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SRX701K-AI, Sire of HWF11M Gentian |
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The
rams used here at HeartsEase for breeding must be of the very best
quality, so that we can each year produce even better Icelandic
sheep than we have. We
cull heavily, and we will not sell ram lambs to our customers
unless they represent the quality that we would want to use
ourselves.
You’ll see listed the rams that we
have used in breeding, and hopefully you will see by their
descriptions why we used them.
We are really excited by this year’s crop of sires!
They are big, broad and strong, with absolutely wonderful
fleeces, both in terms of quantity and quality!
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GENTIAN |
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| HWF11M,
Gentian, a beautiful moorit mouflon horned twin.
Lovely, thel rich fleece and beautiful texture and
crimp, quiet and easy to handle, as well as strong, wide
and square. His sire (SRX701K-AI) is gorgeous,
with beautiful, wide horns and a lovely black mouflon
fleece. Gentian goes back on both sides of his
pedigree to leadersheep genetics, with Ari
on
his paternal side and Blesa on his maternal side.
His dam Gulbra
(SRX638K--2,2,2), is a large, wide, square and strong
ewe, whose yearling fleece was so outstanding it sold as
a lamb quality fleece! She twinned as a lamb and has had
twins each year since then, giving her a 200% lambing
record. Gulbra's mother is a Butur
daughter. We are really please
with the outstanding offspring Gentian has produced.
They have lovely patterns, soft luxurious fleece, strong
horns, and superb conformation! |
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GHIRADELLI |
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| HWF02M,
Ghiradelli, Moorit, Horned Twin. This is one
really super ram with lustrous, heavy, thel rich
fleece--beautiful texture and crimp! He is
quite big, a strong, wide and square ram. He has
excellent horns, wide, strong and well shaped. He
is wary with strangers, but easy to get along with.
He carries spotting. His moorit fleece remained
unfaded and rich until shearing, even his face shines!
He carries Sveppur
AI genetics, and his dam, Stumpy (BLW74G,
1,3,2,2,2) is large, beautifully made, has maintained
very good quality fleece--a dark silvering black, has
great mothering abilities, and has a wonderful
temperament. Ghiradelli's
lambs are magnificent, with that shiny, lustrous,
profuse fleece, and wonderful wide horns, along with
great size and width! |
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MEHEMET |
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| SRX175M,
Mehemet, a beautiful Moorit Badgerface, polled single to
a ewe lamb, has profuse, thel rich fleece with beautiful
texture and color, a warm cream with caramel overtones.
We are very lucky to have been able to get him--he was
going to stay at Tongue River as a sire this
past year!
He is built beautifully--a very solid, strong, wide and
square ram with great fleece genetics behind him.
This ram doubles on Falder
genetics on both sides of his pedigree. Both dam
and grand dam were moorit badgerfaces. He has
produced excellent solid black lambs and
also lambs with the black
badgerface pattern. They have wonderfully soft
curls and thick fleeces, along
with really solid, wide conformation and good size!
What a sire he's turning out to be! |
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FERNWELL |
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| HWF27M,
Fernwell, a white polled ram who gained his place
in the sire lineup because of his incredible fleece, his
wide, strong body, and his gentle temperament.
Fernwell is a triplet whose dam Sylvia (STS550F,
lambing record 1,2,1,2,3,3/200%) is very milky, He
has gorgeous, thick, soft, thel rich fleece with
beautiful texture and sheen. This ram has Askur
AI genetics behind him--his sire (SRX539K-AI) threw many
other outstanding lambs last year. He carries
black, badgerface, and spotting. With
his lambs, Fernwell threw his lovely soft, profuse
fleece, and solid strong body--the lambs are beautiful! |
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CHICORY |
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| A polled black ram with who impressed us from the time he
was born. He is a glorious nonfading black with fleece that is just
beautiful, long, thick and soft, with a lovely handle. He is wide through out
and solid, square and strong like his father, Mehemet
(SRX175M) His fleece is so thick, it's hard to see his skin when parting
it, and the fibers are unusually lustrous. His mother, Flora,
is a lovely snow white ewe whose fleece is beautiful, soft and
lustrous. She is from one of our old favorites, Sylvia, who is also
dam of one of our other flock sires, Fennel, (listed below) Chicory
traces back twice to Faldur on his
sire's side and to Askur on his
mother's side. Both parents have super temperaments, as does
he. He's just what we were looking for! Gorgeous Blue black, completely polled, great fleece lines,
he stays here as a flock sire!
SOLD!
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MOONWINK |
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| A polled white AI sired ram who had fleece an inch an half
long when he was born! Moonwink is named as he is because his
thel-rich fleece has the soft lustrous whiteness of a full moon, with
absolutely astounding quality. It is soft and luxurious with an
unbelievable thickness and length -he almost glows as he stands watching
us. He is very large and impressive, with super width throughout,
yet he is a gentle guy. This is an incredible ram, and we can't wait
to see his offspring! His sire is Glaer,
an AI ram whose quality is unquestioned, and his dam is Annie, a
beautiful, big,moorit grey ewe with super fleece herself, who has a
history of producing moorit and grey from his mother.
SOLD!
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FENNEL |
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HWF159N,
Fennel, a horned black badgerface ram with beautiful
rich color and fleece so long and profuse it hangs over
his face when he’s grazing. Fennel is an exceptionally fine ram, one who drew the eye from the time he was very young.
His fleece was a rich , warm caramel at birth,
and it has held the warm tones as he has matured.
It is very nicely balanced and so long that the
thel is almost 6 inches, with that buttery softness that
is so delightful to feel.
His sire Mehemet
(SRX 175M), has given us two of our flock sires this
year, a tribute to his ability to pass on his quality.
Fennel traces back twice to Faldur
on his sire’s side, while his mother, Sylvia,
(STS55F, 1,2,1,2,3,3,200% has been a
consistent and prolific producer of quality sheep. Comes from good temperament, should produce it too.
We can’t wait to see what Fennel produces!
For sale after
breeding:
$800 SOLD!
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HAWKWEED |
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HWF163N,
Hawkweed, a horned moorit ram, is undeniably one of the
best moorit sires we’ve seen, with his dark unfading
fleece that shines with copper highlights in the sun.
He is a majestic ram that captures your eye with
excitement as you walk in the field.
His maternal grandmother Duet
(BLW95G 2,2,2,2,1,2) has the same
regal bearing that draws your eye.
He is wide and strong, with fleece that makes you
want to touch its profuse softness.
His father is Ghiradelli,
our super, horned moorit ram from last year, and his
mother is Alyssum
(HWF01M, twins as a ewe lamb)
Both parents’ fleeces won at Maryland Sheep and
Wool last year. Ghiradelli’s mother is Stumpy,
(BLW74G, 1,3,2,2,2 200%).
So Hawkweed has size, fleece quality, and
prolificacy on both sides of his pedigree. Watchful, but
easy to handle. He
traces back to AI sires Sveppur on his sire’s side and
Hunn on his mother’s side.
WOW!
For
sale after breeding:
$900 SOLD!
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Icelandic
Sheep
Frances
Smith ~
Wendy Fast
8406
Green Road
Dansville,
New York 14437
585-335-3439
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