Last fall's cleanup rams did not have much work which is a good thing but didn't want to leave them out as they did contribute.
Prairie FAF R7 was used for cleanup breeding for all the ewes except the ewes bred by artificial insemination. He is pictured on the far left and his sire is center. He is my only remaining son produced by AI from semen from FAF 025(Guifron flock), another Netherlands import sire. His dam goes back to one of my original ewe lines, way back to KLT Natasha ROM.
Ram FAF 00025 Owner: Scholtes, Breeder: Tom Francis, UK
His pedigree has PenY Wern, Guifron, and Woodhouse bloodlines. This ram’s grandsire FAF N9 is also the sire of Williams Beater S334 who was a previous Elite Genetics import ram. FAF 00025 was imported into the Netherlands in 2000 and was considered a top ram both production and show-wise. He also had good character and temperment, and was a consistent producer.
Prairie T102 "Devon" was the selected one for cleanup breeding 2 weeks post-AI. I figured I'd still get some quality lambs if the AI didn't take. Based on him using a marking harness I have high hopes that 11 ewes were successfully bred by the AI. Only one ewe, R360 ROM, was bred by Devon! You'll see Devon in next year's lineup for sure. Devon deserves his own feature page at some point so that is all on him for now. His is pictured on the right.
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