At Firefly Farms, our focus is on Katahdin sheep, a resilient and parasite-resistant hair breed. We take pride in our prolific lines, known for their easy mothering. We have a range of fully registered to commercial, we are in the process of “upgrading / upbreeding” our flock. We use a registered ram every year, so every lamb will be at least 50% recordable and we will be able to administer hair tests on lambs over 88.5% to consider them registerable.

We are a forage-based farm. Feeding off the land or offering hay over winter. We do not creep feed. Our goal is to remain solely forage-based and source forage-based genetics.

Exceptions:

• Grain Treats - The occasional treat (less than a handful, and certainly not daily) for moving and handling purposes.

• Molasses - We have been experimenting with offering molasses during late gestation to mitigate pregnancy toxemia.

• Supplementation - We will supplement the occasional sheep for health purposes.

Our sheep live a natural life, grazing on pastures and benefiting from our rotational grazing practices. We move them every 1-3 days during the warmer seasons using portable electric netting for both their health and the land. We over-winter our sheep in shelters close to the house, with access to heated water.

We do hooves once a year unless otherwise needed. We only worm as needed and try to do a fecal test ahead of time.

We offer free-choice loose mineral (custom mixed at our local mill) and baking soda year round, with an added coccidiostat around lambing.

We take biosecurity seriously, our animals have come from clean-tested farms (OPP, Johnes, CL) and any new animals are tested during a 60-day quarantine. Our animals do not leave the farm, they are not rented out or shown.

We do not buy cheap animals from the auction house, we buy animals from farms that raise animals similar to how we do and follow thorough biosecurity measures.