Under The Feather Farm
Producing family friendly sheep that turn heads

Annie - Valais Blacknose x Babydoll

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We are excited to have been among the first breeders of "The Cutest Sheep in the World"  in Canada.

We got into breeding these sheep because they truly are the Cutest Sheep in the world. After our first lambs were born in 2021 we fell in love with the personalities and friendliness of our part bred lambs and would breed them even if they weren't so adorable, not that that has been a problem because they have all been very cute and outstanding in the looks department.

The Valais Blacknose crosses have wonderful, people-oriented personalities, they follow us everywhere and will even come over to greet total strangers.  The biggest problem is trying to get anything done while surrounded by them wanting your attention, they are even friendlier than the Babydoll sheep.

Our small, friendly ewe flock includes Babydoll Southdowns, Cotswold x's, East Friesian and our percentage Valais Blacknose ewes. They will produce lambs perfect for pets with follow-you-around personalities, breeding and amazing fibre.  

Our Rams

Ben
Sire of our 2025 and 2026 Valais Blacknose x lambs

October 2025                                             Spring 2024

Ben 75% Valais Blacknose Ram
We were lucky to be able to acquire him with his close to perfect Valais Blacknose markings and personality. He did not disappoint us, producing adorable lambs in spring 2025 with the ewes below.

We're looking forward to a repeat of adorable lambs fathered by him. Reserve your 2026 lambs now! They were all reserved before they were born.
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Spots
Sire of our 2027 Valais Blacknose x lambs

Spots is the son of Ben and we're looking forward to seeing his lambs in 2027.
He is 63% Valais Blacknose and 37% Babydoll forwarding our goal of producing smaller,
polled (naturally hornless) sheep with the same people-adoring personality and
adorable looks as the pure Valais Blacknose. 

Our Ewes

Callie as a lamb

Petunia 2023 lamb

Callie was a lamb with presence and has grown into a beautiful, friendly ewe who still stands out and that has earned her a place in our flock.

Callie's nickname is Short Stuff because she is the smallest ewe in the flock. She is the daughter of Sunshine and Vanilla.

She is a triple registered White Babydoll Southdown ewe.

She had Petunia, 50% Valais Blacknose ewe lamb in 2023 and Tugboat and Linguini with Ben in 2025.

She'll be bred to Ben for spring 2026 lambs.

Callie and her 2025 lambs

Claire wanting attention but
stuck on the other side of the fence

Oreo and Spots

Claire
Valais Blacknose x Babydoll Southdown, Sunshine's Valais x daughter. Her dad is Solwaybank Extra Special. It's hard to get a good picture of her because she is always right beside me wanting scratches and pawing at me when I stop.

She and her full sister Annie, and full brother Marshmellow, were our  introduction to the Valais Blacknose breed and we fell in love with them.

She has a love for grabbing zippers and running them up and down. She also finds the pull tabs on them quite delicious and has chewed all the soft ones off our jackets.

She produced two beautiful ram lambs with Ben in 2025, Spots (on the right) is staying here for breeding fall of 2026. We're excited about more cuties in spring 2026 from the Ben and Claire.

Family celebration of Canada Day

Valais Blacknose x Babydoll 

Noel is very sweet and has the nicest dense wool. She was given to me for Christmas and is one of my all time favourite presents. I named her after a little stuffed lamb I got from my mom for Christmas many, many years ago.

She is adorable but it's hard to get a good picture of her because she's all black just like her Babydoll mom.

She is due early October 2025 with Ben's lambs and we're looking forward to seeing them.

Sprite has the softest wool and touching her is like patting a cloud. She is very smart and at only 4 months old is often leading the flock out to the pasture in the morning and back to the barn in the evening. Having a lead ewe with a good head on her is so important when you're moving them around often as we do here. She is also very friendly and loves attention.  Her mom is Dahlia, a registered Gotland and her dad is Edwin a registered Cotswold.

Cotswold sheep are another rare breed in Canada and are large, gentle sheep known for their lustrous long wool. It can grow up to 12" in a year. The wool reflects light making it look like it's lit from inside, it's incredible and I needed more of this in my flock! I first noticed this in my Gotland ewes when they were just sheared they looked metallic silver.

We're very excited about her 2026 lamb(s). She will be bred to Ben.

She is our first dairy sheep, East Friesian will give up to 4 l of fabulous milk a day! She is very smart, friendly and easy to train with which makes sense of a breed that has been carefully selected for daily milking. She is producing 2 litres of milk a day which makes the most delicious cheese.

Jinnie is half sister to Sprite sharing Edwin as their dad. She has Dot, her Babydoll mom's smile and the most beautiful fleece which is so soft.

She will be bred to Ben for 2026 spring lambs.

Sunshine
Triple registered white Babydoll Southdown ewe, she was our first ewe to give us Valais x lambs and surprised us with triplets.

Sunshine is an amazing ewe with the typical laid-back Babydoll attitude. We kept Claire her Valais x ewe lambs, and just love her.

She will be bred to one of our rams for spring 2026 Valais x Babydoll lambs.

More info about our breeding program

After some experience now, we've adjusted our breeding goals to producing a smaller, polled (naturally hornless) sheep with the Valais looks and personality instead of working towards breeding pure Valais Blacknose. The Valais Blacknose are large sheep with horns which most people don't favour. Horns do add to the charming look of the Valais but they can also be be more challenging as the sheep need more space at the feeder, and if they accidentally catch you with a horn as they walk by it does hurt.

Unlike other Valais Blacknose breeders who use the wilder Scottish Blackface ewes because they are closer in colour and have horns, we carefully selected ewes that are friendly and polled (don't have horns). All our lambs have been very friendly people lovers right from birth.

Our first year, 2021, we bred three ewes and only one, Sunshine, our Babydoll ewe became pregnant. She delivered triplets and we kept Claire. In 2024 we bought Ben, a 75% Valais Blacknose with almost perfect Valais markings. We love what he has produced for us in his first group of lambs in 2025 and have kept Spot, one of his sons who will be joining our breeding program in 2026.

Annie