Take a look at our Katahdins. We love talking sheep!
Raising happy, healthy, hearty Katahdin and Katahdin Dorper cross sheep with the land in a primarily grass-based system in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Raising sheep is a fun and enjoyable hobby. Our animals are raised using a hybrid pasture system without a dependence on expensive commercial products or inputs into their care. We care for them in a more natural way that works with the land. This produces top quality animals that are happy, healthy, have higher parasite resistance, and cost less to care for and manage. Our animals are larger framed. Both our Katahdins and our crossess range in adult weight from 130lbs to approx 160lbs.
Special Events
Coming in the future we'll be offering sheep consulting by phone.
Are you new to sheep or considering sheep on the homestead? Do you want or are you looking for a way to get sheep information or your sheep keeping questions answered without spending hours researching or hours on unreliable social media then our sheep consulting option is a great way at a reasonable expense of time and money to do just that. Example topics include but are not limited to, I'm new to sheep what do I need to know, fencing, pastures, pasture improvement no tools no problem, sicknesses, feeding requirements, lambing, breeding, rotational grazing, regenerative agriculture, buying sheep what to look for and what to avoid, different types of sheep stock and what's sheep hay look like.
Improving grass genetics one lamb at a time
Sale Section
Currently our prices start at $500 for each Katahdin breeding stock lamb. Add $50 minimum for registration.
Katahdin Dorper cross breeding stock lambs are $350 each.
Meat lambs are $300 each.
Proven ewes and other sheep/lamb prices are established on a when available basis. Send us an e mail to inquire about the availability of these animals.
We are proud to offer for sale high quality, easy care, low input cost animals at reasonable prices. Our animals are on pasture throughout the year. When pasture is not available they are suplimented with quality early first cutting hay and or clover based hay. Our animals do well on pasture. We continue to improve the grass genetics of our flock. We accomplish this by improving our pastures through regenerative agriculture methods and by removing grain from our animals diet. Grain was a tiny part of the animals diet. Grain has been replaced by a clover base hay. Our flock is also genetically diverse. All of our rams that have been used for breeding and that we currently use are unrelated. This takes advantage of hybrid vigor allowing our lambs the ability to grow faster and reach their full potential.
We do sell adult animals that do not rise to our higher performance standards when we have them. These are still high quality animals, they just are not performing at the same higher level as their flock mates. It's not to say that in someone else's program they wouldn't perform well. They likely would be a fantastic addition to someone's flock or great starter animals. Pricing on these animals varies, contact us for pricing and availability of these animals.
Animals available for sale now
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As of June 2023 all of our available animals are spoken for. We will have a few Katahdin/White Dorper cross lambs hitting the ground in early August 2023. Our next lambing will be approx February 2024. A few of the available lambs are already reserved from this lambing.
Why aquire animals from us?
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When you purchase an animal from us we feel its a package deal. You are getting much more than just a top quality animal. Our animals are raised to perform on quality grass in a rotational manner. This means our animals have lower feed and vet costs. Additionally our high parasite resistance means lower worming costs. We feel our reasonable prices also mean you can purchase an animal without breaking the bank. You are buying the reputation of our animals and Bethel Spring Katahdins. We care deeply about our animals even after they move to new places. That's why we feel its important for us to help buyers of our animals after their purchase. This is especially helpful for people that are new or newer to sheep. If you buy from us we'll keep in touch with you throughout the buying process. You deserve as smooth of a buying process as possible. When you show up to pick up your animal is not when you should learn of a problem with the animal.You can be confident your making a good purchase with Bethel Spring Katahdins.
