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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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Texel Sheep
Texel Sheep are a unique breed. They are such good converters of grass to muscle cutting out the need for so much grain finishing. The ewes are easy to maintain and require much less feed then more traditional American breeds. They are
medium to small framed sheep therefore they need less feed
to maintain themselves. Multiply that times a whole flock of
Texel ewes versus a traditional American large framed
flock of ewes and the savings becomes quite substantial.
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 Twin Ram Lambs Sired By Western Texel Blue
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Texel sheep are docile and very gregarious when it comes to moving and handling. One of our favorite characteristics of the breed is the wonderful mothering ability that they have. We don't have ewes that drop their lambs and walk away looking for the hay feeder. We demand that our ewes do their jobs, have lots of milk, and consistently twin year after year.
Texels are a perfect choice for those producers serving the ethnic& gourmet restaurant market. The purebred lambs finish out at smaller weights 90 - 120lbs.These lambs are not all knees and elbows at this lighter weight.
If you are a producer needing lambs to target larger finishing weights of 130- 140 then one of our Percentage Texels would most benefit you.
Which ever style of production you are in Texels will add $$ to your bottom line.