Breezy Ridge Rideau Sheep

Parasite Resistance PR is the next stage in sheep breeding and production. PR lowers death loss in lambs and allows the sheep to express their full potential

March 2026 lambing 2026 March lambing Breezy Ridge Farm. Pure bred Rideau Arcott fou...

The 50-day weight is one of the most important measurements in sheep production. It shows whether your feeding program is working, whether your ewes are milking and raising lambs efficiently, and whether your genetics and management are producing healthy, fast-growing animals. For our breeding program it also help evaluate parasite resistance in the ewe flock.

Rex Crawford DVM. has returned for the 2026 to do the annual fertility testing of this years 69 yearling Pure Bred Rideau Rams . The tissue samples are also being submitted to have these rams screened for genetic resistance to Scrapie and O.P.P ( Maedi Visna). These are the first tests since last years Canadian Performance testing in the process of finding the Rideau rams that have strong parasite resistance for the breeding program.

We are looking for 1 or 2 male Maremma pups might also take another breed, but no Pyrenees, we live in a built up area and just can’t have a dog that wonders away for days.

Thanks to Cortney Vriens founder of, Vriens Nutrition Consulting, and Ashley Ferren at Sunderland Co-op, for working with us and providing the key nutrition that makes our Rideau flock work to its ultimate production. Feeding Rideau’s is an art that pays big dividends with weaning lots of healthy and fast growing lambs.

Ultrasounding ewes and ewe lambs this morning with Rebecca Parker. Ewe lambs had 96% conception and ewe that lambed in Nov.2025 and bred with lambs still nursing had 89% conception. Thanks Rebecca.

Exporting Sheep to the USA This is a group of parasite resistant Rideau sheep from the Canadian breeding project, that has been going for 16 years.

this is a video to help educated producers on per lambing care of the highly productive Rideau ewes.

Pre Lambing care of Rideau ewes This is an educational video about handling the highly prolific Rideau Arcott sheep before lambing