| Ram Sires at The Lavender Fleece. We are very proud of the rams that we have gathered here at our farm. We are striving for excellence of conformation, consistency in lambs thrown, luxurious fleeces and strong horns. Our stock represents what we believe to be some of the best of the North American bloodlines combined with excellent genetics from Iceland. Follow the links to view the rest of our ram flock. To learn more about how to handle rams on your farm, visit our ram behavior/management page. Ram Statistics: The "average" measurement for a 5 month old ram in Iceland is 82.5 for chest and 19.8 for back; cannon bone is 110 cm. Average weight is 98.9 lbs. Average measurements for Southram horned rams at 1 1/2 years of age are: 105.2 cm for chest; 25.2 cm for back; 117.5 mm for cannon bone and 189.6 lbs. in weight. |
| A note about rams: we believe strongly that rams should live with other rams and not with the ewe flock. If you are starting out with sheep for the first time, we strongly urge you to purchase at least two rams - or a ram and a wethered companion - and plan to set up separate housing/paddock/pasture facilities for your rams. This will insure that you can work amongst and enjoy your ewes and lambs in safety without having to "look over your shoulder" For the most part Icelandic rams are friendly and easy to work with BUTany ram can turn aggressive at any time, and particularly during breeding season. To this end, we try to offer special "ram packages"* to our customers because we really believe that it is best for the animals and for the families who buy them, to have rams housed separate from the ewes. For more information about this please read our page on ram behavior. *When purchasing several ewes, and if we have extra rams only. If not, we will work with you to locate rams or wethers from other farms if we don't have enough rams in a given season. |
| PLEASE NOTE: For those who live in northern climates, we no longer advise shearing Icelandic ram lambs their first fall. The stress of shearing and going into rut, combined with unpredictable fall/winter temperatures can be too much for some rams to handle. In Iceland the sheep are housed indoors all winter. It is interesting that here in the United States we harvest their fleeces in the fall, house them outside in a variety of weather climates, breed them their first season and expect them to grow and thrive. Interesting.... |
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| LF194S "Ragnar" White horned twin (carries moorit and spotting) Yes, this ram is as big as he looks! Ragnar is the son of Mjaldurson and Blanche and turned into everything I hoped for when I did that breeding. I am most delighted that he was able to contribute his genetics to Northern Maine Icelandics flock and now he returns home to our farm, to replace his sire (at right). I would expect this fine ram to produce some awesome lambs for us in the future. Gary tells me that when he took Ragnar's yearling statistics, he measured 26 cm on his back and 118 cm chest. His legs are probably the heaviest boned that I have seen and his feet are so big that when my 11 year old, Fiona, saw him she said "Mom, his feet are almost as big as a horse's!" We weighed Ragnar the summer he was two years old and his weight (using a digital, flatbed scale) was 212 lbs. For 2010 lambs, Ragnar was bred to: Superb, Olive, Serena, Lena Horn and Gwendolyn. |
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