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OUR CLIENTS
Helping homesteaders to large operations scale and drive profitability with our composite hair sheep.
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6>>40%
sheep per acre vs. large-frame
69+
states worked in
6>100%
heavier lambs vs. pure St. Croix
If you AREN'T a regenerative grazer, we're not the best fit.
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Yes, we went through years of losses and painfull culling to achieve parasite resistant hair sheep. MOVEMENT is the best prescription.
There are >5m sheep in the United States, and ANYONE can sell you breeding stock. If you want to continuously graze, never move your sheep, you will have parisite problems. The best breeding stock will never be able to make up for bad management. If this is your plan, we will be the first ones to tell you that you can find breeding stock far cheaper than us.
However, very few producers can sell you parasite resistant hair sheep that have smaller frames, and retain "dorper-like" growth.
Everyone in the hair sheep world claims "paraiste resistance." However, few have purposly exposed their sheep to select for breeding stock after continuosly grazing in >40in of rainfall on heavy clay soil.
Dorpers are the fastest growing hair sheep, but lack the parasitie resistance found in St. Croix. St. Croix lambs grow too small, and are unsuitable for commercial production. That's why we combined 4 breeds to make a composite.
This makes us uniqely positioned to provide high-quality breeding stock that are ACTUALLY parasite resistant and profitable.
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MANAGEMENT
Our sheep aren't bulletproof, but thrive in regenerative grazing with no inputs.
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Tired of needing a second job to support what you truly love?
Working long hours, and barely scraping by?
Somebody is making money in agriculture, so why not you?
Our sheep turn revenue into profit by thriving without grain, drugs and hay.
Our composite sheep aren't babied and...
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Thrive Without Shade In >100°F.
Thrive Without Grain. Just Stockpiled Fescue.
Thrive Without Shelter In -30°F.
Thrive Without Drugs.
That's why Western & Midwestern producers have chosen our sheep.
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PARISITE RESISTANCE
Ditch >$10,000 losses & years of culling. Our parasite-resistant sheep power profits with regenerative grazing.
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Our pain in your gain.
Nothing is worse than doctoring dying sheep.
Skip years of culling.
Avoid the death loss.
Gain back countless hours on doctoring and worming.
Flock battle-tested: grazed <4-inch forage on heavy clay soil, 40+ inches rainfall, faced extreme parisite loads. Only the toughest survived culling. Result? Resists parisites, cuts costs, boosts profits for regenerative grazers.
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COMPOSITE HAIR SHEEP
Maximize profit/acre with fast-growing lambs & lightweight sheep.
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Small frame= large profits.
We combined breeds to get the desirable traits from Dorpers, Katahdins, St. Croix, and Florida Crackers.
Accoring to the USDA, composite sheep are hardier & more productive.
We futher amplified out genetics with outside rams from Hopping Brothers and Greg Judy, crafting a flock that grows quickly, within moderate-sized frames, thrives on grass, and delivers profits with ease.
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Our composite fuses Dorper's "Angus-like desirability" and higher lamb sales prices with regenerative-adapted toughness to create fat profits under proper management.
Dorper
Don't want buyers to reject your bony sheep? Dorper drops superior meat and lightning-fast growth with ground-dragging bellies
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Katahdin
Don't want pathetic lambing rates? Katahdin bring slick coats & solid lambing rates
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St. Croix & Florida Cracker
Don't want parisites to suck away your cash? St. Croix & Florida Crackers fight back.
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LXIX Composite
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ST. CROIX
Why not St. Croix? Parasite resistance is not enough. Pure St. Croix melt away profits and are too small for slaughter.
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#1
Bad Carcass Weight & Genetics
Poor grass genetics from long legs and tiny bellies means lambs not ready for slaughter in 6-8 months
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Rejected By Packers & Slow Growth
Packers reject slow growers— 8-12+ months for a little 45-Ib carcass. Buyers slash prices on St. Croix crushing profitability
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Nightmare Handling
Their flighty nature will drive you nuts yearly. Bad temperment ruins handling and causes chaos loading trailers
Tall legs and little bellies mean pathetic 45-lb carcasses, weak grass genetics, and lambs limping to slaughter in 8-12+ months—pure St. Croix get slammed with discounts and their wild temperament makes them a handling nightmare.
Ditch this mess for LXIX Composite and seize real profits with calm, small-framed, and fast growing sheep.
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OUR MANAGEMENT
Our sheep are a waste of money if you continuously graze, feed grain, and brag about not paying taxes.
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Our job is to provide sheep with movement. Grass resting is a sheep's best prescription.
Their job is to produce lambs under regenerative management.
That means lambing:
Without grain...
Without hoof trimming...
Without constant worming...
Without bloating on lush clover pastures...
Without shade in brutal summer heat...
Without shelter in windy sub-zero temperatures, while grazing stockpiled fescue.
Grass + Water + Loose Mineral =
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We AREN'T like most breeding stock producers.
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We know how hard it it to find like-minded regenerative producers that sell hair sheep.
We are not like other large sheep operations in Ohio/ Wyoming who will sell you "breeding stock" that were purchased from sale barns or other third- parties. We don't flip sheep to make a quick dollar.
We have talked to producers all over the country that have had breeding problems, introduced diseases into their flocks, and have had high death loss from parisites/ stress after purchasing sheep from these producers that frequent ranching podcasts.
Be on the lookout for multiple scrapies tags, the first two letters of the scrapies tag not matching their location, or their back marked with paint from a sale barn.
Our breeding stock are 100% born & raised on our operations.
This is our promise to you, or we will refund double your entire purchase price.
1ST GENERATION
I was just like you. I made my dream a reality. I quit my job to ranch full-time.
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It's a blessing to not inherit a multi-generational ranch.
We will never have to deal with...
Doing something stupid because "this is how Granddad did it"
Still grazing like there are no fences & it's open range
Losing money and feeding 6-months of hay by not regenerative grazing since their family cares more about what the neighbors think vs. their own financial well-being.
They forget that someone had to have the courage to start a legacy.
I started with no sheep and 0 acres. Now I have thousands. I understand your dream. I made every mistake possible. I understand how hard it is, and how important profitability is.
I worked four jobs while attending Michigan State.
I broke into Wallstreet with no family connections and being from a "non-target" school.
I worked 100+ hours, while ranching on the side, for a buldge bracket investment bank, working in the buyside, and in private equity.
I was able to quit to ranch full time.
No enterprise in ranching compares to the profitability of hair sheep.
Let me help make your dream a reality.
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