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Flock
History (Successful Sires)
| The Kimm's have been raising sheep since the early seventies. They purchased their first registered Suffolks in 1975 from Lawson Howland and T.B. Burton, Cambridge, Idaho, in a dispersal sale. These two men held a sale during a January snow storm in Des Moines, IA. The Kimm's secured fourteen bred ewes from the thirty sold (three hundred head were to be offered); before they stopped the sale due to the severe weather. The bloodlines of these ewes were predominately Warfield, Wank, Powell and Williams. This would become the foundation for the Kimm Suffolk flock. |
| Bob's major reason to develop a flock was to become credible in the eyes of his students, even though his main responsibility was that of a beef specialist. The main emphasis over the years has been to raise reproductively sound, productive stock that were "pleasant" looking. |
| The bloodlines they have used over the years to develop the current flock are too many to be mentioned. Unlike some who have bought a few stud rams and they all turned out to be great ones, this flock has purchased or leased many and found only a few who truly carried the flocks goals forward. These are the "top thirty three" rams and the years they sired lamb crops. All these rams have had a positive impact on their ewe base. |
| All these rams have numerous traits in common. They reflect the flocks philosophy and thus allow Kimm Suffolks to have become a reliable source for "Balanced Genetics" through out the U.S. These are some comments from Bob on the history of Kimm Suffolks "top thirty three" sires. |
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| Without a question, this Bob Lewis bred ram from IA was
the foundation for our flock. siring six lamb crops. This was at the
time we were establishing our ewe base, thus many daughters were
retained. He was the top-gaining ram in the 1972 Iowa Ram Test, and was
originally purchased by Richard Roe, IA. This ram sired six Grand
Champion Progeny Pens of Five at the National Lamb Show (1978 pen
pictured above) along with three
individual Champions and two Reserve Champions during the seventies. His
ram lambs were equally successful in the Iowa Ram Test, thus giving our
flock a tremendous jump start on muscle and growth. BACK TO LIST |
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Berg
48 |
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| Purchased from Marlin Berg, MN, this "Red
Rock" son was Champion Suffolk at the Minnesota State FFA Show in
1980 and his sire was Reserve Champion Junior Suffolk ram at the 1979
Iowa State Fair Suffolk Show. He added the element of length and
additional size our flock needed at the time. He sired the Reserve
Champion at the 1982 AK - SAR - BEN market lamb show. We lost him after
two lamb crops, but he left his mark with many daughters in our program.
He had excellent breed character along with structural correctness. BACK TO LIST |
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Massie
901 "Prince Royal" |
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| We were looking for muscle and growth when we purchased
this ram, bred by Fred & Virginia Massie, IL. Sharon & Harvey
Wiese, IA were our partners and his price set a record for the highest
price paid at that time for an Iowa Ram Test ram, brining $1800. He was
the high gaining ram that year and went on to give us great females over
the three lambs crops we used him. The Massies were also very
competitive at he National Lamb Show and this ram went on to produce one
Grand and one Reserve Individual along with one Champion Pen of five for
our flock at the NLS during the early eighties. BACK TO LIST |
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Gee
128 "Silver Streak" |
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| Dan Gee, SD, a good friend, had judged our lambs at the
National Lamb Show in the late seventies. He felt our flock needed more
length and frame and asked me to consider his bloodlines to make those
changes. I picked this March born lamb out of his 1982 spring crop and
used him heavily for the 1983 and 1984 lambings. His influence was
evident with our winning Grand Champion Individual at the 1984 NLS and
one of his daughters allowed our son to win his class at the National
Junior Suffolk Show, Lima, OH. This ewe went to be Champion 4-H Suffolk
Female for Ted at the State Fair and we sold her in the Iowa State Fair
Suffolk Show & Sale, where she was named Champion Female. She sold
to Mark Henry of Iowa for $1050 (pictured above). Thus, this ram started to give us
recognition beyond our wildest dreams. BACK TO LIST |
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Kimm
84005 |
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| This was the first ram we used of our own breeding.
Arlo Farms 0434'79, owned by Dennis Karr, IA, was his sire. The Karr
girls had enjoyed tremendous success showing lambs out of the great Arlo
Farms ram. When Dennis approached us to breed six of our best Massie 901
daughters to his ram, allowing him pick of the crop, we decided it was a
great opportunity. Kimm 84005 was our pick and he went on to sire both
the Grand Champion Individual (pictured above) and Champion Progeny Pen of Five at the
National Lamb Show in 1985. We kept all the females we could out of
these bloodlines, plus we purchased four daughters of 0434'79 from Karr.
A daughter of Kimm 84005 purchased by Ray & Betty Merrill, NE and
bred to a Fields Legend son went on to make great contributions to their
bloodlines. We would end up using a grand son of this mating, a ram Jim
Jensen, UT had successfully used and leased to us in 1998. Sad part of
it all, Kimm 84005 was lost after only one lamb crop due to a freak
accident. BACK TO LIST |
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Mallett
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| During the early eighties we were selling very few
wether
lambs, but we received a call from an extension agent in Texas, Mike
Mallett. He planned to be in Iowa to pick up lambs from P.C. Walters and
Marv Secrest and he wanted to stop to look at our lambs. The fact that I
was to judge Houston that spring (1983) was probably the only reason
he even knew the Kimm Flock existed. He ended up becoming one of our
best club lamb customers in the eighties. He said we needed help on skin
and that he had a ram lamb that would address that problem. Mallett 122 did not
just improve our hides, but added muscle and maternal traits. We used
this ram four years and he really added female traits plus with his
style helped us open up the opportunity to sell more wethers into Texas
and Oklahoma.
The ewe pictured was sired by Mallett 122 and was Champion
Purebred Suffolk, at the IA state Fair and the National Cattle Congress,
shown by my son, Ted. |
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NDSU
85-085 |
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| Sired by "Big Iron" a Swenson bred ram, we
purchased this ram from Bert & Wes to once again add size. He
brought tremendous maternal traits as well. His lambs weren't quite as
pretty, but they grew, had great volume and bone. By this time we had
decided to discontinue castrating lambs for the NLS carcass event and
concentrated on selling wether lambs and rams. It was in 1986 when some
producers from NE stopped to view our flock, saw the NDSU 85 daughters
we had retained and said we needed to buy a Bob Fields ram and the
opportunity to successfully sell club lambs would be ours. More about this decision a
little later.
The pair of ewe lambs are sired by NDSU 85 and successfully shown
by the Kimm Children, receiving Reserve Champion Purebred Suffolk
Female, 4-H Division, at the Iowa State Fair. |
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Henry
327R |
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| Our neighbors, Marv & Ruth Taylor and their family
had been enjoying great success both on a state and national level with
wethers from this ram. Their son Craig was interested in using a Burke
& Nelsh ram, which we had purchased in 1987, thus we traded rams for
one cycle. Wow, what a set of lambs 327 R produced on our females. This
ram sired the only Grand Champion at the Iowa State 4-H Market Lamb Show
for Kimm Suffolks. It was purchased and shown by Sam McIlrath (pictured
above). Plus, in
1988 we held our first production sale and Dr. Rick Hickman, IA,
purchased a son of Henry 327R in that sale dammed by an Arlo Farms
0434'79 daughter that went on to be very influential in developing Doc's
early ewe base. BACK TO LIST |
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Fields
0025Y "Legend" |
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| We took the advice of the breeders from NE and went out
to visit Bob Fields, OH in 1987. The Fields flock at that time was and
still is a most impressive set of sheep for eye appeal, muscle, and
touch. The ram we picked to purchase in 1987 ended up in another
program, and Bob let us use a young lamb, Fields 0018Y that next year.
We used him on ewe lambs with great success. He was a Legend son. Eleven Fields rams would be used in our flock from 1988-1998, seven of which would be sons of the great Fields 0025Y "Legend" ram and two were grandsons. It was during this time we truly started to linebreed and develop the consistency that has become a trademark for our flock. I would venture to say that no ram has made a greater impact on the development of the early wether industry than STILLWATER 0025Y "LEGEND". His name can be found numerous times on the extended pedigrees of all the Slack rams used in our program as well. BACK TO LIST |
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Fields
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| Bob loaned this ram to us for clean-up for the 1987. He was a linebred "Legend" son. Bob felt bad we had lost out
on our original pick in the spring of 1987 and was simply being a grand gentleman
which he has always been to us. We liked his lambs so well we used him
again for the 1989 crop before Bob sold him to the Neal Smith family of
IA, where he sired numerous champions. This ram's greatest influence on
our flock came through a daughter he produced which we in turn bred to
Fields 0100W to produce a ram known as Kimm 95030, a ram who has also
made the "Top Twenty-Four" list. BACK TO LIST |
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Fields
0080W |
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| That was truly a great turning event in our flock.
Fields 80 only sired one crop for us before his untimely death from Enterotoxaemia,
but what a crop! In the 1989 Production Sale we offered twenty-five sons
of this Fields ram and they sold to ten different states, with an
average of $1,200 per head. Needless to say, that sale still stands as
our best ever; Harold McIlrath, our auctioneer, told us after the sale
to enjoy the moment because we may never have another sale as good!
During the following years we sold many of his daughters, which
continued to attract to our sales many major players at that time in the
Iowa Club Lamb industry. Fields 0080W also sired the Reserve Grand
Champion Market Lamb for my son at the 1989 Iowa State Fair.
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Kimm
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| As earlier mentioned, the Fields 0080W lamb crop had
been very well received and Kimm 89121 was our pick of that crop. He
combined it all - muscle, growth, size, and breed character into one
package. We used this ram heavily for three years, saving many of his
daughters. During the early nineties both of our children were actively
showing and daughters of Kimm 89121 allowed them to enjoy many champion
females.
Kimm 89121 sired the Grand Champion at the 1991 National Lamb Show
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Fields
0090R |
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| Because of the success we were having with the Fields
bloodlines this became the source we would continued to rely upon,
especially because of the linebred predictable results. Fields 90R was
the Fields ram we would use the longest. We still have daughters of this
ram in our flock and continue to receive many favorable comments on the
progeny we sold from this ram. He was the most genetically sound ram
we've ever used. He bred very consistent, complete lambs. He sired
lambs with extra bone
and muscle. An additional plus was the breed character
and clean fleeces we received from 90R.
Fields 90R sired the 1991 National Lamb Show Central Test Champion
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Fields
0300W |
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| Another son of "Legend", Fields 300W was a ram Bob
Fields used heavily within his own program early on. Then Dick
Carspecken, IA talked Bob Fields into selling him half interest and the
following year we persuaded Dick & Bob to allow us to use this
massive ram. I realize that I see sheep differently, and once
again having a cattle background, I saw this ram as the closest thing
to a "Bull" I'd ever had the chance to use. He sired just
like he looked - the lambs had volume, balance, expressed strong leg
muscle, heavy bone, and he probably sired the squarest, most level
docked lambs of any Fields ram I've ever used. Best of all his progeny
were very productive and he gave us fantastic females to use throughout
the nineties. BACK TO LIST |
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Fields
0026Y |
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| Son of Fields 0300W, this was a ram Dick Carspecken first
purchased from Fields as a lamb. I saw the lambs he produced for Dick
and purchased half interest in him the next year. We would use this ram
over three years and we still have his daughters in production. What he
brought to our program in a big way was STYLE. His lambs carried square
docks, clean fronts, were smooth skinned, and maintained consistent
muscle throughout their tops, rack, loin, & dock. He sired lambs
that were very proud front and up-headed looking sheep. The downside to
this ram for our program was that he threw some smoke into the fleeces,
something we currently strive to avoid. BACK TO LIST |
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Slack
2356PC "PAYMASTER" |
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| By the mid-nineties our desire to sell club lambs
shifted back to just wanting to focus on production and the selling of rams
and ewes. Our early success (the seventies) had been on productive
traits, maternal traits and great carcass results and we were looking
to return to these goals. Don Swanton, IA a past student of mine,
talked to me about a ram he had found at Tom Slack's, IN. I met
Tom a few years earlier at a state sheep symposium and was very
impressed with his philosophy. We partnered with Don on Slack 2356PC. He
was a "Payday" son that really looked massive. He sired lambs
exactly like he looked - volume, muscle, bone, length, square rumps, and
super growth. This ram would go on to put up some great numbers on the NSIP program and is the sire of more "Distinguished Dams" in
our flock than any other sire we've ever used. BACK TO LIST |
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Hickman
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I had visited Doc Hickman's flock in the mid-nineties and was very
impressed with the size and muscle his females consistently possessed. I
was setting beside Doc at McIlrath's sale in 1994 and observed how
many good rams Harold was offering, which were sired by Hickman Y-50 and
dammed by Kimm females which Harold had purchased from our program. I knew
this ram had semen available through Elite Genetics, so I made a
proposal to Doc; we would breed ten of our best ewes artificially to
Hickman Y-50, Doc would supply the semen and I would pay the A.I. cost
and allow him the pick of the lamb crop. Not knowing how the
success of the A.I. procedure would turn out Doc offered to send Hickman
Y-50's full brother, born a year later, to clean up these 10
ewes. That ram was Hickman W-43. I liked him so much that I talked Doc
into allowing us to expose him to a few additional ewes. After an
awesome set of lambs in 1995, I convinced Doc to sell us half interest
in this ram and we used him early for our 1996 crop. I could rave on
and on about how many positives this ram brings to the table. Just to
look at him, you could see he was a big sheep with length, levelness,
and super muscle. A ram Doc had bought from our program back in the 1988
sale was the sire of the ram's dam, and this ram's sire, was McIlrath
40, who was sired by McIlrath 100, a ram Harold raised from a Fields
009Y daughter he bought from us in 1988, bred to Fields 0080W. These
genetics have made lasting marks on all three flocks. Without a doubt,
some of our best ewes today are Hickman 43 daughters. This ram has also
contributed to the list of "Distinguished Dams" which our flock has
been recognized for. We are very appreciative to Dr. Rick Hickman for
allowing us to use such a tremendous sire, which carried so much of our
earlier genetics. BACK TO LIST |
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Slack
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| Once again, our partnership continued with Don Swanton
on our second Slack ram, "Prime Time". We both wanted to keep
the production received from SL2356 but wanted to clean up the fronts a
little and smooth out the hides. "Prime Time" did just that.
This impressive ram also added frame to our program while keeping
abundant muscle throughout the tops and legs. It would be a daughter of
this ram that would produce a
future ram, Kimm 96136, that we would successfully use in the late
nineties. BACK TO LIST |
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Kimm
95030 |
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| I am very thankful for the many great friends I've
made throughout the sheep industry, especially those willing to allow
our program to use genetics that can contribute to our goals. Dick
Carspecken, IA allowed us to breed our very best Fields 0009Y daughter
to an old ram Dick had bought from Bob Fields, named Fields 0100W. Ron
Gunther, OH had once told me that Fields 0100W was one of the best
"Legend" sons Bob ever raise. Bob had sold half of this ram to
a family in Ohio and both enjoyed great success with this ram's
offspring. When Dick brought him to Iowa we were eager to breed a few
ewes to him. The result was Kimm 95030. Of all the rams I've raised,
this ram has been used over seven years and simply does not produce lambs
that aren't salable. He's very consistent with all his lambs being very
smooth fronted and super correct through the rack and loin. They really have worked for us. This ram
was used on 20 ewe lambs for the 2002 lamb crop especially because of
ease of lambing. Best yet
he produced a son, Kimm 96136, that was every bit as good and for
different reasons. BACK TO LIST |
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Kimm
96136 |
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daughter, this ram had excellent length, muscle and growth and would
stamp all his progeny with level rumps. He tied these traits into a
complete package siring lambs with additional skeleton and strong breed
character. He was used hard for two years and then sold him to a Utah
breeder, Jim Jensen, after Jim had purchased a son from Kimm 96136's
first crop which had performed well. The positive side of letting a
strong breeding ram go to another successful breeder is the opportunity
to bring a son or grandson back that represents an outcross and yet maintains a trace of a bloodline that had worked so well.
Jim has produced an outcross 96136 son which we brought back into
our program to use in the fall of 2003. BACK TO LIST |
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Slack
5259ET |
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| Once again I returned to Slack genetics looking for
growth and added size. Slack 5259ET sired these traits for our program
but the real bonus was his REA scan data. By this time I had started
adding this piece of technology for the 1998 sale offering and felt it
really helped sell rams. Slack 5259ET's progeny were outstanding for REA
size and consistency. It was for this reason I also leased him the
following year. He has outstanding daughters currently working in our
flock with great udders, test placement, and maternal instincts. It
would be a S259 daughter that would go on to produce Kimm 02022 (sired by
MC144) and needless to say, Kimm 22 has been a very influential home
raised stud for our program. BACK TO LIST |
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Slack
7039WE |
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| I had appreciated this ram on a number of visits to
the Slack flock. Tom would always say that this ram would never leave
his farm, especially because he had been injured as a lamb, leaving the
ram with only three good legs. I feel very fortunate to have been able
to lease this ram for the 1999 breeding season. Length and muscle in a
very eye-appealing package are this sires strong suits. He is a
"Long Body" son sired by "Time Out" and a Fields
ewe. I kept some outstanding daughters and a son, which we used for the
2001 crop and all signals look very exciting for this ram's progeny, to
help the Kimm flock continue on to it's progressive path of practical
sheep that work. BACK TO LIST |
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Slack
8414qW |
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| This leased "Stump" son whose dam was a Slack 4245
daughter was used on one half of the mature females for the 2001 lamb
crop. He sired
a very consistent set of lambs. It is rare to get the bone, muscle
and volume this ram produced and still have the length and eye appeal
the lambs possessed. Tom promised we wouldn't be disappointed with
the lambs and we definitely were not. Along with their uniformity
and structural correctness, his lambs were a very growthy set. We kept over twenty daughters from
this ram and they have
performed beautifully as young mothers in 2002. BACK TO LIST |
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Slack
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| This "Time-Out" son was a ram Tom used as a lamb and
yearling. We talked him into leasing this very eye-appealing
ram. This ram has a pedigree that brings back bloodlines, which
have had a heavy influence in our flock over the past fifteen
years. The great Field's ram Legend" appears numerous times
along with Arlo Farms 043479. His lambs were very thick topped
along with being level and square hipped. We also added over a dozen
daughters of this ram to our flock for the 2002 lambing. BACK TO LIST |
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Slack
1061F |
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| A ram lamb which Tom Slack would only sell half
interest because of his great female ancestry was brought in for the
2002 crop and used again for the 2003. Extremely complete and
very sound. The top lines on his lambs are tight and full while he sired
the most leg (both inside and out) of any ram this program has used in
recent years. His adj. REA was 3.78, he
sired that trait on. His biggest contribution appears to be the
daughters he placed into the program. Fifteen were lambed in 2003 with
great success. BACK TO LIST |
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McLaughlin/Griffin
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| This March ram lamb was leased from Kelly and Willard
McLaughlin, Craig, CO. They planned to use him but were persuaded to
allow the Kimm flock an opportunity to lease him. He brought a new
bloodline into the program along with extra size, growth, length and
bone. His adj. REA was 3.5 sq. in. and his lambs had great top shape.
The most important aspect of this ram was he produced a son (Kimm 02022)
which became the main stud ram used for the 2003 lamb crop and sired a
very consistent set of lambs. BACK TO LIST |
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McLaughlin/Griffin
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Purchased to add extension, keep our docks level,
while adding great profile and muscle, this ram sired just like he looks.
His progeny were well accepted in the 2003 sale offering, plus we retained
ten of his daughters as replacements. They have grown out exceptionally
well and all were exposed to lamb in 2004. The simplest way to define Mc
67’s lambs would be “eye appeal”. Eighteen mature ewes were exposed to 67
for January lambing. We also have retained an outstanding son of this ram,
Kimm 03156, which we feel keeps all the style of his dad and adds
production to the mix. BACK TO LIST |
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Kimm
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This was the ram that Willard McLaughlin selected out of
all of the Mc 01-144 sons from the 2002 crop as partial payment for allowing
us to lease 144. No doubt this ram was a “looker” and his dam is one of the
most powerful Slack 259 daughters in our flock. Willard used 27 for 2003
lambs and found them to be very consistent for style, rack shape, loin edge
and volume of leg. He took two daughters to Reno in May where they stood one
and two in class, one ended up to be reserve champion female and they both
sold for over $2,000 each. We are leasing this ram at present and have
exposed him to all our 2003 replacements, twenty-eight head in all. BACK TO LIST |
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Henderson 4-7 2006 lamb crop |
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This ram was the Supreme Champion Ram at the 2005 National Jr. Show,
Sedalia, MO. Bred by the Dennis Henderson family, IN, he was purchased in
the summer of 2005 and used for the 2006 lamb crop to add size to the
program. Six daughters were retained and plans are to allow these females an
opportunity to inject that additional frame into the “Balanced Genetics” in
place. He was sold after one breeding season. BACK TO LIST |
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JCJ 100 2006 lamb crop |
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This was a proven aged ram that was leased from Jim Jensen, UT for the 2005
breeding season. He brought a complete outcross into the program. He had
been used by Jensen and his partner to successfully produce competitive show
lambs and his daughters worked exceptionally well for their flocks. Ten
replacements were retained from the 2006 crop and they are sure to have an
opportunity to make their mark.
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McLaughlin/Griffin
0038 2003-2007 lamb crop |
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There are no words to explain the impact this ram has
made on the Kimm flock. His daughters number over fifty in the flock.
They flat out work and are meeting the flock’s goal of “BALANCED
GENETICS”. One of his biggest contributions was that of being the
grandsire of Kimm 2022. Considering all that Mc 38 has done he easily
has become the most affective, complete big sheep this flock has ever
used. He has combined size, muscle, length, performance, bone, style and
most importantly all in a consistent manner. Everyone who views the
flock, especially the Mc 38 daughters, comment that they look like
clones. He was used sparingly this year on about ten ewes in the
Monticello flock (under the supervision of Terry Chapman) and then for
clean up at the home flock. He is a coming seven year old and that is
another trait worth noting. BACK TO LIST |
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Kimm 00027-02022 2003-2007 lamb crop |
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This grandson of Mc 0038 has been used successfully
during the past four lamb crops, siring over 150 offspring. Buyers have
consistently sought his lambs and of course in the 2006 sale he was
offered for sale, full possession on Sept 1 and that is the day Ron
Alves, CA received him. Prior to that he was bred to nearly forty ewes
both in the home flock and at Monticello. Thus the 2007 lamb crop will
be well represented by this great stud. He has addressed so many of the
traits our buyers are seeking and will take his place as the most potent
sire this flock has ever produced. His attributes are a mirror image to
those of his grandsire, Mc 0038. The high selling ram lamb in this past
year’s sale was sired by him and the good news we kept that ram’s twin,
Kimm 0421-06022. BACK TO LIST |
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Ulrich 76-05 RR 2007 lamb crop |
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This yearling, bred by Steve Ulrich, IL, was a
lease-swap for our top Kimm 2022 sired keeper ram (Kimm 06022) from the
2006 crop. Steve used 76-05 as a lamb, producing a very stylish
consistent set of lambs. Check out his extended pedigree and note how
he is steeped in Slack genetics, with a shot of Wilt Suffolks influence
on the bottom side. This proven outcross ram brings size, style and
length into the genetic mix. The positive fact about using a ram which
has already by tested by another breeder of high integrity is that
questions of genetic soundness have already been answered. I did breed
him to some of the more muscular females in the home-based flock and the
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Meadows 5211 2008 lamb crop |
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A ram produced by KRM Suffolks (Andy & Katherine Meadows, VR). Here are their comments on this ram: “This is a super complete, heavy muscled, long bodied son of ‘Hokie’ (Kimm 39 x Henry 810) that we’d been hoping to produce.” 5211 was purchased by VR Tech from the Meadow’s first production sale. Dr. Scott Greiner, who is in charge of the VT sheep program, summarized this ram to me as: A very genetically predictable sire the college has used for two seasons, siring lambs with growth (he leads the college flock for NSIP stats), super scan data (his was 3.26), plus the lambs by him all have a great look. Check out his ext. pedigree, it is filled with Kimm bloodlines. Platinum was leased for Dec and Jan lambs and back in VR, breeding ewes by the second week of Sept. His offspring were able to serve many different facets of the breed.
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Shell 355 QR/NN 2007-2008 lamb crop |
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This ram was leased for two breeding seasons from Ben Calkins, OH. He did a great job of producing a very stylish, consistent consignment for the 2007 and 2008 sales. I guess I have compromised my integrity by using a ram whose pedigree is known to be bogus (view his actual pedigree attached). I am sorry if I disappointed anyone, I am not perfect but I am guilty of wanting to breed good Suffolk sheep and this ram is truly a genetic jewel. Prospective buyers of this ram’s progeny would have been seeking lambs with a competitive “look” which still maintain size, character, muscle and most importantly, maternal traits, with decent growth.
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Kimm 0421-06022 RR/NN 2008 lamb crop |
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This was the leading ram lamb for both growth and REA size (3.44, adj to 135#) from the 2006 crop. His twin was equally impressive and was the high seller in the ‘06’ sale, going to MT. No doubt, he is the sire used in the ‘07’ and ‘08’ Kimm breeding battery, which caters to the range and commercial ram buyers. He is equally as big as his sire (Kimm 2022) and has a shot of frame genetics in his pedigree on the dam side. Plus he has exceptional fleshing ability for his size. His ’08’ lamb crop were very consistent, having excellent growth, size, bone and muscle. He was the lead off ram in our 2008 Production Sale, selling with full possession starting August 20, going to the Vern Hart family, MO. Kimm 6022 was used primarily at the Dysart flock for the ‘08’ breeding season.
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Kimm 1129-07013 RR/NN 2008 lamb crop |
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‘STOUT’ is the best word to describe this guy. Like Kimm 6022 from the ‘06’ crop, this ram was also one of the leading ‘07’ rams that combined growth with super REA size (3.96, adj to 135 #) and his brother was not far behind. His twin was one of the strong selling rams in the ‘07’ sale, going to AL. I have been looking for that son of Mc 38 who could pick up where 38 left off, maintaining his many great traits plus adding even more. He has his sire’s size, bone and muscle plus maybe even a little more breed character and strength of pasterns over his dad. The great thing is that he puts it altogether in an attractive, complete package. He sired a very consistent set of 2008 lambs but did add a little fiber at times. . He weighed 370 in mid July, just prior to going into the breeding pastures and he was not fat. His dam is a Slack 8414 daughter (a ram I leased from Tom back in 2000). 7013 has similarities to his grandsire, 8414. Kimm 7013 was used primarily at the Tipton flock during the “08’ breeding season.
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Chapman 7-171 RR/NN 2008 lamb crop |
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When Mark brought him over to the area where measurements were being collected for the Production Suffolk Classes at the 2008 Midwest Stud Ram Show & Sale. I was impressed. He ended up being named the Champion of this division. He is a son of the MC 38 sired ram, which Chapman Suffolks purchased in my ‘05’ sale. That ram was damned by an inbred Kimm 22 female (22 bred back to his mother). Consistency has been the norm for the offspring, which Chapman’s have brought out to Sedalia and Louisville the past few years, sired by that 38 son. I decided I needed to bring a slice of that back into the program and I like the fact that 7-171 has a complete outcross on the bottom side of his pedigree. I see this ram as getting fairly big and he is very rugged. He has excellent bone, clean fleeced, scanned a very impressive REA (4.49 sq. in. at 135 lbs), measures a big pair of testicles and Mark shared with me that his dam’s lineage has excellent maternal traits. This ram’s offspring should be ideal for the commercial industry, those wanting to produce range rams or those just wanting to propagate productive sheep. Used at the Dysart location.
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