Here is a list of the registered California Red Ewes & Rams that we currently own

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EWES

Aleah P'ewe'ters 

 Aleah is a 2017 retained ewe out of Teresa and ​ Big Jim we always name Teresa's lambs after that years Miss Nebraska - reg# 2689
​ DOB 2/8/2017

Alexandra De'Ewe'ssehan 

 Reg# 2690

Athena

our Spring 2015 retained ewe lamb is a product of JR X Heidi BW 11# registration # 2483

Bess  

she is another girl from my starter flock - - she is a wonderful ewe - her registration #2026

Carrot Top/235

This beautiful girl came to me in a round about way of someone selling out that had purchased a bunch of ewes from Missouri and from us, then decided to sell them at the sale barn...say what?!?! I fell in love with her and one other and kept them, the rest of the Missouri sheep went back to Missouri to the breeder - Reg# 2701

D'Ewe Cook?

Cookie came full circle, the breeder to her was the same as my starter flock, that migrated to Indiana where I purchased her - she is a real sweetie - Reg. # 2529

Diamond in the rough

Our Fall 2015 retained ewe lamb is a product of JR. X Ms. Mizzou #102 (last babies from Jr) and if she doesn't have her daddies beautiful looks - I see him every time I look at her Reg# 2612

Ellsinore shawnee

Retained 2017 ewe lamb; out of Ms Mizzou #102 and Little Chief  Reg# 2691
 D.O.B. - 1/25/2017

Ewe're a Big Girl -

Reg# 2692

Madera 

she is a beautiful ewe that came from Madera CA - she is a big gal with nice bone and dark coloring - she will be an asset to my breeding program ~ registration# 2236

Mary Margaret

This girl has got some nice things going on, nice and wide and her palomino color is just gorgeous - she is a keeper for sure - product of Herbie X Bess Reg# 2611

Poker Face

someone selling out that had purchased a bunch of ewes from Missouri and from us, then decided to sell them at the sale barn...say what?!?!  I didn't want to sell this ewe in the first place, so she will be a keeper Reg. # 2694

Precious Opal  reg# 2703

Red Headed Willamina reg# 2688

Red Mercedes reg# 2704

Sputnik/259 Reg# 2702

SWOOZIE Reg. # 2154

Tara

Tara came to M-T Acres with Molly - she is a flighty little thing, but with some TLC she should settle down Registration #2459

RAMS

Borg Werner

Borg came to us from our neighboring state - he will  diversify my bloodlines and be an asset to my breeding program, he is a nice big ram that will do nice things for us here at M-T Acres Reg. # 2613

Little Chief Sundance 

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This guy was a special order - Red Chieftain #1657 came to us from Thistle Down Farms in Indiana for the breeding season of 2012/2013 ~ Red Chieftain X Ava Sundance #2003 he was born 4/9/2013 weighing 12 1/4# ~ Registration #2335

Big Jim

We got Big Jim from Indiana where we also purchased Bette and Cookie in a buy out of Thistle Down Farms - he is a half brother to Little Chief; he is just as muscular as his half brother - he was given the nickname Tails, because his tail was not docked when he was a baby and still to this day has it

Jr. Herdsire Herbie's son

Guy Fiery

Guy was born to Herbie and Cookie and unbeknownst to me, he would be the last of Herbie's sons He does have a poll spot that he may or maynot pass on, I guess time will tell

Raising — Growing — Selling 
one lamb at a time.

CALIFORNIA RED SHEEP

California Red Sheep are one of the truly American breeds that were developed right here in the United States. The breed came about not through some accidental crossing of sheep but rather through the careful scientific selection of genetic characteristics essential to the creation of a great breed of sheep. This work was done by Dr Spurlock of the University of California at Davis, California in the 1970s. These valuable characteristics of crossing Tunis and Barbados sheep were carefully preserved in the California Red Sheep breed by responsible breeders and a responsible Breed Registry.   Originally Dr. Spurlock's goal was creating a larger framed wool-less breed of sheep. His attempts to obtain the wool-less feature failed but the remarkable hybrid sheep with distinctive color, gentle disposition and resistance to most of the usual problems that beset the sheep grower was born.
Lambs are born a solid rust or cinnamon red color hair. As they mature, the hair color is retained on the legs and head can range from gold to dark cinnamon. The wool, as it grows out on the young animal, turns to beige or oatmeal in sharp contrast to the richly colored wool-free head and limbs. This transformation appears around 12-18 mos old or earlier depending on shearing.

The California Red sheep is also know as a multi functional sheep from its silky textured wool that has found a specialty market with hand spinners and weavers.  The staple length is 3-6” and measures 50 to 60 on the Bradford count system and averages about 30-35 microns in diameter. To their meat that is unequaled in tenderness and taste. Along with a delicate flavor, their meat also contains significantly less fat than that of the more common sheep breeds. To milk production.

today there are breeders and owners from coast-to-coast, as well as, in Canada. And over 2000 Reds have been enrolled in the California Red Sheep Registry, all of which are descended from Dr. Spurlock’s original flock.

click to go to the registry page

RETAINED 2019 EWE LAMB

Frohna
Fergison

Teresa Scanlamb our FIRST Nebraska born lamb-  Crossed the rainbow bridge 12/25/2019

Teresa is our FIRST Nebraska born California Red she was named after Miss Nebraska / USA 2011 (Teresa Scanlan) and as you can tell she is just as beautiful as her name sake -Teresa's dam was Nika who came from our starter herd from New Mexico - she was one of our smallest ewes who prolapsed in 2012 while carrying twins and was culled - Teresa's Sire is Herbie and her registration #2130