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Current Registered Icelandic Rams
 
Click on the registration number next to an Icelandic ram picture to jump to the CLRC extended pedigree for that ram.

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Freyr 2010
Freyr
 

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This guy is the last lamb given to me by my beloved Fricka, one of my foundation ewes (from Stephania's flock) and a classic Icelandic beauty.  She was not just a pretty face either.  She was a great milker, easy lamber, great mom - everything you could want in a ewe.  His sire was our Aboti son (Brendan) and this lamb's fleece shows it.  He's got long soft fleece with plenty of thel. He carries morrit and solid.
 
 
 

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Tristan 2010

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Tristan yearling

Tristan
 

Here's another great looking ram.  He has lovely dark grey fleece with a kind of lions mane around his shoulders and chest, a long body and and big, nicely curling horns.  His parents are both AI offspring (sire is a Flotti son and dam is a Bessi daughter) so he's got 1/2 AI genetics from animals that have been very good on my farm. He's sired some great lambs here at Dancing Lamb.
 
 

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Dante 2010 with Tristan behind him

Dante

Dante is a moorit grey twin out of Beatrice DL-42K (Kani granddaughter) a great milker and mom. His sire was Seigfried DL-101R (Flotti grandson) by Freida FFC-089K.
Dante has very wide horns (we're breeding away from horns that curl very close to the head and his are super-wide). He is long bodied and has an overall correct build.  He's a very handsome ram.  He's sired great lambs and he's got a nice personality too.,

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Brando 2010

Brando

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Brando is a solid morrit triplet out of Greyfire (TNY-528N) our fabulous Flotti son (see him on our past rams page). His dam was Greta (TNY-516N) a Kani daughter and my best over-all ewe ever. She produced more milk as a young ewe than most of my dairy crosses (Icelandic/Lacaune and Icelandic/EF).  She's given me many great lambs.  Greta is also a ewe who produces really nice fleeces for many years (her fleece at 6 years old was as nice as most lamb's).  Brando is lovely also.  He has already given me quite a few really nice lambs and he's very friendly too! 

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This boy is a Freyr son (see above) out of Maimou, a Flotti granddaughter out of Monkey (one of our foundation ewes and a personal favorite). He shows a lot of promise with wide horns, a meaty build, very nice fleece and a good personality.  He's thrown some very nice lambs his first year.
 
 

 
 
Past Registered Icelandic Rams

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Greyfire (F1)
 
Greyfire died in an accident.  He is sorely missed.  I'm leaving his info up since so many of his offspring are still here and for sale. Greyfire is a grey Flotti son by Wind (STS-436E), a big black ewe who had silvered beautifully.  He has thrown a lot of very nice lambs (with a lot of greys) at DLF.  He was well muscled, with good horns and a lovely fleece. He was one of our best horned breeding rams. He carried moorit.

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Brendan (F1)
 
Sadly, Brendan was killed by pokeberry poisoning.  I still have some of his offspring, including a wonderful son, Freyr.  Brendan is the only registered Aboti son in the US.  Aboti was one of the very few AI rams to have a fleece score of 9.  Brendan had wonderful fleece with great confirmation and horns.  He was an impressive ram and has given us some very nice babies. We know he carried moorit because his son, Freyr does.

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Bogart 2010

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Bogart (Bogie)
 
Bogart is a powerfully built, beautiful, black, horned ram out of my best lines.  His sire (Siegfried) is a big, morrit-grey Flotti grandson by my friendliest (and one of my most productive) ewes.  His dam, Greta (a Kani daughter) is my milkiest pure-blooded Icelandic.  Her line have consistantly been great milk producers in addition to having great conformation, fleece and horns.  They are a stunning group plus they are easy lambers and great moms. 
 
Bogart has produced wonderful lambs (including several morrit solid ones).  He's now a flock sire at Funk Farms.
 
Contact: Mike Kelley
Dancing Lamb Farm & Icelandic Sheep Dairy
212 Harold Meyer Road
Earlton, NY  12058
518  634-2196