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MSB
Suffolk club lambs started in 1979 and has bred and shown sheep
continually since. In the early years the emphasis was on building a
flock of productive, thick ewes that were structurally correct. The
first wether sire that we used was a Spud son we purchased from High
Hill Club Lambs in Nebraska. Containing Wintex bloodlines his F1’s
were extremely thick with great tops.
We now run 130 brood ewes with half of them being registered Suffolk
wether style sheep, with the remainder being unregistered Suffolk
type. In the registered group, the rams that have had the greatest
impact have been from Slack, Altemeier, and our own MSB rams. In the
unregistered flock the rams we have used are Fields, Harrell,
Mcgolden and MSB rams. We currently added Shell 635 for use in this
group. The emphasis for all our ewes are to be productive in a
forage based program, but carry the important traits of muscling,
correctness and livability along with show ring style.
We have used gene testing in our flock for 8 years and maintain all
QR or RR ewes. We don’t chase fads. Our philosophy is to maintain a
uniform group of working ewes that can be bred to those show style
bucks to produce the winning show lambs that we all strive to bred.
We breed the kind of sheep we like, and they have been very
successful for us and our customers. |
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