Coopworth History
and Breed Information
Fleece, Roving, Locks
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Sheep Care and
Management Articles
We specialize in hardy, easy-care sheep with beautiful, prizewinning handspinning fleeces. We have selected sheep for soft, lustrous fleece, fertility, excellent mothering traits, good lamb growth on pasture, and resistance to disease and parasites. We have utilized New Zealand AI genetics in our flock, along with the best domestic Coops available.
Taking reservations on 2010 lambs sired by several nice rams, including Silver Creek Carli, pictured below. Carli ranked #3 out of 250 ram lambs based on 30, 60, and 120 day weights, wool weights, and consideration for birth ranking and overall structure and wool quality.
As a yearling in 2008, Carli won Reserve Champion in the All Other Breeds Wool Division at the Oregon State Fair.
Price for registered Coopworth lambs; $250-$300 each
Please call or write for more information.
"Pedigree indicates what the animal should be. Conformation indicates what the animal appears to be. But, Performance indicates
what the animal actually is."
Anonymous
Because we are serious about the Coopworth emphasis on production, we are currently the only Coopworth flock enrolled in the National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP), and use production records to help discern the sheep with the traits that we feel are important in our flock; fleece weight and quality, easy care ewes with strong maternal instincts, structural soundness, and lamb weight gains on pasture. We strive to make each generation of Deer Run Coopworths better than the last. We have the records, and will gladly show them to you, and assist you in recording the profitable traits in your flock!
We guarantee the health and fertility of our sheep. We are enrolled in the Voluntary Scrapie Free Flock Certification Program, our flock has tested negative for OPP, and is foot rot free.
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Introducing;
Hatchtown 0029-02 "Hatch" from Maine, Hatch sheared 13.5 lbs. of wool this spring. Hatch has Woodsedge, Hidden Valley and Cobun Creek bloodlines. We like the lambs that we are seeing from this silver/blue ram! He is siring lambs with good size and wonderful fleeces. This photo was taken just before shearing. 
Silver Creek Obsidian AKA "Sid" from Oregon, Sid is a twin out of a yearling ewe, who was herself a twin out of a yearling ewe. He combines many generations of sheep that have produced well on pasture in a large commercial flock that utilizes New Zealand AI genetics. Sid sheared 12.5 lbs of soft, but long stapled fleece this year.
In the past we have shipped sheep to New York, Vermont, Iowa, Michigan and Texas. If you are interested in our sheep, but are too far away to visit, we may be able to arrange transport at reasonable prices.
Click here to read some customer comments, show wins, and see more photos of our flock.
$250-$300 each for registered Coopworth lambs
$300-$375 for registered Coopworth adults
$125 each for Coopworth/Bluefaced Leicester Crossbreds
Some Ewe Photos
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Bluefaced Leicester X Coopworth lambs
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Ram temperment is very important to us!
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