Finnish Landrace Sheep - "Finns"
Finnish Landrace Sheep, usually just called Finnsheep or Finns, came from Finland to Canada in 1966 and then into the US in 1968. In the United States, their primary use has been in cross-breeding programs to increase lambing percentage of commercial flocks. The breed is thought to be hundreds of years old.
What attracted me to the breed was their docile nature, excellent reproductive and mothering abilities and wonderful, lustrous, medium wool. Finns are a small, hardy flock sheep which are easy to handle and the rams are generally non-aggressive. Unlike many other breeds, the Finns matures very early. Rams mature at four to eight months and ewes are bred to lamb by 12 months of age. They can have lambs as yearlings and are known for lambing in litters with small but vigorous babies.
