We have decided to offer the twin brothers–Steppin’ Up (Knop 5267) and Step Ahead (Knop 5266)–for sale. It would be our preference to retain the possibility to breed a few key females to them at a later date. Step Ahead is sold.
These two rams are sons of a very special ram we raised (Knop 4984–Jackpot) who was a son of Marx 9-56 and whose mother was Knop 923, a very critical ewe with FairWether 87, Marx Orange Tag, two doses of Omega and three doses of Marx 64 in her pedigree. Jackpot is seeing service in Utah.
The mother of the Step Brothers is Knop 948. 948 is a special daughter of Captain (Knop 4283) and whose mother was Bobby King 722, a super female bred by Bobby King of Ohio.
Both of these twin brothers will sire show lambs with look and great hips. The extra-attractive hip structure of Jackpot flows through into the offspring of the Step Brothers. An example of a Step Ahead son would be Knop 5678 seeing service for Beck’s of Ohio. 5678 has made some very popular show lambs in their flock. You can view photos of the Step Brothers under our sires tab.
Contact us if you are interested in either of these two proven performers. Either ram will move your flock forward and would really work on Hampshire derivatives. These twin bothers were born on Feb. 23, of 2006 and both test NNQR.
Call us if you have any questions.
Fred