Reference Sires
Mapmaker
Pretty Caesar x Blue Cabaniss
Bred by Ellerbrock
Dam was purchased in the 2006 Bred Ewe Sale
If we were ever asked what buck has defined your program over the years, look no further than Mapmaker. Out of our original Ellerbrock bred ewe from 2006, he put it all together for us: keeping the power of H Bomb and Turnaround, while adding a new sense of style, tremendous shag, a signature hip in his lambs and meshing well with everything we bred him to. Over the three years we used him he produced the 4th overall lamb in MN 4H 2008, Reserve Lightweight in FFA 2008, and numerous jackpot champions. His daughters are the most electrifying females we’ve bred and we retained every one we could for production in the future.
When Nate told us we had to see this ram that Keith Berry was selling we might have been a little skeptical. But when we realized he worked well enough for Keith to be a stud from 2003-2005 and that his daughters were some of his best ewes, we joined in. Turnaround produced immediately with a slew of late born lambs all ending up in the top 3 at MN FFA 2007. In 2008 he continued his good work and gave us the Reserve Heavyweight and Reserve overall Lamb at MN FFA. We realized that with Mapmaker coming sure and strong in 2008 that we didn’t have the females to do both rams justice, and TNT bought out our share of Turnaround. Good Luck TNT!
Realizing that we loved the profiles we got out of Amadeus in 2005, we decided that it was time to add some oomph to the next generation. We found it in H Bomb who blew us away as a lamb, and gave us what we wanted with 2006 lambs having a lot more pop in their twist, table top loins, and wide tops. His lambs added another step to where we are now, with 3 of his daughters earning purples in 2007 as yearlings at MN 4H. His lambs didn’t do so shabby either, placing top three in state FFA classes too many times to count.
Amadeus provided our ewe base with a new level of consistency, with every one of them being dead level over their top and square set on the dock as well. They haven’t disappointed as they have quite easily clicked with our new layers of more powerful, big hipped rams, by keeping them stylish and jack fronted.
Buckwheat
RRNN
Miller 938 (Masterpiece son) x Miller 2004 Sedalia Ch Ewe
Bred by Wheaton Hamps
- Buckwheat’s dam was Champion Hamp ewe at Sedalia in 2004
- Buckwheat’s sire is one of Masterpiece’s first sons.
Buckwheat was sort of hidden away for his first few years. We found him in 2009 and got some late lambs out of him last year. This year we learned the rest of his pedigree and we were thrilled to learn he’s sired by the Miller’s first Masterpiece keeper son that they loaned to Wheaton’s for a year. When Buckwheat’s first lambs hit the ground in mid Feb 2010 we thought they were pretty cool, a different style from the others in the barn. As the summer went along the Judges started to agree, with every whether out him that we showed placed 5th or better at our State FFA show including a pair of twins that one won it’s class and the other placed 2nd and was reserve champion in it’s division. His girls kept pace giving a popular purple at 4H, purple at Ak Sar Ben, and 8th in class at Denver in his first season. And that’s with only 21 lambs on the ground!
Buckwheat will be used for January lambing in 2013.
Burch 1205 - “Burch”
RRNN
Boss Hog x Toxic
Bred By Burch Livestock
Co Owned with Mein Club Lambs, and Chad Stocks