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The Howling Hill Farm Sheep Flock


The following represents a cross-section of our flock -- past and present. The sheep pictured here are all either current members of our flock, or past members whose genetics live on through their offspring.

Rams

Dark silver Babydoll ram
Cheever

Breed: Babydoll Southdown
Color: Dark grey with black spots

Cheever is a registered Babydoll Southdown ram. He is extremely thickset and masculine, but his disposition is incredibly calm and friendly with both humans and other sheep. Cheever's sire was even more dramatically spotted than he is. His wool is extremely fine, and he has excellent density.

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Ike
 
Breed: Babydoll Southdown
Color: Beige with tan spots
 
Ike is a gorgeous registered Babydoll Southdown ram. He has perfect breed type with a wide head and perfect Babydoll smile, and full wool coverage on his legs. He is wide and compact. Ike's disposition is incredibly calm and laid-back.
His spots are dramatic and beautiful.

Ewes



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Barbara

Breed: Unknown
Color: Brown and white "Blagdon" spotted

Yes, Barbara is a "mystery sheep," but her coloring was so very unique -- and her wool so very nice! -- that I just had to add her to our foundation spotted sheep flock. Although she does not have the heavyset, stocky breed type or wide, sweet head that we are breeding for, she is a nice, miniature size, she is polled, and she has great conformation, so she is a nice start. She is the dam of Cookies, pictured below.

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Cookies

Breed: Unknown
Color: Black and white pinto spotted

Cookies is the daughter of Barbara and a very handsome black ram with beautiful wool. Like her dam, she has excellent conformation and a beautiful fleece, and she is very well conformed. She has slightly heavier bone than her dam, though she is still lanky for our program.

Cookies produced an outstanding spotted 1/2 Babydoll ewe who is being retained for our program.

Dark silver Babydoll ewe
Jiggles

Breed: Babydoll Southdown
Color: Dark grey

Jiggles is, as her name implies, a stout Babydoll Southdown ewe. She is a proven mother of twins. Jiggles has fantastic type and conformation, and she loves people. Her wool is short-stapled but extremely dense, and of good fineness.

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Licorice
 
Breed: Babydoll Southdown
Color: Chocolate brown
 
Licorice has the most beautiful, extreme head I have yet seen on a Babydoll. She looks just like an ewok. She has stout, heavyset legs and a friendly disposition. Her wool has good staple for her breed.

White Harlequin ewe
Lily

Breed: Harlequin
Color: White (Yes, Lily is a white Harlequin. Both of her parents are spotted, and Lily most likely carries the gene for spots; it is simply masked by white.)

Lily is a compact (<24"), sweet-faced ewe with good conformation and structure. Her big deal, though, is her fleece. Lily's fleece is fine, with an incredibly high-frequency crimp that is organized into discrete bundles. She is shy initially but loves people once she gets to know you.

Black Babydoll ewe lamb
Poppy

Breed: Babydoll Southdown
Color: Black

Poppy is a black Babydoll ewe. Acquired as a lamb, she has now matured into a very confident, well-conformed mature ewe. Best of all, she has proven herself to be an outstanding mother, gracefully producing and rearing twin lambs two years in a row.

Dark silver Babydoll ewe
Puddin

Breed: Babydoll Southdown
Color: Dark grey with black spots

Puddin is moderately slighter in build than Jiggles; she is also a little bit shier, though she is friendly once she warms up to you. However, her conformation is excellent and she is still extremely stout. She, too, is a proven mother of twins, and is also possessed of a dense, short-stapled wool.

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Salt
 
Breed: Babydoll Southdown
Color: White
 
Salt is an absolutely adorable Babydoll ewe. She has a lovely fleece with a very long staple for a Babydoll, and the cutest face and leg coverage. She is also the friendliest sheep you will ever meet. She loves people and attention.

All text and images copyright H. Kitt Hollister, DVM ~ 2022

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