Welcome to Dirlam Shropshires

History

Our flock was established in 1963 when Jasper purchased six ewes for his son’s (John and Mark) 4-H projects. The ewes came from H.A. Ramsey of Plainfield, IN, who at one time owned the largest flock of registered Shropshires east of the Mississippi River. The sheep were sound in structure and high in quality and provided a great base for future development.

From that starting point the ewe flock grew to approximately 30 ewes throughout the 1970’s, ‘80’s and into the ‘90’s. Our first showing at the Indiana State Fair was in 1967. The first state fair champion came in 1974, as we exhibited the top 4-H ewe. This was followed by numerous champions and Premier Breeder Awards over the next several years.

From the beginning, top stud rams were carefully selected from the legendary Hartzell flock, as well as other breeders such as Dennison, Jorstad and Agrall that provided continual improvement in our genetic base. The results were highly productive sheep that possessed the style and size to win in the show ring.

Today, we have a very select flock (less than 20 ewes) that has continued to produce lambs with correctness, muscle and the ability to grow into large breeding sheep. We breed our ewes to the best genetics available through purchased/ leased rams and artificial insemination.

Grandson Matt continues the tradition of showing at state and national shows, just like we have been doing for the last forty-two years. Always learning and always striving to improve our flock and make a contribution to one of the great breeds in the sheep industry----Shropshires.

Winners


	Dirlam 1469 "WONDERBOY" Sired by Trew 108 x Dirlam Ewe RRNN - DOB 1.3.11 36" long and 204 lbs. on Show Day 1st Place Early Spring Ram Lamb Reserve Champion Indiana Ram 2011 Indiana State Fair

Two of our 2011 Early Spring Ewe Lambs
	Dirlam 1468 Rife's Duke X Dirlam 1423

	Dirlam 1471 Trew 108 X 3-D Ewe


	Dirlam 1433 Sired by Trew 108 x City Limits Ewe 1st Place Class #3 Yearling Ewe 2010 Indiana State Fair We also had the 2nd place and 3rd place Yearlings Ewes- Indiana Class # 1. All sired by Trew 108.

	Dirlam 1449 Sired by Trew 108 x Dirlam Ewe 2nd Place Early Spring Ewe Lamb 2010 Indiana State Fair-Indiana Class 3rd Place January Ewe Lamb 2010 All American Junior Show, East Lansing

	Matt setting legs on a Best Four Head class during the 2010 summer show season.


	Dirlam 1433 Sired by Trew 108 x City Limits Ewe 1st Place Late Spring Ewe Lamb & Reserve Jr. Champion Member of 1st Place Pair of Ewe Lambs 2009 Indiana State Fair Junior Show 1st Place Late Spring Ewe Lamb 2009 Open Indiana Class


	Dirlam 1381 Sired by our Rife Stud "Thunderheart" x Dirlam Ewe 1st Place Yearling Ewe and Senior Champion 2008 Indiana State Fair Junior Show 3rd Place Yearling Ewe 2008 NAILE Junior Show

Sires

Trew 108
Semen Available
RR

Champion Ram at the 2008 National Sale. Sired by Averys’ JUICE. “Tate” stands 40 inches tall and 41 inches long, with a wide top, square hip and deep leg. He has been a “game changer” for our flock.

This ram was recently sold to Dee Amick and Pete Chapman to lead their flock in Nettie, West Virginia.

We plan to continue the influence of this special ram through AI and have a limited amount of semen for sale.

Duke
RRNN

This year, we bred our Trew daughters to Duke, one of the great proven stud rams in the breed. We purchased Duke semen from Randy Rife and utilized laproscopic artificial insemination. We look forward to the outcome of this elite genetic cross.

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