East Friesian Ram

This is our beautiful ram, , Baron Baytree VonSolasi. He is ~285 lbs.

The East Friesian originated in Northern Germany and the Province of Fiesland in the Netherlands. Imported as purebreds into the U.S. from Canada in 1994, this breed has the highest milk production of the improved dairy sheep breeds. They are a docile, large size, open white faced, polled breed with a coarse grade staple length wool. Their most distinctive physical feature is a "rat-tail", thin and free of wool.

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