What are we all about at Desert Weyr?
Our mission is to be stewards of a truly fantastic heritage breed: the Black Welsh Mountain sheep. We believe that these sheep offer the ideal combination of traits for the American small farmer. These traits include:
- True black wool and specialty yarns for fiber artists
- High-quality, grass-fed and finished mutton
- Heritage animals that self-sustain with little intervention from humans
- Healthy, robust, and adaptable populations that thrive in a variety of environments
Our Black Welsh Mountain sheep flock is the only performance-recorded flock in the entire world, and we have the numbers to back up our claims. We record our flock EBVs with the NSIP, and we maintain 2 of the 8 known bloodline clusters of Black Welsh Mountain sheep in North America. We focus on maintaining genetic diversity in our flocks.
Our Black Welsh Mountain stock are also double-registered in the US and UK. We are export-qualified Federal Scrapie free and OPP free. While buyers must arrange shipping, our sheep are eligible for transportation across the USA and Canada.
If you’re looking for a heritage breed sheep that can perform well on forage and with little intervention, all without sacrificing performance and marketability, then you’re in the right place.
