I would like to introduce one of our farm’s ewes. Malty is the Grand-Dam of our flock. She was one of the first sheep ever brought to Walking Water Ranch. Being chocolate brown, she is an unusual color for a Katahdin. Her coloring suits her personality. She is truly a black sheep in our flock [...]
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Well it is lambing season here at the ranch yet agan. We have been working towards creating a self cycling lambing system that will produce lambs year round. We specifically chose the Katahdin breed for their natural tendency to breed so prolifically. Eight of our ewes have lambed since December and we have 14 little [...]
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We recently took a trip to the Seattle/Tacoma to explore some marketing options. We are new at this marketing game and were hesitant to invest heavily in growing our farm too fast if there really wasn’t a customer base to support the growth. So we sent out some feelers and were exploring some options. We [...]
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