Eriphos Farm

"Where Every Animal Is Special"

Sheep, Alpacas, and Cattle

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Sheep

Our sheep focus has once again changed. Tora has finally gotten her wish and has a registered ram to breed to Dorothy. So we will be experimenting with a small flock of Dorpers. They will be used to work our dogs and raise meat wethers and percentage ewe lambs.

Southwind's Famous Amos Moses

    "Amos" is a 92% Dorper ram.  He was born February ninth, 2005. He was bred by Southwind Dorpers of Knob Noster, MO. He is heavily muscled and has a good temperament. He will put a lot of muscle on our lambs. All ewes will be bred to him for February 2010 lambs.

Dorothy

    "Dorothy" is a 7/8 Dorper ewe.  She was our first sheep, given to us as  a bottle lamb by Maurice Schipper of Montgomery City, MO. Dorothy is a "hair" sheep, but she shows true Dorper characteristics when she sheds in the summer. Dorothy retains the cape over her shoulders and back, which was used to protect against flies.

For Sale

We recently acquired four wether dam ewes after their owner was in a car accident. These February 2008 ewes were meant to start a young girl's 4-H herd. They will be great to begin a new flock or as additions to an established herd. They have been sheared, vaccinated, de-wormed, and had their hooves trimmed. They are $100 each. Two have been sold. Both ewes are exposed to Amos for meaty slaughter lambs.

"Mary-Judy" is a speckleface ewe who we believe is Suffolk/Dorset. She has a nice big hip.

"Trudy" ewe is likely purebred Suffolk. She is long and level over the top and has a nice clean front.

Alpacas

We've always been interested in these unique animals, but had to gain our alpaca experience while assisting others on their alpaca ranches. When we moved to our new home, Tina Travis (Elkhorn Alpacas) brought us these three lovely animals! It will be a while before our first cria, but we are already excited. We will only be offering the occasional unregistered Suri.

Import Caturgana

 "Anna" is a beautiful gray Huacaya female born 12/20/96. She is our oldest and unfortunately was born without a uterus. She is a sweet girl and loves to come see her people.

RePete of Brandon "Petey" is our white Suri male born 05/08/08.

Sugar Shack "Saphira"  is our white Suri female born 07/02/09 out of Luster Queen.

Calves

We were blessed with an older Charolais X Angus cow/ calf pair as a home warming gift this fall! Thank you to Laurel Grench of Brighton, IL! We also occasionally take in rejected, "frozen," or problem calves, as well as purchasing a bucket calf or two for a fun project. These calves are disbudded, vaccinated, wormed, and banded (if bull calves) before sale.
 

"Millie" is a aged Charolais X Angus cow. She is very docile and easy to work with, which makes her perfect for our small farm. We plan to breed her to a Beefmaster bull for our next calf.

"Smokie" is Millie's Angus cross steer calf born July 20, 2009. He will be used for our own table when he is older.