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 Sheryl, Kylie, and Shanda Zettle

83576 Rattlesnake Road

Dexter, OR 97431

(541) 726-8660

zzranch@msn.com

We live on 45 acres that is mostly hillside.   We raise purebred North Country Cheviots and Cotswolds,  My daughters and I enjoy showing the purebred sheep at the Lane County Fair and Puyallup Fair.  They each started with a Cotswold ewe lamb when they were five and have each built their flocks from that first ewe.   Shanda is active in 4H showing market animals and her purebred animals.  Kylie has sold her sheep and is attending college.  

North Country Cheviots

The cheviot is an intelligent, tough, resourceful sheep that produces a superior lamb crop. An adult ewe in good condition will weigh about 180 pounds and an adult ram in good condition will weigh about 300 pounds.   It has an outstanding crossbreeding ability.  The lambs from crossbreeding have superior carcasses.  The girls use cheviot crosses for their 4H market lambs and do very well with them.  Lambs are born very alert and active and the ewes are excellent mothers.  I had a crossbred ewe unable to get up after having twin cheviot lambs once, and when I found her the next day the lambs had gotten up and were nursing off of the down ewe.  The association motto is:  “The breed that thrives where others survive.”

Cotswolds

Cotswolds are one of the oldest authenticated breeds of sheep.  They were developed in the Cotswold Hills of Gloucester, England from Roman longwools brought to the British Isles by Caesar’s invaders.  The first major importation of them to the US was in 1832.

Cotswold rams will mature at about 280 pounds and ewes at about 225 pounds. The ewes are excellent mothers. They have a beautiful fleece often called “poor man’s mohair” that lies on the body in distinct, bold open locks.  The fiber is highly lustrous with a Bradford count in the 40’s.  This breed is very adaptable to different environments.  They are known as the gentle giants because of their great dispositions.  We raise black and white cotswolds.

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