Available Sheep
At Sassy’s Wool Farm, we take pride in offering thoughtfully raised, well-socialized, and healthy Valais, along with a transparent and straight forward purchasing process. We are happy to assist buyers with arranging transportation if needed. A 50% deposit secures your animal, with the remaining balance due prior to leaving our farm. Please review individual listings for specific details regarding age, size, temperament, and breeding status.
Your Questions, Answered
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Besides being “The Cutest Sheep in The World” there is so much more to love and admire about these amazing animals. They are extremely docile, yet hardy, and have an award winning friendly disposition. They make a great animal to have on a small farm or estate to keep pastures groomed. There is no greater feeling than the sense of peacefulness seeing these gorgeous sheep in a field.
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The Valais Blacknose Sheep are a rare breed of sheep with shaggy, coarse wool and spiral horns. They have black noses, ears, eye rims, knees and ankles. Valais Sheep were originally raised for dual-purpose of both meat and wool use but also make wonderful pets.
The breed originates from the Valais region of Switzerland among the steep slopes of the Swiss Mountains. It was not until 2016 that the United States began importing semen as part of a "Breed Up Program".
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The United States does not allow the importation of purebred Valais Blacknose, however, breed up programs utilize cross-breeding through imported embryos and semen to produce pure bred registered Valais.
First crosses using foundation ewes and a Purebred Registered ram are referred to as the F1 (generation 1) i.e. 50% Valais Blacknose. Second crosses are the F2 (generation 2) i.e. 75% Valais Blacknose, third crosses F3 (generation 3) i.e. 87.5% Valais Blacknose, fourth crosses F4 (generation 4) i.e. 93.75% Valais Blacknose, fifth cross are F5 (generation 5) i.e. 96.88% Valais Blacknose and sixth cross (after 6 consecutive breeding seasons of the program) are F6 (generation 6) i.e. 98.43%.