Romonov Sheep

Romonov sheep LIVESTOCK Sheep/Goats 14-4-26 Our business has been booming ever since your FARM SHOW story about our Romanov sheep (Vol. 13, No. 5). Our phone rang off the hook for 6 mos. and we still get calls and letters every week. So far we've sold Romanovs into 31 states - from Florida to Alaska - as a result of that one article. We make a trip to the airport just about every week, shipping sheep in large airline dog kennels. Flying sheep is surprisingly easy. We leave home with them shortly after feeding in the morning and they arrive at their new owners by feeding time at night. We started out sending just-bred ewe lambs, crossing our fingers that people would get good multiple births, since Romanovs aver-age 3 or more lambs per birth. After a few months we started getting calls back from people reporting their lambing numbers. Several got litters of 4 or 5 and there were a lot of triplets. That's pretty good from ewes that aren't even a year old yet. People are impressed with the early sexual maturity of the animals, their ability to breed all year, their outstanding mothering ability, the extremely high wool quality, hardiness and many other qualities that make them a de-light to raise. One problem we had with your original article was that the picture that ran with the story showed the only black lamb born on our farm. We were afraid people would think all Romanovs are black but most called anyway, giving us a chance to explain that purebreds are grey and that most of the 1/2 bloods are white. David & Nicki Black-stone, 29800 TR55, Lewisville, Ohio 43754 (ph 614 567-3463)

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