, DE, ME,
NEg, NEm. This can be worse than a
stockbroker’s report. Let’s look carefully at one term that is used nearly
everywhere ...
The granddaddy expression of
energy terms is the well-known and
venerable “TDN” – Total Digestible Nutrients. As the name implies, TDN was
designed to express the total amount
of available nutrients in a feedstuff.
TDN is based on the concept of “digestibility,” which simply means the
proportion of a feedstuff absorbed
as nutrients across the gut wall after
being broken down in the intestinal
tract by enzymes and microbes. The
undigested portion of the feedstuff
continues down the gut towards the
exit.
The TDN system did not spring
full-blown from an ancient Sanskrit
text. German and American scientists
originally devised the TDN concept
around the turn of the last century
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(1900). Agricultural scientists had
been searching for a single number
to reflect the nutritional value of a
feed. So, based on the limited chemical
knowledge at that time, they decided
to partition feed organic matter into
four nutritional fractions: crude protein,
crude fiber, crude fat, and nitrogen-free
extract (NFE), which was defined to
mean everything not accounted for
by the other three categories. They
calculated a total digestibility (TDN)
by summing the digestible amounts of
each fraction, although they first multiplied the fat fraction by 2.25 because
fat contains 2.25 times more digestible
energy than carbohydrates or protein.
Nutritional reference tables typically
list TDN values as percentages or
pounds. The basic TDN formula has
not changed in over eighty years.
Today, many researchers scorn the
TDN system because several of its assumptions are suspect or routinely
violated. This skepticism has some
merit. For example, NFE is calculated
by subtracting the values for water,
ash, protein, fat, and crude fiber from
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100. This virtually guarantees that
any errors in the other values are automatically passed along to the NFE
value. It’s somewhat like an old-fashioned bucket brigade with the person
at the end getting stuck holding the
final bucket.
Another problem is the concept of
NFE, which was originally supposed to
represent the more digestible carbohydrate fraction of a feed, which are primarily starch and soluble compounds.
The problem is that, in reality, the NFE
fraction also contains lignin, which
has a digestibility of zero. Conversely,
the crude fiber value of a forage can
be very misleading because the procedure for analyzing crude fiber does
not detect certain types of indigestible
fiber, like lignin. Modern analytical
techniques are much better at identifying a feed’s nutritionally important
fiber — like neutral detergent fiber
(NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF),
but these new fiber values are not included in the TDN equation. In fact,
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FROM THE FEED TROUGH, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22
the “fiber” number legally required on
most feedtags is still crude fiber.
Because forages contain many different types of fiber, the TDN system
tends to underestimate the true digestibility of high quality forages and
overestimate the true digestibility of
low quality straws.
TDN also assumes that all fat
contains 9 kcal/g of energy. Unfortunately, this assumption is true
only for fats like triglycerides, which
are the major storage compounds in
feed grains. Forages and byproduct
feeds can contain all sorts of other
fatty substances, such as steroids and
waxes, that contain less energy than
triglycerides. In the pasture world,
however, this inaccuracy doesn’t
amount to much because forage diets
usually contain very little fat.
TDN also includes an imprecision
with protein, although this fault is selfcorrecting. The TDN formula assumes
that crude protein contains the same
energy level as carbohydrates (i.e.
4 kcal/g). Protein actually contains
more energy than 4 kcal/g, but some
of that energy is lost into the urine after
digestion. By using the lower number
of 4 kcal/g, the TDN formula cleverly
includes a 30% correction for this loss.
This makes the TDN value somewhat
more accurate than its reputation.
Many researchers usually miss this
interesting point.
Finally, TDN values are calculated
from measurements on individuallyconfined animals fed a maintenance
diet. This means that feed consumption is restricted and constant, and that
the animals are not growing, lactating,
or pregnant. But how many ranches
run herds or flocks of confined animals on maintenance diets?
Actually, the real questions become: how do “real life” feeding situations on productive farms and ranches
affect these TDN values? And how do
we compensate for these changes?
We know that as feed intake rises
above maintenance levels (i.e., for
every sheep and cow that grows, lactates, or reproduces), the rate of passage of this feed also increases, which
reduces the time fiber spends in the
rumen, which reduces its fermentation
time, which reduces its digestibility.
On the other hand, increased feed intake also increases the total amount of
nutrients available in the gut. On the
other hand, if given a chance, sheep
and cattle will always “sort” their
feed, which is a fancy way of saying
that they’ll eat the cream every time.
As scientists are inclined to say, “Life
is simpler at maintenance.”
Even back in 1920, everyone knew
that TDN wasn’t perfect. Scientists
often pointed out its shortcomings
and over the years developed some
alternatives. Yet with all its blemishes,
the TDN system is still around today.
Ranchers and extension agents all
across North America successfully
use the TDN system to balance diets
and purchase feeds. Why?
Because TDN values are simple
and practical, and for most animals
most of the time, they work. There
are more sophisticated energy systems
for dairy farms and feedlot calves and
lambs, where feed composition and
intake are carefully measured and
controlled. However, for many sheep
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Katahdin Recipe Forum
Maria’s Easy Leg of Lamb
Submitted by Maria Dosch of South Dakota
Ingredients 5 minutes of preparation, 8-16 hours of cooking
Leg of Lamb
Can of Mushroom Soup
French Onion Soup Package
Directions: Put the leg of lamb in the slow cooker. Pour the mushroom soup over the leg. Add package of onion
soup. Cook on low for 8-16 hours.
Notes:
You need a large slow cooker that can hold a leg of lamb (oval shaped slow cookers are convenient). Maria often
starts this in the evening for a large noon meal, or in the morning for an evening dinner.
If you have a recipe that you and your family like, send it to KHSI Operations at info@katahdins.org or PO Box 778,
Fayetteville, AR 72702. We look forward to your recipes. If your recipe is based on (or copied from) a published recipe, please provide the proper credit. Maria Dosch and KHSI Operations (Jim & Teresa) will be editing this column.
Round Mountain Farm Lamb Stew
Submitted by Jim Morgan and Teresa Maurer of Arkansas
Ingredients 15-20 minutes of preparation, 7-9 hours of cooking
necks, legs and we don’t add any 1 quart homemade (or high quality)
chicken stock
meat.
1-2 cups diced onions
Bay Leaf
a few cloves garlic, minced
Fresh Ground Black Pepper
2-3 cups chopped celery
Kosher Salt
1.5 – 2 cups red wine (we substitute 1-2 cups chopped carrots
sherry or white wine, if we don’t 2-3 cups diced cooked potatoes (add
have red wine)
at end)
Directions: Brown the bones or meat. Put the meat and/or bones in slow cooker. Cover with plenty of black pepper,
and a little salt. In the pan used for browning, add onion, garlic, celery and carrots – adding olive oil as needed.
Cook until onions are transparent. Put the vegetables in the slow cooker over the meat. (Option: If you want to capture all the flavor, deglaze the sauté pan with 1-2 Tablespoons of wine to capture the browned meat and vegetable
flavors and add that to slow cooker.) Add chicken stock and red wine and cook on low for 7-9 hours. Cook several
diced potatoes separately until just tender, then add to slow cooker 15-30 minutes before serving. If you want, you
can skim fat from the top of the cooker, prior to adding the potatoes.
Olive Oil
Lamb meat - many options - Stew
meat, shoulder chops, kebab,
neck slices, bone in stew, DenverStyle Ribs (ribs are fat, but taste
very good). We even make this
with only the bones the processor
leaves after deboning shoulders,
Notes: Homemade chicken stock is the secret to outstanding flavor for this recipe, but if you don’t have it, use the
best quality you can find. If you prefer a thicker stew, you can add rolled barley flakes or thicken with corn starch.
We use this recipe when we want a short preparation meal that is ready when we come home. 15-25 minutes of
preparation in the morning, add the cooked potatoes when you get home and you have a meal. We also fix this for
our friends, when we want a simple great tasting meal and plenty of time to sit at the table and fellowship.
BREEDING SHEEP TO BE SHEPHERDFRIENDLY, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18
given a national award by the American
Sheep Industry in 1994 for his pioneering work in this area. In 2008 he was the
first inductee into the Maine Shepherd’s
Hall of Fame. He still is involved in the
husbandry of Crystal Spring Katahdins in
Brunswick, Maine. He can be contacted at
tsettle@bowdoin.edu
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Indiana Premier Sheep Sale
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Hancock County Fairgrounds, Greenfield, IN
Auc�on starts at 12 EST
2013 Reserve Champion Ewe
Bred by Steve Landreth, IL
Shown by Julian & Moore Sheep Co., OH
All Female Auc�on:
Yearling ewes, fall ewe lambs and
spring ewe lambs. Yearling ewes
may be exposed. All females will
be registered and will be eligible
to show in 2014.
2013 Champion Ewe
Bred & Shown by David & Jane Smith, IN
Breeders of the Champion Ewes at the North American will
be consigning to the auction.
Consignments will be from some of the top Katahdin breeders
in the Midwest.
2012 Champion Katahdin Ewe
Bred and Shown by Jeff & Jan Poynter, IL
THE SALE WILL FEATURE KATAHDINS, SHROPSHIRES & TUNIS
Contact persons for informa�on:
Bob Adams, Katahdin sale manager and auc�oneer. ph. (317)408-2749 Email: bobadams@mcclink.com
Ron Hash, President, Indiana Katahdin Assn. ph. (502)216-6337, Email: ronhash96@yahoo.com
John or Sco� Dyer: (812)362-8012, Email: jdkatahdins@reagan.com
Contact the Katahdin sale manager to request a consignment form, request a catalog, or informa�on on
motels in Greenfield with special rates. Consignments must be in by March 1 to be placed in the catalog.
Ron Young, Katahdin breeder and past president of the Katahdin Hair Sheep International, will
present a seminar on “Selecting a Katahdin Female for the Show Ring” a 11 am. Ron is a highly
respected judge having judged most all of the major meat breeds at various state fairs and national
shows.
LOCATION: Greenfield is located 20 miles east of Indianapolis on Interstate 70. Fairgrounds 1 mile south.
The Katahdin auc�on is sponsored by The Indiana Katahdin Associa�on.
SPECIAL NOTE: Net sale fees will go to the Indiana Katahdin Associa�on to help promote the Indiana Katahdin 4H program. $250 will be given
to the Champion Katahdin 4H ewe, at the 2014 Indiana State Fair, if the ewe is purchased out of this sale and there are at least 10 females
shown by at least 5 4H exhibitors. $150 will be given to the Reserve Champion 4H ewe if she is purchased out of this sale with the same
condi�ons as the champion ewe. The Indiana State Fair gives $250 to the Champion 4H ewe and $125 to the reserve champion ewe.
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SPRING 2014
Indiana Katahdin Association Ewe Sale: April 26, 2014
Bob Adams, Indiana
The Indiana Katahdin Association
will be sponsoring an "All Female
Auction" on Saturday, April 26, 2014
at the Hancock County Fairgrounds
in Greenfield, Indiana. Katahdins are
the third breed to sell and the Katahdin sale is expected to start around
1:30. Greenfield is in central Indiana
just off I-70 and 25 miles east of Indianapolis.
Only yearling ewes, fall ewe lambs
and spring ewe lambs will be offered
for sale. All of the sale offerings will
be registered and will be eligible to
show in the 2014 show season. Questions about consigning can be directed
to Bob Adams at 317-408-2749 or
bobadams@mcclink.com. Consignments are open to any registered
producer, but ewes who do not meet
the sale committee standards will not
be allowed to sell. The sale is part of
The Indiana Premier Sheep Sale and
Katahdins will join the Shropshire
and Tunis breeds in participating in
the auction.
The purpose of the sale is to make
available top quality Katahdin females,
within a reasonable driving distance,
for those in the Midwest. The goal is
to grow the event for Katahdins and
to increase their educational program.
In 2014, animals will need to be at the
fairgrounds by 8:30 AM. At 11 AM,
Ron Young will present a seminar on
“Selecting a Katahdin Female for the
Show Ring. Ron Young, of Buckeye
Acres Genetics has been an active
member of the US sheep industry
for many years and Past President
of Katahdin Hair Sheep International
and Judge of many shows, including
the 2012 and 2013 NAILE Katahdin
shows. There will be plenty of time
to attend the seminar, then look over
the breeding stock and talk to the
breeders. All animals are to be in the
pens and ready for inspection by 10
AM. The organizers plan to grow this
event and attract consignors and buyers from Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky
and Ohio.
If transportation is an issue, please
contact us (contact information at
bottom of article). Check with us for
transportation for consigning and for
purchased animals. Arrangements
can be made for delivery to the Big
Ohio Sale Weekend in Eaton, Ohio
May 8-10.
Sale catalogs will be available
April 1 st and you can contact Bob
Adams for a copy. Absentee bidding
will be available for those that cannot
attend the auction. Youth in Indiana
have special buyer incentives. If interested in absentee bidding contact
one of these 3 people: Bob Adams
of Morristown, IN at 317-408 2749 or
bobadams@mcclink.com, Ron Young
of Van Wert, OH at 419-203-6389 or
John Dyer of Chrisney, IN at 812-3628012.
KHSI Recommends that sellers send papers and payment for registrations and
transfers to the KHSI Registry, as a courtesy to their buyers.
BUCKEYE ACRES GENETICS
Mark Your Calendar for
Buckeye Acres Internet Sale
June 11-12th
Willoughby Livestock Sales
wlivestock.com
Visit our website for
more information
2013 Grand Champion Ewe
Midwest Stud Ram Sale (Sedalia)
BAG 1940, sold to Charles Jones, Clarksville, OH
SPRING 2014
2012 Grand Champion Ram
Midwest Stud Ram Sale (Sedalia)
BAG 1725 "Diesel", sold to Todd & Renee
Bauer, Windom, KS
BAG
Ron & Carla Young
Buckeye Acres Genetics
12282 Harrison-Willshire Rd • Van Wert, OH 45891
419-495-2993 • 419-203-6389 (c)
roncyoung@gmail.com • buckeyeacres.com
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SHU 3320
2013 Champion Ram, NAILE
2012 Reserve Champion Ram, NAILE
CENTRALIA has already sired:
¬ High Selling Ram at 2013 Expo
¬ Junior Champion Ram at NAILE 2013
¬ 1st and 2nd January Ram Lambs at NAILE 2013
¬ 1st Place Late Spring Ram Lamb at Midwest Stud Ram
Sale 2013
¬ Henry and Becky Shultz new stud ram
¬ 3rd Place Late Spring Ewe Lamb at Midwest Stud Ram
Sale 2013.
EHJ
Be Sure to Check Out
Our Offering of
CENTRALIA Sired Lambs at
The Great Lakes Sale &
The Midwest Stud Ram Sale
JULIAN and MOORE
SHEEP CO.
EHJ
Ed and Helen Julian Family
3009 State Route 44 • Rootstown, OH 44272 • 330-325-9150 • ejulian@neo.rr.com
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SPRING 2014
Katahdin Sale Round Up
KHSI periodically posts information on sheep sales and sheep events as a public service. Posting sale and event information does not
imply endorsement or verification of the claims of any sale or event. KHSI encourages the use of performance records and production
data as the primary means of selecting sheep instead of emphasizing visual appraisal typical of most shows, sales, and auctions. Sales
and events posted are not sanctioned by KHSI unless otherwise noted. Contact the KHSI Operations Office to ask for your sale to be
posted. 479-444-8441 or info@katahdins.org
**April 26, 2014. Indiana Katahdin Association Ewe Sale. Approx 1:30 PM, Hancock County Fairgrounds, Greenfield, IN.
May 25, 2014. Great Lakes Show and Sale. Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster Ohio. Sale starts at 11:00 AM.
Contact Banner Sale Management at 309-785-5058 or go to www.bannermagazine.com
June 25, 2014. Midwest Stud Ram Sale. Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Missouri. Katahdins sell on June
25th.
**August 9, 2014. 10th Annual KHSI Expo & Sale. Adams County Fairgrounds, Hastings, Nebraska
**- Indicates there is an article with more information in this issue of the Hairald.
FROM THE FEED TROUGH, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23
and beef cattle operations, where
ranchers typically feed with a frontend loader or unroll big bales down
a hillside, TDN’s imperfections have
minimal impact.
Also, many standard nutritional
reference tables typically list energy
requirements in TDN units. The process of balancing a diet requires that
the animal’s nutrient requirements
and the nutritional qualities of the
feedstuffs are all expressed in the same
SPRING 2014
units. In most cases, nutrient requirements have only been independently
determined in TDN units. But those
are reasons why TDN works — some
inaccuracies have a way of compensating for each other, and there are also
a whole lot of TDN values that were
originally based on good observations.
So in the practical world, TDN is
really not a bad choice after all. That
is, unless you have to work with a
front-end loader calibrated in decimal
places or a nutritional reference table
that lists energy requirements in terms
of light years per kilogram.
© 1994. Published with permission.
Woody Lane is a nutritionist in Roseburg,
Oregon. He operates an independent
consulting business “Lane Livestock
Services” and teaches nutrition, sheep,
beef cattle, and grazing workshops across
the United States and Canada. His email
address is woody@woodylane.com
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FROM THE RESOURCE SHELF
Teresa Maurer, KHSI Operations
1) A webinar series entitled the
“Ethnic Marketing of Lamb & Mutton”
was held in November and December
2013. The webinars were organized
by the University of Maryland (Susan
Schoenian), University of Maine
(Richard Brzozowski), and Ohio State
University (Roger High). Speakers
included Susan Schoenian, Katherine
Harrison (Ohio), and Dr. Richard
Ehrhardt (Michigan). The webinars
were recorded, minimally edited,
and made public for viewing. Links
to the recordings and PowerPoint are
available at
www.sheepandgoat.com/
recordings.html#ethnic.
The Maryland Small Ruminant
Extension Program began doing webinars in 2011. Since then, webinars have
covered various aspects of sheep and
goat production, including ewe and doe
management; nutrition and feeding; internal parasites; foot health, breeding
and genetics. Recordings and PowerPoint presentations from all previous
webinars are available at
www.sheepandgoat.com/
recordings.html.
2) If you don’t have easy internet
access, you may want to look into the
Wild & Woolly newsletter. It is published quarterly by University of Maryland Extension. It is written by Susan
Schoenian, Sheep & Goat Specialist,
and edited by Pam Thomas, Administrative Assistant. You may contact
Susan or Pam at the Western Maryland
Research & EducationCenter (WMREC),
18330 Keedysville Road, Keedysville,
MD 21756; (301) 432-2767 x343 (Susan)
or x315 (Pam); sschoen@umd.edu
or pthomas@umd.edu. The cost to
receive the newsletter via U.S. mail
is $10 per year (payable to the Uni-
versity of Maryland). The newsletter
can also be accessed for free online at
www.sheepandgoat.com.
3) Sheep Canada is a quarterly
magazine, packed with technical information to assist sheep producers to
increase their productivity or reduce
their cost of production. Sheep Canada features articles on health, genetics, behavior, and nutrition, as well as
producer profiles, sheep research from
around the world, advice for beginners
and is useful to both Canadian and US
producers. Sheep Canada is owned and
edited by Dr. Cathy Gallivan. Cathy has
made a lifelong study of sheep and the
industry since 1975. She has worked in
Nova Scotia and Alberta as a shepherd
and government sheep specialist, and
has developed and taught several fulltime and weekend courses in sheep
SILVER MAPLE SHEEP FARM
100% RR Breeding Stock
Certified Scrapie Free 1/6/10
Accelerated Lambing
~ Ewes are Lambing every 8 months
Online Sale May 21st & 22nd
Willoughby Livestock Sales • wlivestock.com
Selling 15 Top Katahdins
HCK 1474 in his working clothes.
Lambs sired by this long, thick, meaty
Ram in my first online sale.
We will be attending the South Central
Katahdins Association Meeting in Castlewood,
VA and Midwest Stud Ram Sale in Sedalia, MO
Pasture Raised
~ Rotational Grazing
~ Raised with Cattle
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JAG
SPRING 2014
LANDRETH FARM KATAHDINS
70+ Yearling Ewes sired by RR rams BHL 0018,
DOC P319, BB 113, TMD 10-71. 41 head are
exposed to HLB 201, KJG 55A3, and CRS 5047 and
will start lambing around 4-10-14. The remainder
are open.
Yearling Ewes & Fall Ewe Lambs For Sale
Contact Us for more details. Delivery possible.
BB113
We want to offer our congratulations to Julian &
Moore Sheep Co., OH on 2013 NAILE Reserve
Grand Champion Ewe SPL 1305, purchased
from Landreth Farm at 2013 Midwest Stud Ram
Sale. We also want to thank them for purchasing
2 fall ewe lambs by DOC P 319 at the farm just
before Christmas.
The BB113 ram is the sire of SPL 1305,
the Reserve Grand Champion Ewe at
We are planning to have nice consignments at the sale
2013 NAILE. Although he's no longer
in Greenfield, IN in April and Midwest Stud Ram Sale
being used, we have a good number of his
in Sedalia, MO in June.
daughters in our flock.
BE SURE TO STOP BY AND SEE OUR SHEEP
Also in our flock are daughters of RR
RAMS with these prefixes: LCL, RSM,
LU, BAG, SWP, BB, JF, and DOC.
Landreth Farm Katahdins
Steve Landreth
5149 Edgewood Rd • Edgewood, IL 62426 • (618) 292-1286 • landrethfarm@hotmail.com
SPL
SPRING 2014
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FROM THE RESOURCE SHELF, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 30
production. Sheep Canada magazine
(and Cathy) are currently located in the
old general store built by her grandfather in 1914, on the family farm where
she grew up in Deerville, New Brunswick. The print copy of the magazine
is available by mail for $22 in Canada,
$25 in the US and $35 to other international locations. At the website, you
can see the table of contents of past
issues and order back copies if you see
something of interest. For those of
you who use Facebook, you can visit:
www.facebook.com/sheepcanada
4) American Consortium for Small
Ruminant Parasite Control. This collaboration works on research, educa-
tion and information that advances
modern parasite control for sheep, goat
and camelid producers. Their website
at www.acsrpc.org helps producers
find the latest information on parasite
control and also features a Timely Topics section, Frequently Asked Questions
and information on workshops and
other training opportunities.
5) I recently enjoyed viewing the
following 8 minute Youtube video
on live-animal evaluation of finished
lambs. It was produced by the nonprofit organization NCAT, and is very
clear and straightforward. The lambs
shown are wool sheep, but the general
technique is useful for both wool and
hair sheep.
Putting a Hand on Them: How to Tell
When Your Lamb is Finished
Summary of video: If you market
your lamb directly to the consumer,
this is a technique you need to know.
It will distinguish your product from
others in the marketplace. The correct
live-animal evaluation of finished lambs
leads to a superior, differentiated product that your customers will not be able
to resist. It also can lessen the overall
cost of producing a premium lamb by
more accurately determining when the
animal is finished, thereby better controlling feed costs. www.youtube.com/
watch?v=pbBrR3UGvsY
Did you forget to donate to KHSI Youth?
Send donations for Youth Scholarship or Premiums.
Can write donations off as Farm/Ranch Expense
Through ice & snow
Lambs still grow
Come see us in
Nevada, MO
Doyle Weaver Katahdins
Doyle & Judy Weaver, Nevada, MO
417-667-5294 • doyle_judyweaver@yahoo.com
Henry Shultz & Family
6219 Audrain Rd
125
Centralia,
Missouri
www.prairielanefarm.net
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573682-5481
beckyshultz@msn.com
SPRING 2014
Expo Hotel Rooms Limited—Reserve Yours
Now or Sleep FAR Away!
Reserve no later than June 30
We emphasize again that it is
extremely important to make your
2014 Expo hotel reservations now
for Hastings, Nebraska. DO NOT
WAIT. The blocks of hotel rooms for
Katahdin folks will be kept open until
July 1 and then released. On the Expo
weekend, Hastings hosts the Kool-Aid
Days. Kool-Aid was first produced in
Hastings and every year this weekend
serves as a HUGE town reunion with
many coming back to visit, so hotel
rooms will be impossible to get after
July 1. It does NOT cost anything to
reserve the room, and when you call
you can ask about your deadline to
cancel without a charge if your plans
change.
The 2014 KHSI Expo will be based
at the Adams County Fairgrounds
located at 947 S Baltimore Ave, Hastings, NE 68901. Sale animals need
to arrive in Hastings on Thursday
August 7 and the Expo Sale will also
be held at Hastings on Saturday August 9. The headquarters hotel will
be the Holiday Inn Express in Hastings. KHSI also has rooms reserved
at the Comfort Inn West in Hastings.
NOTE: the Friday August 8 events will
be held at the USDA Research Center
in Clay Center Nebraska (about 30
minutes away).
A plus will be that Kool-Aid Days
means that there are family activities
if your children need a break. But, it
also means that the hotels will only
hold the rooms for KHSI until July
1st and then will release them for the
Kool-Aid Days. Make your reservations now!
KHSI has good rates for Wednesday and Thursday (Aug 6-7), but the
rates go up on Friday and Saturday
(Aug 8-9) because of the supply and
demand part of Kool-Aid Days. At the
Holiday Inn Express, Wednesday and
Thursday nights cost $77 per night
and Friday and Saturday nights cost
$119.95. Call the Holiday Inn Express
at 402-463-8858 or 800-HOLIDAY. The
Hastings Comfort Inn on Osborne
Drive West can be reached at 402463-5252 and costs $84 on Wednesday
and Thursday and $104 on Friday and
Saturday. The KHSI block of rooms is
reserved under the word “Katahdin”
for both hotels.
The Adams County Fairgrounds,
where the Expo Sale sheep will be
housed, has camping. Call 402-4623247 for more information on camping
or visit www.adamscountyfairgroun
ds.com/index.php/home-mainmenu134/camping-mainmenu-137
Editor’s Note: I stayed at the Holiday
Inn Express in Hastings in September,
2012. It is very nice--a new facility with
a nice room off the lobby where we can all
get together and talk. The staff at USDAMARC said both hotels are very good.
Year after year!
Ewe after ewe!
We Build Great Sheep!
Plan NOW for
our online sale
July 24, 2014
Hillcrest Katahdins
David S. Redwine, DVM
Gate City, VA • 423-384-1982
cowdoc@mounet.com
www.hillcrestkatahdins.com
SPRING 2014
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Plan Now to Attend a Great Set of KHSI Expo Workshops on August 8
By Wes Limesand, Fargo,
North Dakota and James Morgan,
KHSI Operations
Drs John Pollak and Kreg Leymaster invited KHSI to hold their
2014 Expo Workshops at the USDA
ARS Meat Animal Research Center
(MARC) in Clay Center on August 8.
KHSI is excited to accept their invitation and is looking forward to this
outstanding opportunity to see and
hear about the practical aspects of cutting edge sheep research. The USDA
MARC is the largest livestock research
facility in the United States and highly
respected. Part of the board’s interest
in this opportunity is that Katahdins
have been part of MARC’s research
program since 2000.
You can find the program schedule that Dr Kreg Leymaster developed
with us on the back cover of this issue.
Dr Pollak, Director of the Research
Center, will start the program with
an overview of the research and the
service USDA MARC is providing for
the US livestock community. Dr Pollak
has been a leading researcher in beef
cattle genetics for many years with a
long career at Cornell University before moving to USDA MARC.
Kreg Leymaster will follow with a
talk on the research on Katahdins that
USDA has been doing over the last 13
years. This will be an excellent chance
to find out what Katahdins can do. Dr
Leymaster is a leading US researcher
on ewe productivity and applies a stellar background in quantitative genetics to his research. Dr Leymaster has
spoken at two previous Expos, one in
Missouri in 2006 and one in Oregon
in 2009 and is in much demand as
excellent speaker. Many of our members have told KHSI Operations how
much they have enjoyed hearing Dr
Kreg Leymaster.
KHSI is very fortunate to have Dr
Noelle Cockett from Utah State University Dr Cockett was awarded the
Camptender Award at the 2014 ASI
Symposium in January. Dr Cockett
has led the USA research effort that
works with the international research
community to sequence the entire
sheep genome. Dr Cockett will present
information on how sheep genomics
will revolutionize sheep selection in
the 21st century and tell us about new
research on how genomics can help
us now
At this point, the attendees will
split into three groups and we will
rotate through three rotations. One
group will start by taking a bus
tour of the MARC animal facilities
to see the research Katahdin flock
and the new composite ewe flock.
The second group will start with a
presentation from Dr Mike Heaton
from the USDA MARC, who will
speak about the latest findings about
Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP).
This ground breaking and innovative
research at MARC is revolutionizing
sheep producers’ ability to control
OPP and better understand how it
spreads. The third group will start
with a 45 minute lunch. At the end
of three consecutive sessions all three
groups will have eaten lunch, toured
the MARC animal research facilities
and listened to the presentation by Dr
Mike Heaton on OPP. So you won’t
miss anything!
YOUR ROADMAP FOR GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
Save the
Date!
Have you ever wanted to learn more about EBVs?
Join the Katahdin NSIP Breeders Group for an evening of
learning and networking!
Learn about:
EBVs and how to use them
to improve your flock
Selecting & submitting data
to NSIP
And much more!
Thursday evening, August 7th
Holiday Inn Express, Hastings, NE
at the 2014 Katahdin Expo
Time TBA
www.katnsip.com
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SPRING 2014
The American Lamb Industry Roadmap Project
James Morgan,
KHSI Operations Office
The American Lamb Board recently
contracted with the Hale firm to evaluate the lamb industry from production to plate. During 2012, the sheep
industry experienced a dramatic drop
in lamb sale prices and a decrease in
the quality of meat in the meat case due
to increased fat. The goals of the evaluation were to identify and analyze the
major challenges facing the American
Lamb Industry, to propose the most
effective solutions to those challenges
and develop a strategy for the industry that will strengthen its short-term
and long-term competitive advantage
and return the industry to consistent
profitability.
The report was presented at the
American Sheep Industry Annual
Convention in Charleston, SC on January 23, 2014. The evaluation was comprehensive and it pointed out where
seedstock producers, commercial
lamb producers, feeders, packers and
processors all needed to work together
to increase efficiency and insure profit.
The Roadmap encourages sectors to
decrease the finger pointing and to be
part of the solution to provide consumers with the product they want and are
willing to pay for.
The evaluation projected two futures for the US sheep industry.
a) Without aggressive change in
the US sheep industry, the share of
lamb eaten in the USA produced
by US lamb producers in the next
5-10 years will drop from 50%
of the total to 20%. A significant
portion of the traditional lamb
producers will be out of business
and 80% or more of the lamb eaten
in the USA will be imported. The
eastern non-traditional lamb market is predicted to still be strong.
However, if the traditional lamb
producing areas and feedlots and
marketing channels have collapsed, the USA will have huge
further decreases in sheep extension agents and faculty, training of
sheep veterinarians and in the ability of the American Sheep Industry
association to support the agricultural polices that sheep producers
across the country need.
b) With aggressive change in the
sheep industry, a different and
positive future scenario is possible. There needs to be improvements in efficiency and quality that
lead to consumer satisfaction and
also profits in all sectors. You can
read more about the Roadmap by
going to the website at the end of
the article.
Two Katahdin breeders who attended the ASI convention offered
their comments about the “Roadmap” :
“I am excited about the sheep
industry's ‘Roadmap’. As one who
works directly with sheep producers
who direct market their lamb and
mutton to non-traditional consumers, I believe they are in a great position for better returns and growth.
Every sheep producer can find ways
to improve their product, their management and their business. I am
excited about helping producers gain
skills and knowledge to make wise
choices with their flocks and their
farm business operation. As a part of
the US Sheep Industry, I believe that
Extension should play an active role
in the Roadmap in the areas of education and applied research”. Richard J.
Brzozowski, PhD. Small Ruminant &
Poultry Specialist; Agriculturist, U of
Maine Cooperative Ext.
“If the Sheep Industry is going to
survive, we must be willing to adapt
and change with the world around
us. Most successful businesses are
data driven. All of us have data. Let's
plug it into the tools we have available
to us and drive toward success. We
can't change what we don't know”.
Lisa Weeks, Virginia Katahdin producer writing about the importance
of producers using data collection to
improve their seedstock.
You can look at the Industry
Roadmap details and summary at
this website:
www.lambcheckoff.com/
american-lamb-industryroadmap-project/
KHSI EXPO WORKSHOPS, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 34
Following the rotations, Dr Bert
Moore will speak on structural
soundness. Dr Moore did research
with Katahdins at North Dakota State
for several years. Since leaving NDSU,
Dr Moore has worked with beef cattle
breed associations. Bert has been a long
time friend of the Katahdin breed.
After the program at USDA
MARC, KHSI will move into our Annual Meeting which will be held at the
MARC facilities in Clay Center. Then
we’ll head back to the Adams County
Fairgrounds in Hastings for a catered
meal with lamb meat and an ice cream
social at the animal barns where we
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2014 KHSI Expo Requirements for Consignment
For Commercial Ewes - Registered Rams & Ewes
(Editor’s Note: Final regulations will
be published on May 15th, 2014. These
notes will help potential consignors to
make sure that their sheep meet weighing
and data requirements.)
REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH
COMMERCIAL & REGISTERED SHEEP
SALES:
• Consigned sheep must be at Adams
County Fairgrounds in Hastings,
Nebraska by 5 PM, Thursday Aug
07, 2014.
• Sheep must be genotyped QR or RR
at codon 171. Papers from genotyping company must be turned in by
the time that consigned sheep are
checked in.
• Interstate Health Certificates are
required. Certificates must include
a statement from the Veterinarian
that flock is free of contagious foot
rot. Rams must have a B. ovis negative test within 30 days of sale.
• All animals are required to have
either Mandatory or Scrapie Flock
Certification Program tags.
• Consigned animals must be bred
and raised by consignor.
• One ram can be consigned without
consigning any ewes. For each additional ram, you must consign at
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least one registered ewe or one pen
of commercial or registered ewes.
REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL
KATAHDIN EWE SALE:
Minimum weight of 70 pounds for
Spring Ewe Lambs
At least three-fourths Katahdin
Age Classes; Yearling (9/1/12-8/
31/13), Fall ewe lambs (9/1/13-12/
31/13), Spring Ewe Lambs (Jan 1May 31)
Consigned as pens of 3, 4 or 5 ewes
(not as individual ewes)
Shed over 2/3 of body (ewes must
not be shorn or clipped; commercial ewes may be tail-docked)
Consignment Fee of $20/pen
Expo Sale Committee has the right
to reject commercial ewe sale entries.
REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTERED
KATAHDIN SALE:
Registered consignments can be
individual rams, individual ewes
or pens of 3, 4 or 5 ewes.
Sale animals must not be docked
or clipped and must not have C
coats.
Consigned rams must meet minimums for scrotal circumference (>
Educational Events Calendar
KHSI periodically posts information on sheep sales and sheep
events as a public service. Posting sale and event information
does not imply endorsement or verification of the claims of any
sale or event. Sales and events posted are not sanctioned by
KHSI unless otherwise noted. Contact the KHSI Operations Office to ask for your event or sale to be posted. 479-444-8441 or
info@katahdins.org
28 cm for ram lambs; > 32 cm for
rams)
• Accurate recording of date of birth,
type of birth (1-2-3-4), and type of
rearing (0-1-2-3-4 measured at 30
days of age), must be provided for
each animal
• Dam production records are required (number lambs born/reared
for each year of production)
• Optional; Birth, 60 day and 120
day weights are optional. Birth wts
should be taken within 24 hours of
birth, 60 day wts from 45-90 days
of age and 120 day wts from 91-150
days of age.
• Consignment Fee of $20 per individual ram/ewe or $20/pen if
consigning a pen of ewes. Classes
include Rams, Ewes & Ewe pens
for the following ages: Yearlings
(9/1/12-8/31/13), Fall (9/1/13 12/31/13), Jan 1-Feb 15 born, Feb
15-Mar 31 born, April 1 and after
Contact: Jim Morgan, KHSI
Operations at 479-444-8441 or
info@katahdins.org
NOTE: Final Expo Sale Regulations
& Consignment Forms will be posted at
the KHSI Website Calendar Page by May
15, 2014. Deadline for consigning sheep
is June 15th, 2014.
Business Card Ads in Hairald for
members advertising sheep are
currently $15 B/W or $25 Color.
May 2, 2014. Integrated Parasite Management (IPM)
Workshop. At the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival,
Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, Maryland. Info: www.sheepandwool.org
Round Mountain
Katahdins
July 12, 2014. Ohio Sheep Day. Shawn & Kim Ray Farm,
Cumberland, Ohio. Info: www.ohiosheep.org
Performance Selection on Pasture
**August 8, 2014. Tenth Annual Katahdin Hair Sheep
International Expo. Annual KHSI Educational Workshops on August 8th at USDA Meat Animal Research
Center, Clay Center, Nebraska.
**- Indicates there is an article with more information in this
issue of the Hairald.
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Selecting stock with balanced EBVs, superior
Lbs Lamb Weaned and Parasite Resistance
Jim Morgan & Teresa Maurer
NW Arkansas • 479-444-6075
jlmm@earthlink.net
check out our Breeder Page
at www.katahdins.org
NSIP, SFCP
certified scrapie free
SPRING 2014
KHSI Member’s Guide
02/14
The Katahdin Hairald is the official publication of Katahdin Hair Sheep International, which provides education
about:
• registering individual Katahdin sheep and recording performance
• maintaining the distinct identity of the Katahdin breed
• approaches to promotion and marketing
• summaries of research and development related to the breed
2013-2014 Board of Directors
President: Lee Wright, lrite@vt.edu, 276-698-6079, Virginia
Vice President: Carl Ginapp, carl@cmgkatahdins.net, 641-425-0592, Iowa
Secretary: Roxanne Newton, mcnjr53@yahoo.com, 229-794-3456, Georgia
Treasurer: John Dyer, jdkatahdins@Reagan.com, 812-362-8012, Indiana
Director: Maria Dosch, ewemad@nvc.net, 605-329-2478, South Dakota
Director: G.F. “Doc” Kennedy, gkennedy@pipevet.com, 507-215-0487; Minnesota
Director: Henry Shultz, beckyshultz@msn.com ,573-682-7127, Missouri
Honorary: Charles Brown, Piel Farm, Maine
Honorary: Charles Parker, cfparker@aglaia.net, Ohio
Honorary: Laura Fortmeyer, jubilee@jbntelco.com, 785-467-8041, Kansas
Canada Representative: Darlene Jordan, ran.dar@aski.ca, 306-746-4361
KHSI Operations:
• Jim Morgan and Teresa Maurer; PO Box 778; Fayetteville, AR 72702-0778
Phone and FAX: 479-444-8441; info@katahdins.org
• Send the following to KHSI Operations (Arkansas)-Completed membership and renewal forms and $50 for calendar year
dues (renewals due by January 31 each year) Note: new memberships and renewals can be paid online by Paypal at
website.
• Contact Operations for the following:
-
Request coat inspections before May 15
Address changes or other corrections for print or web
Copies of histories, breed standards, etc
BLANK work orders and registration applications.
Note: forms and materials are printable from
website www.katahdins.org
- Brochures (20 free per member per year; additional at
•
•
cost) & promotional items
- Information on members with sheep for sale, anyone
wanting to buy sheep
- Articles, ads, and comments to be published in the
Katahdin Hairald
- Volunteer for KHSI Committees
- Annual meeting information
Office Hours (Central time): Monday, Wednesday, Friday (10 am - 3 pm). Calls at other times including evenings and
weekends will be answered personally whenever possible.
Answering machine, FAX and email: available for messages 24 hours per day.
KHSI Registry:
John Savage, 1039 State Route 168, Darlington, PA 16115
Phone – 724-843-2084; Email – registry@katahdins.org
• Contact the Registry with questions about registration, recording, transferring, upgrading procedures.
• Send the following to the Registry:
- Completed forms for registering, recording, transferring and naming Katahdins
• Office Hours (Eastern time): Monday to Friday 8 am- 4pm.
•
KHSI Committees: (Call 479-444-8441 to volunteer; Committee Chairs listed with committee)
Promotion: Roxanne Newton - 229-794-3456
Youth/Education: Henry Shultz – 573-682-7127
Expo Sale: Wes Limesand - 701-235-2114
Breed Improvement: Ron Young - 419-495-2993
SPRING 2014
Publishing/Hairald: Lee Wright – 276-698-6079
Registry Liaison: Maria Dosch - 605-329-2478
Website: Carl Ginapp - 641-425-0592
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Strelow Ranch
Adams, ND 58210
Foundation Stock from
Dosch Katahdins and
Lillehaugen Farms
February & March
Lambing
Sid & Julie Strelow
701-944-2404 • (c) 701-331-9393
sids@polarcomm.com
HalleluYah Farm & Lambs
Certified scrapie
free flock
NWT-205 (pictured here)
sired the
#2 High Indexing Ram
at the VA Tech AREC
Forage Ram Test.
Progeny will be available
Spring 2014 bred for
parasite resistance,
thickness & growth
email us for
additional photos
Dusty Markham • 386-984-0249 • halleluyahlambs@yahoo.com
JUBILEE FARM
Laura & Doug Fortmeyer
Fairview, Kansas
30+ years experience with Katahdins
785-467-8041 • jubilee@jbntelco.com
Registered & commercial breeding stock
Born on pasture, Raised on pasture
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SPRING 2014
Classified Ads
Classified sale ads for Katahdin or Katahdin-cross sheep are free to all KHSI members in the Katahdin Hairald and at the KHSI
website. For the Hairald, please limit length to 40 words. Sheep Wanted Ads can be placed for free for non-KHSI members.
Classified Ad Content due April 8th, 2014 to KHSI Operations Office for the Summer 2014 Hairald. Contact KHSI Operations,
479-444-8441 or info@katahdins.org.
SHEEP WANTED
SHEEP FOR SALE
SHEEP FOR SALE
ALASKA
INDIANA
MISSOURI
SW AK. Starter Flock. Looking for
a starter flock of 4-5 lambs/sheep.
Does anybody know of Katahdins
in Alaska? Located in Anchorage
area. Please e-mail with information Kat Gambill in Chugiak, AK.
akredkat@yahoo.com
Central IN. Registered & Commercial Lambs. Raising Katahdin sheep
for 25+ yrs. Lambs from 70 head
of adult ewes .Jan-Apr lambing. 4
separate flocks; provide unrelated
rams & ewes Daniel Leslie of Leslie
Farms, Tennyson, IN. 812-567-4542 or
lesliefarms1@yahoo.com
South Central MO. Registered Flock
Dispersal. Entire flock for sale, registered & registrable lambs & ewes up
to 5 yrs. old. QR & RR. Closed flock,
Pasture fed. $250 for bred ewes &
$200 for rest. B&B Farms, Bernard &
Brenda Paul. Norwood, MO. 417-7460084 ozarkbp33@yahoo.com
IOWA
MONTANA
Western IA. Registered Proven
RR Ram Lambs & Mature Ram. 2
ram lambs & muscular mature ram
used this yr. Need new rams for
next season. Born April 2013. $7501000 ea.. Dustin Koyle of Grandpas
Farm. Honey Creek IA. 712-642-9386
or grandpasfarm22@yahoo.com or
www.grandpasfarmllc.com
Eastern MT. Flock Reduction. 60
Registered & Commercial Bred
Ewes. Due end of Feb. Then sell with
lambs. Most young 1 to 3 years old.
All RR/QR & bred to RR Rams. Ewes
are $150 (whole group is $7,300). You
Transport. Rita George, Montana Katahdins, Miles City, MT 406-234-5728,
rgeorge@midrivers.com
KANSAS
NEW MEXICO
NE KS. Registered Ram Lambs.
Taking orders. Sired by 2 time Grand
Champion Ram "Fully Loaded LU
07-001". January 2014 born. Weaned
& ready to go in 60-90 days! Joe
& Jennifer Novak. Novak Livestock in Oketo, KS. 785-744-3454
novakjj@bluevalley.net
Central NM. Flock Reduction Sale.
Registered sheep. OPP negative flock.
Rams & ewes born 2011 to Feb 2013.
QR & RR. Color. $150-$250. Pics available by by email or text. 505-861-0489.
djanglen@msn.com David & Jenny
Anglen, Iris Hill Farm, Bosque, NM.
NORTH DAKOTA
NE ND. Yearling Ram. Commercial/
Registred. White. Must be from
excellent mother. Dennis in
Brocket, ND. 701-655-3589 or
DMAIXNER@POLARCOMM.COM
SHEEP FOR SALE
CALIFORNIA
Central CA. Registered RR Ewes. 25
high quality RR registered ewes. Pics
available. Thick, fancy, hard working
med-to large ewes that raise good
lambs. No grain. Bred to good, thick
home raised RR rams. Ewe lambs
$250, mature ewes (2-6yrs) $400 Jackie
Hagberg, Madera, CA 559-674-4355 or
Jackiebhagberg@msn.com
Registered Ram & Ewe Lambs. Ewe
& Ram Lambs available in May 2014.
Tin Barn Katahdins. Julie Browne
in Cazadero, CA. 707-785-2982 or
juliebeabrowne@gmail.com for information or photos
ILLINOIS
West Central IL. Bred/Exposed Registered Ewe Lambs. 2 bred registered
ewe lambs, March born. Due in April.
Both are black. 1 bred to a black ram
& the other to a red ram. $250 each.
Call, text or email me. Dana Nelson,
Briar Ridge Farm, Colchester, IL 309333-9697 djn@adams.net
Starting April 1st
– Use Registry in
Pennsyvlania
SPRING 2014
KENTUCKY
Yearling QR & RR Registered Rams.
Born April/May 2013. Sired by BGK
743. All twins or triplets, showing good
parasite resistance. Kay Cloyd, Bluegrass Katahdins, Lexington, KY, 859254-2840 or kaycloyd@gmail.com.
MARYLAND
Central MD. Registered RR Lambs.
Born Jan & Feb. Reserve yours now!
Dams are 3 generations of 4-H Fair Katahdin Champions & history of twins
& triplets. Available after 8 August.
$275-$325 Thank you for supporting
4-H! Breanne Yencha, Harrogate West
Farm, Sykesville, MD. 410-262-5599,
harrogatewest@verizon.net
www.katahdins.org
OKLAHOMA
NE OK. RR Registered Proven Ram
& 2013 Ram Lambs. 4 RR white May
2013 born twin/triplet ram lambs
weighing 255-275 lbs at 8.5 months.
SFCP-Select flock Also, proven ram,
sire of the above rams. $500 each.
Jill Deck of Tulsa, OK. 918-445-2156,
918-625-6045 or text to 625-6045.
jilldeck2000@yahoo.com
TENNESSEE
SE TN. Registered Ewes & Rams.
Cedar Creek Farms has five Mar,
2013 QR ewe lambs $250 ea. Yearling
& 2 yr old QR/RR rams availables.
Quality sheep out of GLM, KDK,
& CED genetics. Michael Stumpff,
Cedar Creek Farm, Georgetown, TN.
423-505-4274, mstumpff@yahoo.com
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SHEEP FOR SALE
TEXAS
NE TX. Registered & Commercial
Ram & Ewe Lambs. Reg ewe lambs,
$225. Com ewe lambs $200, Reg ram
lambs, $150 & com ram lambs, $125.
Multiple lines, long bodied, very
gentle sheep. Start lambing Feb 2014.
Taking Deposits. Steve & Jala Runnels, Lonview TX. runnco@aol.com,
903-720-8201
VIRGINIA
SW VA. Flock Dispersal Sale. Dispersing flock-health reasons. 110 ewes
(yearling to 3-5yrs) Due starting Feb
1. Instant money making opportunity.
17 years of sheep. Genetics from finest
flocks & breeders East Coast- Commercial Ewes. $350 pr.head.276-706-0799,
276-706-0665 Amy McVey, Melissa
Frye, Grandview Farms in Saltville,
VA. saltautoinc@embarqmail.com
WASHINGTON
NW WA. Registered & Commercial
Ewes. 2 yr old registered ewes, &
non-registered ewe lambs & yearlings. redtoypoodles@nikola.com.
Kate Montgomery at Blue Mountain
Katahdins 360-452-2919
KHSI Registry
moving to
Darlington,
Pennsylvania
After April 1, send all
registry work to
1039 State Route 168
Darlington, PA 16115
(724) 841-2084,
registry@katahdins.org
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Have you paid your dues? Do you want your Flock listed on the
KHSI Website? Contact KHSI Operations at info@katahdins.org.
Classified Ads, continued
gail@xpressionsonline.us • www.xpressionsonline.us
SPRING 2014
Advertisers Index (listed alphabetically)
Banner Publications, Illinois .......................................................................................29
Birch Creek Farms, Brad & Tracy Williams, Oklahoma ................................................15
Brokaw Farm Katahdins, Patrick, Brenda, & Lee Brokaw, Illinois..................................40
Buckeye Acres Genetics, Ron Young, Ohio .................................................................27
Caney Creek Farms, Dwayne & Kathy Kieffer, Tennessee............................................17
CMG Katahdins, Carl & Marcia Ginapp, Iowa ............................................................38
Country Oak Ranch, Mark & Sara Dennis, Louisiana ..................................................38
D & J Smith Katahdins, David & Jane Smith, Indiana ....................................................8
Dosch Katahdins, Tom & Maria Dosch, South Dakota .................................................11
Doyle Weaver Katahdins, Doyle & Judy Weaver, Missouri ...........................................32
Dyer Family Katahdins, John, Judy & Scott Dyer, Indiana ............................................17
Fahrmeier Katahdins, Lynn & Donna Fahrmeier, Missouri .............................................3
Goldstrike Mountain Farms, Curtis & Teresa Elliott, OH ..............................................25
HalleluYah Farm & Lambs, Dusty Markham, FL ..........................................................38
Hardtimes Farm, M.O. Register, Florida .....................................................................38
Hidden Meadow Farm, Kevin Ehst, Maine ..................................................................18
Hillcrest Katahdins, David S. Redwine, DVM, Virginia .................................................33
Hound River Farm, Milledge & Roxanne Newton, Georgia..........................................13
Indiana Premier Sheep Sale, Bob Adams, Indiana ......................................................26
JM Katahdins, John & Mitzie Cannon, Florida ............................................................38
Jubilee Farm, Doug & Laura Fortmeyer, Kansas .........................................................38
Julian & Moore Sheep Company, Ed Julian, Ohio............................................. 28 & 38
Katahdin NSIP Breeders Group..................................................................................34
KHSI Registry Changes ........................................................................................ 20-21
Landreth Farm, Steve Landreth, Illiois ........................................................................31
Lazy B Livestock, Howard & Lavonne Brown, Oklahoma .............................................. 9
LC Ranch, Leon & Christine Gehman, Pennsylvania....................................................32
Lillehaugen Farms, Luke & Maynard Lillehaugen, North Dakota.................................40
Pipestone Katahdins, Dr G.F. & Deb Kennedy, Minnesota..............................................5
Pipestone Veterinary Clinic, Dr G.F. Kennedy, Minnesota ...........................................23
Prairie Lane Farm, Henry & Becky Shultz, Missouri .............................................. 7 & 32
Rack of Lamb Corral, Todd & Renee Bauer, Kansas .....................................................12
Round Mountain Farm, Jim Morgan & Teresa Maurer, Arkansas..................................36
Sand Mounain Katahdins, Frankie & Michelle Stiefel, Alabama ....................................6
Silver Maple Sheep Farm, Jay Greenstone, Virginia....................................................30
Spraberry Acres, Clifford Spraberry, Texas ..................................................................17
Strelow Ranch, Sid & Julie Strelow, North Dakota.......................................................38
Sydell, Inc., Steve Thiesen, South Dakota ...................................................................22
Xpressions, Gail Hardy, Arkansas...............................................................................40
SPRING 2014
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KHSI
c/o Jim Morgan & Teresa Maurer
P. O. Box 778
Fayetteville, AR 72702-0778
479-444-8441
10th Annual KHSI Expo & Sale Schedule
Aug. 7-9, 2014
Adams County Fairgrounds, Hastings, NE and
U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center NE.
Thursday August 7, 2014
Adams County Fairgrounds, Hastings, NE
8:00 – 5:00
Expo Sale Animal Check-in
Holiday Inn Express, Hastings, NE
5:00 – 8:00 PM Hastings Expo Registration
Friday, August 8, 2014
USDA-Meat Animal Research Center, Clay City, NE
7:30 AM
Registration
9:00
Welcome – Dr. John Pollak, Center Director, USMARC
9:15
Experimental Evaluation of Katahdin – Dr. Kreg Leymaster
10:15
Break
10:30
Sheep Genomics – Dr. Noelle Cockett
11:15
Organize rotations. Participants split divided into three groups
11:30 – 1:45
Mini-Sessions and Lunch (Rotate after 40 minutes - 5 minutes between
sessions)
11:30 – 12:15
First rotation
12:15 – 1:00
Second rotation
1:00 – 1:45
Third rotation
Rotation A: Bus Tour USMARC Sheep Area
Rotation B: Genetic Susceptibility to OPP – Dr. Mike Heaton
Rotation C: Lunch
2:00
Structural Soundness – Dr. Bert Moore
3:00
Coffee Shop Panel – Questions for all speakers
Dr. Pollak, Dr. Leymaster, Dr. Cockett, Dr. Heaton, Dr. Moore
3:30
KHSI Annual Membership Meeting
4:30
Closing Remarks
6:00 PM
Dinner
7:30
Ice Cream Social at Sale Barn, Pre-signup for Buyer’s Numbers
Saturday August 9, 2014
8:30 AM
Sale Animal Display and Viewing
11:30
10th Annual National KHSI Sale

Spring - Katahdin Hair Sheep International

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