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In 1998 while looking for does for the new goat flock, Holly found a show ewe lamb that she purchased. The new Extension Agent for Milam County, Dusty Tittle, was a sheep enthusiast who wanted to get his first sheep flock, so Holly talked him (looking for any excuse to have show sheep again) into letting her manage his flock if he got into the show lamb business. Sure enough, he showed up with a trailer load of ewe lambs from Wise Club Lambs, as he unloaded the lambs, he informed her that 5 of the ewes were hers! Craig thought this was a good pre-planned set up, since he was against the sheep venture, he finally relented and we finalized the purchase of the 5 ewes. Tittle Club Lambs moved to their new home in Caldwell in 2003 but we still share use of rams. C & H Livestock also is in partnership with Glasscock Club Lambs with two rams. One of the rams is out of Dinero and a Venom ewe. The other is out of Deal Breaker and a Venom ewe. Both rams are NNRR. The flocks of Joe Harrell, Barton Club Lambs, Vinyard Club Lambs, KNC and Glasscock Club Lambs mostly influence our ewe flock.
The rams that influence our flock are Dinero, Venom, Dealbreaker, Caesar, Houston, Wise 77, Chi-Ching, Goose, Maverick, Loco, Pistol Pete, and Mafia. We usually purchase ewe lambs to show in market classes at our county fairs so that we can return them to the flock; this allows us to sell most of the wether lambs. The other plus is that there is a show record for a lot of our ewes. We usually only keep 35 ewes year round. We are proud of the success of our lambs and hope to continue to improve in future years. We do have limited availabilty of lamb each year, so email early for the best selection.
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