Miniature Katahdin Hair Sheep
Mothers and lambs
Above a lightly spotted Dam in winter coat with two nicely
growing twins
Above a rare all black ewe with her typical different colored twins
(laying)
and another nice pair of lambs standing in the background
A nice small solid red ewe with her "winter coat" starting
to shed or cast off nicely, having a nice red lamb with white bobby socks by her side.
Another nice solid light red ewe with her "winter coat" and her fancy spotted lamb
Remember she WILL shed all that coat out without any help to
a really flat, slick as a dog, hair coat before summer.
Some like the black ewe above don't get as much undercoat in the winter so don't
appear as coated in the ones in these photos.
One of the smallest known mini Katahdins with one of her fancy spotted lamb.
Two very nice full bodied mature mini ewes showing not only the capacity for
multiple births but also a body to hold enough to keep her weight up
and feed the lambs through weaning time.
This is what they look like all shed out for the summer.
the above Two ewes are in this line up ( Center and Rt.)
along with a wonderful Mini ram LF.
Our sons FFA flock project
A nice summer time shed coat family portrait
(Above ) A quite Rare solid Black colored ewe
in spring as you can see shedding off her old winter coat
(Below) an unusually spotted ewe also shedding off her old coat
Mini Katahdins come in a wide range of solid and sometimes also spotted colors
Winter Wonderland photos
they do great in winter also with just a small barn
to get dry in.
What a great variety of colors and color patterns in these groups!
Note solid with face spots on the Rt
2 with white with red spots in the middle and
a solid white on the left and in the middle of it all two rare solid
blacks!
All shown in full winter short hair coats
Just a bunch of really cute lamb photos........Enjoy!
Rt fancy spotted red/wh Lf a White/red roan
Rt a white/red roan Lf a wonderful red/wh spotted
Lf Fancy solid red with tall white socks Rt Red/roan/spotted
A nice solid dark red ewe lamb
These wonderful solid and sometimes spot painted sheep shed their coat each year so you have no need to hire a shearer! They are very personable sheep that are always dog tame when given attention. Most shown are spotted but they are more common in colors like solid white, cream and solid red in several shades. The "Standard Sized" Katsahdins are used as meat animals and in for meat lamb cross breeding programs, the minis make wonderful pets when you have no need or want form meat and wool. They make wonderful young youth projects because there is no wool that must be groomed for show, always a Showmanship favorite because of that. They are very tolerate of high heat, Twin often and with their wide variety of colors and patterns are always able to surprise you in the barn each lambing season.
No need for tail docking.
Most rams get a wonderful mane and bib of longer hair in the winter on their neck and brisket for a nice exotic look.
Most are completely Polled ( hornless ) but there are horned rams born from time to time. The horns being short and thickly based.
THE MINIATURE AND NOVELTY SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION AND REGISTRY
Rick and Michelle Shannon
113 Blake Road Toledo Wa. 98591
(360) 864-6116
