Sheep for Sale

November 22, 2022 Update

Our 2022 lambs have now all been sold!

Lambs are listed below with descriptions, photos, and prices. Their individual registration # and the pedigree are hyperlinked. If you click on those terms by each lamb, you will go to their respective pages on the web that provide more information.

In the fall of 2022 we have lambs from one of two breeding lines (Springwood Ebb or Bellwether Winston lines). Photos, descriptions, and prices are listed below.

Springwood Ebb, KAS03164700BBx (DOB: April 17, 2018) was purchased from another Barbados breeder in order to bring a new set of genetics into our flock and to head our “Ebb Line” of sheep. Ebb also brings flock resistance to Scrapie with his genotype (codon 136: AA; codon 171: RR)
Bellwether Winston, BWF07133387BB, (DOB: July 14, 2013) was also tested as resistant to Scrapie (codon 136: AA; codon 171: RR) and heads our “Winston line” of sheep.

The consequence of course is that all of both Ebb’s and Winston’s offspring are either RQ (moderately resistant or moderately susceptible — depends whether you think “your glass of water is half full or half empty”!) or RR (fully resistant). Our goal is to ultimately develop the RR genotype in the both of our breeding lines. Typically RR genotype lambs are priced higher than RQ lambs.

Sale Notes to Consider

If you are interested in starting a flock of Barbados Blackbelly sheep, consider purchasing some of our lambs. Typically every year we have a group of ram and ewe lambs that we sell as breeding stock. We normally sell them after they are five-six months old and after we have received registration papers for them. If you buy any of our registered lambs, you can send in the registration papers and change the ownership record to your name.

If you are interested in purchasing one or more of our lambs, you can send us a deposit consisting of 50% of the sale price and we will hold the lambs for 30 days without charge. The balance will be due at the time of pickup. For lambs going outside of the state of Virginia, I need to schedule a veterinarian to inspect the lambs and provide a health certificate prior to the lamb pickup. This health certificate cost is typically about $50 which is added on to the listed purchase price of the lambs.

Individual listings include (1) name of lamb and tag identification (ear tag # & last 3 digits of scrapie #); (2) Knoll Acres lineage line and [sale price]; (3) Birth information; (4) Genetics information (codons 136&171); (5) BBSAI registration number; and (6) BBSAI Pedigree data for the three prior generations from the Registry. (Both the BBSAI registration number and the Pedigree word are hyperlinked to the relevant information on the BBSAI website.)

NOTICE to potential buyers: During the past years, I have been frequently contacted by “scammers” which have been a pain because of the time and effort it takes to deal with them. To guard against this problem during the buying process, I require all potential buyers to share

residential address,
contact information, (email and phone number)
speak to me on the telephone about their farm and their plans for the sheep
a required 50% deposit (personal check is fine) to hold a specific sheep for a buyer.

The sheep pickup date (when the balance in cash is due) can not occur until the deposit check clears the bank. Sales of sheep going outside of the state of Virginia require a health certification by a veterinarian which requires some time to schedule.

For an initial contact, I suggest that you send me an inquiry email. See our Contact page for the address and or our phone number.