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K Bar K Farm | |
| Registered Polled Dorset Sheep | ||
| Ken and Kathy Soder | ||
| kbarkfarm@earthlink.net | ||
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K Bar K Farm is a breeder of registered, production oriented Polled Dorset sheep (also often referred to as traditional, foundation, or old style) that strives to provide high-quality Dorset rams and ewes that that maintain the breed characteristics of the true Dorset. Our emphases include out of season breeding, acceleration, carcass/muscling traits (we ultrasound for loin eye depth and back fat), mothering and milking ability, twinning rate, and prolificacy. We raise our flock in a low input, forage based system. We utilize estimated breeding values (ebv, similar to an estimated progeny difference (epd) in some genetic evaluation programs) through Lambplan. We often have Dorset sheep (Dorset rams and Dorset ewes) for sale for breeding stock.
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Update: July 2008
First to import Dorset semen from England in 50 years!
K Bar K Farm imported Dorset semen from England from the Blackdown Flock (Great Garlandhayes Farm, UK). We are excited to bring these genetics into our flock. The Blackdown Flock is one of the top indexing flocks in the Centurion Sire Reference Scheme (the UK genetic evaluation program) and is also one of the most genetically linked flocks in the country. Kathy visited this flock and was impressed with the quality of animals and the breeding program. The first lamb crop was born March 2008.
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The farm is owned by Ken and Kathy Soder (Nathan, too!) and is located in picturesque southcentral Pennsylvania, approximately 20 miles south of State College (home of Penn State). Please take a virtual tour of our farm, and feel free to contact us with any questions, requests for purebred stock, freezer lambs, or just to 'talk Dorset'!
Fall lambs on pasture
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