Whetstone Prairie Dorper

10/14/2026

10/14/2026

Lord Farquaad making introductions!👊💵

10/14/2026

We’ve got Lord Farquaad, Twin Ridges 25083, and Tommy Gun, Axtell Quality Dorpers 25078, co-owned with Saddle Creek Dorpers, creating some beautiful fall colors out in our different breeding paddocks! We expect all green over the next 14 days as they’ve already been out there for 3.

10/09/2026

Another Fullblood T5 yearling ewe lambing on a dried out pasture. Don’t mind these first timers having singles as conditions will likely get cold soon enough. We also love the hour that these gals are lambing at as it sure beats 3 in the morning👊💪💰

10/08/2026

Flash drought, 90 degrees, and no problem for this yearling C5T5 ewe for our first lamb of the fall on pasture as usual. 👊💪

10/07/2026

It’s time to select which rams we’re going to use for fall breeding. Both rams had been inspected by Wicus Cronje at their respective farms (Twin Ridges - Registered Dorper Sheep& Axtell Quality Dorpers) and will likely complement many of the phenotypic traits we’ve been selecting over the past 20 years.

10/05/2026

Here we discuss Today’s pasture move through reclaimed crop ground. It’s a bit rough but ewes and ewe lambs are excelling on this high nutrition/high protein resource while it lasts. We expect these pulses of high nutrition in the form of weeds and some struggling planted grasses to really enhance our fertility for spring lambing percentages next spring.

10/05/2026

Fullblood Dorper Ewes thriving in the fall on regeneratively reclaimed crop ground.

09/29/2026

Every so often we like to evaluate how new lines will blend into what we've already established in terms structure, function, and ability to thrive in our regenerative rotational grazing system. We believe we picked out some excellent prospects from Axtel Quality Dorpers and San Juan Dorpers at the EweTrack USA inspection and sale this past weekend. We selected these based upon evaluations and comments from the Internationally Certified Dorper inspectors and discussions with Wicus Cronje this past summer when he inspected our flock this past summer. We look forward to seeing how these new additions turn out blending with our core flock and the new genetics we imported from Winrae Dorpers last year.