Breezy Ridge Rideau Sheep

11/16/2025

We have 400 Rideau ewes still out grazing in their breeding groups. We have been breeding and selecting for parasite resistance since 2010 under tough conditions . This have given our Rideau flock a heart and soul that is tough and which still maintains high production with great out of season lambing ability and industry low lamb death loss.

11/15/2025

And then a bear showed up this evening on a trail cam on our North Farm 2 k North of our home farm.

11/14/2025

This is why we spend so much on dog food.

11/03/2025

These are our top 4 breeding rams that we are using for our Nov. 1st breeding. All are parasite resistant low f***l egg count rams.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUzeNf0SR0

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11/02/2025

2025 Breeding day
All our Rideau ewes are weighed, body condition scored, health checked and moved into their breeding groups for single sire mating. This data is stored to follow the ewes production progress, and linked with their parasite resistance data. It's a big day here on the farm.

10/27/2025

GOING TO THE USA This group of pure bred Rideau Arcott, parasite resistant females and Rams scrapie tested RR, getting tattooed with, USA. our flock idea PSE, the id number and year letter. There is a lot of work to get them over the border for breeding stock, but it helps having, our sons in their 30's doing the work.

10/24/2025

Our Fall grazing of the alfalfa/ Grass hay fields before breeding. We have 400 Rideau ewes taking advantage of this inexpensive, high energy, high protein forage, from mid Oct. till early Dec. These ewes are either breeding or in early gestation. This also helps add some extra fertilizer to the fields.

10/21/2025

About 3 weeks before fall lambing starts and that means David and I are vaccinating all the pregnant ewes. It's a nice day so we decided to do the work in the in the outside yard.

09/24/2025

The 2025 parasite resistance breeding team, thanks to Professor Phd. Angela Canovas UofG. and OMAFA. geneticist Delma Kennedy. and researcher Krishani Sinhalege Over 200 animals were tested and measured for levels of parasites through the summer. This breeding program has been going for 15 yrs. and has achieved 92% resistance in the flock and dropped the lamb death loss avg. by 50% compared to the reported Rideau breed avg. making a long lasting genetic change in this strain of the Rideau
breed.

09/15/2025

Today was f***l collection day here on the farm for this group of yearling Rideau ewes 135 samples will be collected and analyzed to identifying ewes with low parasite loads. Do we ever know how to have fun.

09/13/2025

Here is a picture of our dog pack the coyotes are thick and howling every night so these boys give us peace of mind. They also defend us from screech owls as they also bark at them through the night.

08/04/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHWXVwGlw-8&t=5s

Parasite resistant rams have the biggest genetic change a sheep flock can make to improve production and increase profitability