Dr. Jackie Rapp, DVM

We count ourselves very fortunate to have Dr. Rapp nearby. She not only specializes in small ruminants, but she and her husband have raised sheep for years.  Dr. Rapp is a large animal veterinarian who runs her own practice in Paxinos, Pennsylvania. She was born and raised in Danville, where she was active in FFA and 4H . She graduated from Penn State in 1995 and the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School in 1999. Dr. Rapp worked for Sunbury Animal Hospital for ten years before branching out on her own in 2008. She works on horses, cattle, and small ruminants including alpacas and deer..Susquehanna Valley Veterinary        
527 Olive Rd.       Paxinos, PA 17860570-850-1321

Jan Motter, Lane’s End Farm,

Jan has been raising production-oriented Polypays and meat-type Shropshire sheep for over 25 years. She and her husband run 40-50 head of ewes, producing registered breeding stock as well as market lambs and custom freezer lambs.  Her breeding stock has been sold throughout the United States, and Lane's End Farm is well-represented every year at the National Polypay Sale.  Because her sales cycle often requires early lambing, Jan has many suggestions for cold-weather success. 

12211 West Rt. 973      
Jersey Shore, PA 17740             570 398 2078

Jerry McCarty, Columbia Co. 4H Leader & Shepherd

Jerry was raised on a sheep farm in Columbia County, which ran up to 300 head of breeding ewes. He currently has about 35 brood ewes, mostly Suffolk and Tunis , and has recently added Hampshires for crossbreeding. Because most of his lambs are sold as 4-H projects, he lambs in January-February to get an early start for  the  show ring.  He also sells breeding stock.  Jerry has been a 4-H leader for the Columbia County livestock club for over 20 years.

570- 854-6356

Caroline and David Owens

Your hosts for the Lambing Clinic raise Coopworths for wool and meat, and Katahdins for meat only.  We expect to lamb 85 ewes in March 2013. The ewes stay out on pasture until mid-January when we bring them in for shearing and the last six weeks of gestation.  Our farm is 112 acres of mostly open pasture, on which we rotationally graze using various combinations of electric fence. The only time we feed grain is to the ewes before and after lambing. We direct-market our grass-fed lamb in the fall.  We raise all our livestock as naturally and chemical-free as possible. We have been raising sheep for 20 years, starting with Dorset/Finn crosses on a small farm in New Hampshire back in the 1990's.