Icelandic Sheep

The information provided below reflects our own opinions and Icelandic sheep flock goals. There are as many management practices and styles as there are shepherds. Every breeder must follow the course that best suits the needs of their environment and market while contributing to and maintaining the excellence of our breed. Click on the heading or photo.

Our Breeding Goals

Why Polled Icelandics?

Leadersheep

Linebreeding

In September 2007, Whippoorwill Farm co-organized a Vaginal Artificial Insemenation (VAI) seminar in North Branch, MN with David Nelson of Sunrise Sheep and Wool and Tom McDowell of Misty Meadows Icelandics. Fifteen Icelandic sheep breeders from around the United States and Canada participated in this training conducted by Guðmunder Jóhannesson and Þorsteinn Olafsson of the SOUTHRAM Station in Iceland.
Whippoorwill Farm began importing semen from Iceland and using the VAI techneque in 2007, bringing to Wisconsin, some of the best polled Icelandic Sheep genetics Iceland has to offer.

"It warms the heart and gives pleasure to pause for a moment before spreading the morning hay in the manger. The sheep turn their attention to the shepherd. It evokes a feeling of loving kindness to look into these mild, innocent and trusting eyes, full of hope and faith in the shepherd."
Asgeir Jonsson from Gottorp, 1949.

Our sheep are registered with the CLRC

To learn about available AI rams at The SOUTHRAM Station in Iceland click on the icon to go to the SOUTHRAM website.

To learn more about this wonderful breed, click here to go to the ISBONA website

Our sheep are enrolled in the Volunteer Scrapie Flock Certification Program

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