COLUMBIA SHEEP
by Anne Sammons of LEAF LIVESTOCK
Columbias are an #American made sheep breed. They are attentive mothers and they have some pretty sweet fiber. This is an outstanding breed to raise! We started raising Columbias about 10 years ago when our natural coloreds needed great mothering qualities, and we wanted to breed to hopefully add attractive spotted up animals to the flock. What we didn’t know at the time was how excellent their wool was!
ANNE SAMMONS
The Columbia breed was developed in the US Department of Agriculture in the early 1900s. The ram used in the original breeding project was a Lincoln. The ewe was a Rambouillet. Everybody knows those are two really great wool sheep. Their offspring was excellent as a range animal with beautiful durable wool and superior mothering qualities.