How do you say SIMPLY GORGEOUS?...we say EPHRAIM! From his incredible head to his toes, the coverage of fine, crimpy fleece will take your breath away. We had originally thought we would send a Diomedes daughter to Colorado to pair with Tuscan Gold, but somehow Athena drew that straw. The minute she delivered Ephraim we knew it had been the right choice. She has always produced dark offspring from light sires, but this shiny black cria was a beautiful surprise, and there were more to come. When we sheared Ephraim as a cria, the rolling skin on his neck and chest were beyond anything we had experienced. You can see some of the rolls in the picture of him at a few weeks. It probably explains why he sheared better than a 4 pound blanket!! of 17.4 micron fleece at 10 months of age!!…and the handle…SO buttery soft! His personality is wonderful around his pen mates and our kids. He has been getting better and better with age, and he has 4 healthy crias on the ground ON JUST OUR FARM! They have ranged from White to Dark Fawn. We have used him for so many of our farm breedings. He continues to wow us with the density and fineness he passes down! He has over 30 cria on the ground, with more coming in 2021. 2021 Histogram: AFD: 18.0 !!!! SD: 4.6 CV: 25.5 %>30: 3.2% 2020 Histogram: AFD: 17.6 SD: 4.5 CV: 25.5 %>30: 1.9 2019 Histogram: AFD: 18.2 SD: 4.4 CV: 24.0 %>30: 3.0 2018 Histogram: AFD: 19.7 SD: 4.9 CV: 24.7 %>30: 4.0 2017 Histogram: AFD: 16.7 SD: 4.2 CV: 25.4 %>30: 2.0 (8/18/16): AFD: 16.7 SD: 4.2 CV: 25 %>30: 1.5

In 2016, this beautiful girl just shore nearly a 4 pound blanket! Her total shearing weight was 7.6 pounds! She always has over 7 pounds worth of fiber shorn each year. She is a big girl and has a gorgeous fleece. Her fleece sells to a local spinner every year! It has an amazing handle and there is so much of it...it truly is a blanket! Her first cria, Beowulf, hit the ground running this spring! He has stunning luster and crimp and will be headed to the show this next May. He is out of our herdsire, Ephraim ( a bay black). So, re-bred to our herdsire, Grazing Hills Ephraim, we were expecting another amazing cria out of these two and we got it! Beatrix! She was born at 350 days and was right at 20 pounds! A beautiful light Fawn girl with gorgeous eyes and lusterous crimp! Re-bred in 2018 and delivered a 21 pound 2019 Cria, Brilliant Sunrise and was another light fawn girl, gorgeous eyes and a crimp and staple length to die for! She is currently bred to our herdsire, Encore, and is due March 2022. A great pedigree with outstanding conformation. 2020 Histogram: AFD: 19.6 SD: 4.2 CV: 21.5 %>30: 2.1 2019 Histogram: AFD: 20.9 SD: 4.7 CV: 22.4 %>30: 3.8 2018 Histogram: AFD: 20.4 SD: 5.0 CV: 24.3 %>30: 3.7 2017 Histogram: AFD: 21.5 SD: 5.7 CV: 26.5 %>30: 5.8 2016 Histogram: AFD: 21.2 SD: 4.6 CV: 21.9 %>30: 3.0