WILD 'N' WOOLLY COOPWORTHS & WILDLIFE 

         * 36Yrs.-Coopworth Sheep!                                     20 Yrs.-Highland Coos!           

*Mattie is pictured with the red bow in the header and below.  Mattie was a triplet we supplementally bottle fed as a lamb.  She stayed with her mom and siblings, but was quite the 'dog' -- always first to the feeder, following us wherever we were in the pasture.  I don't remember the names I give to our sheep as they are uniform enough in appearance now that I do not recognize everyone without referring to their ear tag number, but Mattie stood out.  She just did.  She passed away April a year ago, after having raised more lambs than most, given a 250% lifetime production lambing record.  We kept several daughters and granddaughters.  This photo was used as our Christmas card her yearling year in 2010.  She is missed.  There will never be another "Mattie"--either sheep or the woman she was named after, the woman who sold me this farm in 1981, who worked harder than most men, raised 6000 chickens, milked cows, lambed out 200 ewes, she and her husband having worked this farm with horses...and raised 5 boys here!  None of the 5 were interested in continuing the legacy. We are privileged to have the honor!