Wee Family Farm LLC

04/27/2026

In Search Of Ram Lamb. Located in NW Oregon, I'm looking for a dairy sheep ram lamb, East Friesian and Lacaune breeds preferred. I like colored, not white wool and looking for a ram out of a ewe with a good udder for hand milking. Please let me know what you have available and your location. Open to purchase or trade. I have a clean flock with extensive health testing and good bio-security practices. Photos are some of the fun colors in my flock and the good udders on my ewes

04/23/2026

I was interviewed for a podcast by Teagan Moran, host of For the Love of Farming, for the Oregon State University Small Farms Program podcast. My episode just launched.

A new episode of For the Love of Farming podcast has just been released! LINK HERE: https://beav.es/fUT

In today’s episode we’re visiting a small farm tucked into the rolling hills of Yamhill County, where oak trees lean over the road and the landscape opens into sloped pasture and woodland. This is Wee Family Farm (⁠https://www.weefamilyfarm.com/home⁠), a diverse ten‑acre property where animal welfare, ecological diversity, and deep connection with customers guide every decision. Sheep, pigs, laying hens, and broilers have grazed across the south‑facing slopes.

At the heart of it all is Ann Partridge, a horticulturist‑turned‑shepherd whose journey has taken her from New Zealand to the Pacific Northwest, and finally to this piece of land she now calls home. Anne named her Farm after her love of the word WEE — the name of her creek, the other French oui of yes, the “wee” that means little, and the meaning of togetherness. That playful curiosity shapes the way she farms. We talk about her evolving dairy‑sheep breeding project, her experiments with pasture‑based pigs, the rhythms of milking and cheesemaking, and the art of building a flock with both temperament and udders in mind.

We also explore what it means to arrive in a new rural community — through neighbors who become mentors, through shared work and traded skills, through Extension workshops, NRCS projects, and the kind of mutual support that makes small‑scale farming possible.

Join us as we learn how one farmer is shaping a life and a landscape with intention, curiosity, and a whole lot of heart. This episode was recorded in march of 2026

03/23/2026

Old-timers from my neighood tell me the forested part of my property (and my neighbors property to the south) was pasture up through the 1980s. I logged my woods in 2025 and I seeded an area yesterday, in March 2026, for new pasture establishment. Details on what plants I choose in the video. I didn't mention the cleavers plant makes a burr type seed that is horrible, gets tangled in my dog's fur, sheep's wool, and my socks. I'm hopeful the new species are able to out-compete the cleavers aka Velcro plant.

03/16/2026

Are you looking for rural place to live where you can grow a big garden and connect with nature? I remember before I was able to buy my own farm, my heart ached to get out of town, have room to live my farm dream. Now I have enough land to share and I'm looking to connect. Open to a like-minded woman (I'm female too) to share the house and farm.

Farm Rental Coming Available in April 2026. To learn more read the Wee Family Farm 'Collaborate' page.
https://www.weefamilyfarm.com/collaborate

Private room in shared house includes access to farm land. Asking $700/month + share utilities for single occupancy. Location is Yamhill County, 50 Miles SW of Portland, Oregon.

Please share my post with folks you think will be a good fit.

03/13/2026

Family Groups - Why I don't recommend buying a ewe in milk alone. When a ewe in milk is purchased on her own, without her lambs, the buyer will need to milk the ewe every day, preferably every 12 hours, including the evening of the day of purchase. Moving is stressful for sheep: leaving their flock mates, separation from her lambs, riding in a truck or trailer, integrating into a new flock on an unfamiliar farm, being milked by a stranger, all of this is stressful for a ewe. Milking her out completely is likely to be a struggle. It puts a new owner's relationship with their new ewe on rough start and puts the ewe at higher risk of mastitis. If mama ewe can move with her lambs, in a family group - not alone, she can settle in more gently, the babies drink all her milk on the day of the move, maybe the first week on her new farm. The ewe, and her new shepherd can build a kinder relationship for milking with more patience.
Nootka and her twins pictured are available now as a Family Group from Wee Family Farm located in NW Oregon

03/11/2026

The 8th and last pregnant ewe in the Feb/March breeding group gave birth yesterday, March 10. Seventeen total lambs, 1 set of quads, 2 sets of triplets, 2 sets of twins and 3 singles. 6 girls and 11 boys. On offer now I have two family groups of a ewe in milk with her lambs. I'm beginning to accept hold deposits on lambs available to bring home at weaning. I'm also looking to do a ram lamb swap. Video I made a few days earlier of lambs in the pasture. Farmer Ann is looking forward to sleeping through the night and putting wee hours barn checks on pause until our late breeding group of yearlings is ready to give birth in May.

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03/11/2026

Dairy Ewe in Milk with her twins available now as a Family Group. Mama 'Nootka' is a cross breed 75% dairy, (East Friesan x Lacaune) x 25% Icelandic ewe bred to a high percentage East Friesian ram 'Bay'. She gave birth in late February 2026 to beautiful spotted twins, a brother and sister. Our location is northwest Oregon, about 50 miles SW of Portland. P rice and more photos and video in comments. Our flock is heath tested and clean, we take bio-security seriously.

02/14/2026

Update: March 11, The panda eye spot ewe is available, the two white ewe lambs and the rams are sale pending. Lots more lambs born since this post was made in February.

Original Post. Two ewes have given birth so far in 2026, eleven ewes still pregnant. One set of quads from EF x Finn mama Iris and a huge single ram EF x Dorset from Lark. I'll have family groups available in March and weaned lambs available individually after they reach 8 weeks old in April. Lamb stats are 2 boys and 3 girls, 3 colored, 2 white.

02/08/2026

Please remember when you are working with young lambs to use unscented products, avoid perfumes. If the hand soap you use is scented and you handle a new born lamb, or if the laundry detergent you use is scented and you dry a newborn with a towel, the scent will transfer onto the lamb. The perfume scented lamb is more likely to be rejected by mama ewe. Clean is good, and unscented is important.

11/12/2025

My homemade coop on wheels has been in use for almost a year now. I'm super happy with the hens rotating on pasture. The grass is always darker green with more biomass after the hens fertilize.

11/09/2025

Peppers are awesome! And sometimes in July, when I still don't have ripe peppers from my garden I feel discouraged and like they aren't worth the effort. My farm is in a frosty bowl surrounded by hills that trap cold air. Peppers I plant out in May are often damaged by cold nights. However, I brought in an abundance of peppers this autumn and I'm reminded that peppers are worth the effort.