Prairie Rose Suffolks

04/13/2025

Here’s another one of our sale yearlings.

We tried something a little different a year and a half ago and the result was this pretty cool buck who caught our eye from Day 1. A March born twin, this yearling is a smooth, straight made, correct ram that is
thick front to back, with good rib shape and body depth. A “no holes” type of buck with good bone, and a flat hip wrapped up in a moderate package. We suspect that he will make lambs much like himself. Dan calls him “Mr. Fix-It” as he’s sure to add some positive attributes to many a flock. If you like ‘em a bit more on the moderate side, this guy will work. Sired by the Arnevik buck that we shared with our friend Scott McKay and dammed by a Mother Lode daughter that we call, Broad Maude, going back to one of our tried and true female lines.

Up for discussion.

Feel free to contact us for more information.

04/12/2025

Been knocking the wool off here on the yearling ram sale prospects.

Up for discussion:

“Range Rover”. He’s a substantial, high volumed fellow with mass, meat, scale, depth of body, and big rib. He stands right up on correct feet and travels well. As a lamb he and his twin brother were top gainers in the lamb crop last year. Sired by “Western Underground” and dammed by a high producing ewe who has had 18 live lambs (no d***s) in 7 years and has raised and weaned every lamb on her own. His paternal sisters are putting some outstanding lambs on the ground for us. He is RR/NN and is a twin. We expect him to put quality, growthy rams on the ground in addition to putting some great producing females into a flock. Transportation can usually be arranged.
Feel free to contact me for more information.

03/08/2025

A breeder friend of ours stopped by the ranch for coffee yesterday, when he noticed this “bold and body-ful” ewe lamb right away and after a visual and hand’s on inspection, he said, “She’ll do” and we concur, she definitely will … do … now and into the future.
Born February 10th, she’s been a stand out from Day 1 and growing like wildfire. We are seeing some outstanding lambs this year and look forward to watching them develop.
Hickok x Western Underground

01/31/2025

LAMBING BARN RULES:

1. What is said or done during lambing CANNOT be held against me at a later date.

2. See Rule #1.

01/24/2025

Wheeee, here we go! The first ewes due to lamb have loaded into the barn (2-5 year olds, a 3 year old and a 1st time lambing ewe) and the barn cam is up and running after a small glitch that garnered a small panic attack on my part. According to NOAA, the temps are supposed to dip down to -24 degrees below zero which is always a challenge in an unheated barn but with a little extra care new lambs and moms will be fine. Happy Lambing, fellow breeders and shepherds.

01/12/2025

Our 4 year old senior stud, "Western Underground", is looking quite fit this winter. This massive ram is a son of the "Mother Lode" ram, going back to the Luxford "Bozeman" stud buck and the Prairie Rose 1510 ewe on his paternal side. On his maternal side he is a grandson of the old Luxford 1377 stud (IYKYK). His dam, Prairie Rose 1671 goes back to one of our most powerful ewe lines. He sires quick firing, quality lambs at birth that grow like crazy!
We're excited to see his lambs start hitting the ground soon.

12/23/2024

Seasons Greetings!!! May your barn be filled with fiesty lambs, happy ewes and impactful stud rams! 🎄🐑🎄

11/28/2024

FROM OUR BARN TO YOURS ~

11/15/2024

Late for dinner! Here's 2 of my favorite ewes heading in for supper. As members of the "Bold and the Body-ful Club" here, they exhibit, well....lots of body, keeping ability and volume and they consistently put top end lambs on the ground for us. The ewe on the left is 4 years of age and the ewe on the right will see her 8th birthday before she lambs in February. They are about half way through gestation and have been on a maintenance ration of grass/alfalfa mixed hay and are looking quite good and doing well. As the weather gets colder and we get closer to lambing time, we'll make the necessary changes in the ration to keep the ewes on a rising plane of nutrition to help ensure healthy and vigorous lambs at birth and to enhance milk production in the mama ewes.

11/12/2024

Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition!!!
It pays dividends down the road...

With the milder, open fall we've been having, don't get complacent on your ewe's nutrition. There have been some great articles on flushing recently and many producers will be looking to save money on feeding ewes with the open fall by skipping supplementation on range. Weight loss after breeding and through mid pregnancy can have massive implications to the lamb crop months later with reduced milk production and lamb cold tolerance. It's really hard to body condition score ewes from the truck when they have 3 or 4 inches of wool on them. Ideally we would use a 16-ish percent protein supplement fed at a pound per head per day or protein blocks to give the rumen microbes a boost to digest the low protein standing grass. The lamb market is rebounding and hopefully will continue, so don't short next year's lamb crop by skipping on supplement this fall. It's easier to put extra condition on ewes while the weather is nice and grass is available. Being surprised by how thin your ewes are at shearing will mean a lot of headaches through lambing.

09/20/2024

What’s the saying? Better late than never…..

We wanted to extend a huge thank you to the Idaho Wool Growers Association, the ram sale committee and to all who were involved in putting on a great ram sale (and lamb feed) this year in July. It takes a ton of work to put on a well organized sale and they simply knocked it out of the park. Thanks also to Lizbeth Wilder, for the fantastic job that she does keeping track of all of the details.

Also, another big thanks to Teuscher Sheep Company for adding our pen of February buck lambs to his operation. We appreciated it immensely.

It was great to see so many old friends and meet some new ones. We will see you all again next year!

Here’s to a successful breeding season and an even better lambing season in 2025. “Sheep On”!

08/25/2024

The March Buck Lamb.
Usually, we don't have many March lambs born here but last breeding season was hot, hot, hot so our lambing season was extended and somewhat later than usual due to the hot August and fall weather. We finished lambing in March with a really cool set of twins....a buck lamb and a ewe lamb. Normally, I don't pay much heed to the March born lambs as it's hard to compare them to the older lambs in the pen. Not so, with this guy. He was an attention getter from Day 1 and he just keeps getting better. Thick front to back, muscular yet smooth in his makeup, good bone and stands square on a great set of feet and legs. Kind of that no-holes kind of a buck with a tremendous body. Range ram breeders, commercial breeders or anyone looking to add depth to their lamb crop through a stud prospect like this, look for this guy next year as a yearling. He will be around and available in 2025.