Breezy Ridge Rideau Sheep

08/23/2026

Investing in a good scale, reader and handling equipment will pay dividends. These tools allow you to easily weigh lambs with little effort regularly and identify any individuals in a large group that may require extra attention that may easily go unnoticed.

07/28/2026

Yearling PB. Rideau rams

Breezy Ridge Farm, Rideau Arcott foundation flock, pure bred Parasi...

07/15/2026

Meet PSE0884KD, our rockstar 4 yr. old Rideau ewe. She just raised quadruplets completely on her own, hitting an adjusted 50 day weight of 218 lbs.
With a lifetime average of 2.75 lambs per year and built-in parasite resistance, she is the exact definition of a highly productive, low-maintenance ewe.

07/13/2026

300 ewes grazing this field for the third time this season. This paddock was rejuvenated 12 years ago and seems to get better each year.
We has been using the Gallagher fencing rotational grazing system since 1984. We follow a 30-day pasture rest period, allowing the forage to recover before the sheep return.
Over more than four decades, this has proven to be a very good investment, improving pasture productivity, supporting healthier soils, and providing high-quality grazing year after year and lowering our cost of production.

07/05/2026

Our new pup Lester has a great friend in Carter the older sheep guard dog.

06/21/2026

I like Reed Canary Grass, we incorporate it in all our pasture fields and also include it in our hay fields, and our whole farm is tiled drained. Sheep like the leave's and if sheep like it I like it. But it takes work and can easily get a head of you. Thats where strip grazing management is important.

05/29/2026

Parasite Resistance PR is the next stage in sheep breeding and production. PR lowers death loss in lambs and allows the sheep to express their full potential

2026 March lambing Breezy Ridge Farm. Pure bred Rideau Arcott fou...

05/15/2026

The 50-day weight is one of the most important measurements in sheep production. It shows whether your feeding program is working, whether your ewes are milking and raising lambs efficiently, and whether your genetics and management are producing healthy, fast-growing animals. For our breeding program it also help evaluate parasite resistance in the ewe flock.

05/13/2026

Rex Crawford DVM. has returned for the 2026 to do the annual fertility testing of this years 69 yearling Pure Bred Rideau Rams . The tissue samples are also being submitted to have these rams screened for genetic resistance to Scrapie and O.P.P ( Maedi Visna). These are the first tests since last years Canadian Performance testing in the process of finding the Rideau rams that have strong parasite resistance for the breeding program.

05/10/2026

Our last group of ewes out before lambing starts.