This is a great place to work and live with our six children. After raising pigs for 15 years, we decided to start milking sheep in 2012, and haven’t stopped since. There is a big demand for sheep’s milk. Our East Friesian flock came from Alberta and included an East Friesian/Lacaune ram with 50/50 genetics. Two East Friesian rams with genetics from Ontario and Quebec, were added to ensure a healthy gene pool. A Lacaune ram was added in 2017. Crossing these 2 breeds results in healthy, stockier lambs, and ewes with great udders. Artificial insemination with new Lacaune strains from France has been done since November 2017. This is great news for Canadian dairy sheep flocks. Rams from ewes with the best milk production, udder conformation, teat placement, legs and feet are kept for breeding purposes.

Mark Martin Dairy Sheep Farm has achieved an “A” status rating in the Ontario Sheep Health Maedi Visna Program. Contact us for more information.