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Little Creek Lambs
Aynn & Brian Lackey
64308 Hot Lake Lane
La Grande, OR 97850
PH (541)663-8349
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In addition to raising
sheep for breeding stock and market lambs we also have a flock of 30-40
brown egg laying hens.
We
provide fresh, naturally raised eggs to our local artisan bakery, Kneads
Bakery located in downtown La Grande on Adams Ave. Stop in and have a
scone or even better try one of Leah's famous brownies.
Little Creek Wool Products
Wool is a fabulous medium to work with and its uses are
continually being discovered. From its texture, insulating properties,
and wear ability it is a truly amazing product that every ewe provides
us with every season!!
Our Little Creek wool products have grown from just raw wool a few years ago into three unique and diverse products. Currently, we are offering yarn, felt bags, and dog coats. Each and every product is made from our own fiber grown here on our farm. Visit my wool products page for all available items.
Little
Creek Yarn
I have found a
small woolen mill that is spinning my fiber into worsted weight yarn
which is perfect for those winter necessities, such as mittens, hats
etc,.. Each skein is 100 grams and approximately 260 yards in length.
The color is a rich cream. Visit my
yarn
section on the wool products page to place an order.
My designing with wool felt continues with woolen felt handbags and purses. Each is constructed of wool felt
that is processed from my very own flock's fibers into soft beautiful
felt fabric. The mill I have found to process my fibers is located here
in Oregon and is also a small, eco friendly, family run operation. They do not use any
harsh chemicals or bleaches, dyes etc... to make the felt. I am
constructing my purses with all natural fibers from beginning to end. I
am using either Pendleton Mills woolen fabrics, pure cotton or linen, fabrics to
line each design. Handles and embellishments are vintage and /or all
natural such as shell, leather, or antler buttons. If you are a retailer
and interested in retailing by products give me a call or drop me a
line.
A
Bit of Our Sheep History
Little Creek Lambs started raising feeder lambs in 1996. With a
Commercial flock of Columbia and Dorset ewes crossed on Hampshire bucks.
At that time we were striving for a lamb that had more muscle definition
and an over all medium sized carcass. We wanted to achieve faster
gaining lambs that could produce on grass with little to no added
concentrate feed. We also wanted sheep that where easy to handle and
were easy to maintain on range conditions. Hearing about Texel Sheep and
the tremendous carcass, as well as ease of handling, combined with high
milk production we were sold on the breed.
In the fall of 2000 we purchased are first five Texel ewes and we have
not looked back. We have since added various bloodlines including some
Dutch style Texels from Canada. Please see our
flock sire page for more details.
Our
Farm Flock Future
We are using moderately framed commercial style Dorset ewes from the
Ankeny flock out of Idaho, as our
cross. The combination of the two breeds has only intensified the
mothering traits and twin and triplet ability, along with adding a bit
more frame size. And the hybrid vigor these lambs show is tremendous.
We still continue to improve upon our Purebred Texel flock by only
retaining the “cream of the crop” as replacements. We also
have added new Dorset genetics into our Dorset flock from Australia. We
continue to loineye scan our
rams as one of our tools in choosing the best rams for breeding stock.
We also enter lambs in the Umatilla Co Fair in Hermiston Oregon in their
Open Jackpot Market Lamb contest. This we have found really gives us the
true picture of how our lambs stack up on the rail.
With both Purebred Texel
and Commercial
Dorsets, we will provide
both the Commercial Sheepman and the Purebred producer with quality,
meaty, fast gaining sheep.
