M & M Livestock maintains several distinctive flocks for our fiber customers.  We will cover each of the flocks in this article. We have dedicated our flocks to the production of the finest handspinning and hand felting  fleeces available in the world.  We hope that you have the opportunity to work with a MegliFleece soon and experience the MegliFleece Advantage! 

Corriedale 

White:  Meglifarms maintains about 75 producing ewes and a number of replacement lambs.  We constantly strive through our genetic program to improve the quality of wool and meat production.  We participate in Ram Production Testing with the Dakota Ram Test for the purpose of wool evaluation and carcass merit.  Our goals for the clip from this flock is to produce the highest quality fleece that is clean, with good luster and brightness of color, the classic Corriedale crimp, a staple length consistent with our customers needs.  Last, and arguably the most important is to keep veggie matter and second cuts to a bare minimum.  We are constantly evaluating our shearing times in order to insure that each fleece is sheared at its prime.  Every day is shearing day at M & M Livestock! 

Colored: We are currently developing our Colored Corriedale flock and they are producing awesome fleeces but we haven’t seen the consistency that we want from these genetics yet.  We will continue to work with this flock and sell all of the fleeces that qualify for the MegliFleece title. 

Romney 

White:  We have a few White Romney ewes and are working with the genetics, at this time we do not have a consistent White Romney clip. 

Colored:  M & M Livestock is maintaining about 30 producing ewes and have replacement lambs on hand.  We are really proud of the work these girls are doing for us.  This flock is producing a beautiful, consistent clip with colors ranging the full spectrum of light silver to black.  We are constantly having to convince our customers that this is really Romney, we are constantly getting e-mail back from our customers saying, “this can’t be Romney, these feel great!” well, yes they are Romney and we are striving to continue to improve the handle from this flock.  

Border Leicester 

White:  This breed is new to us and we are still learning about the breed.  It seems that in the last hundred years or so, that most American Border Leicester breeders have got away from the breed standards.  The white Border Leicester flock at M & M represents the traditional Border Leicester fleece, soft and silky with great luster and curl.  These fleeces are a joy for the handspinner and make some of the most incredible felt you have ever seen. 

Colored:  We are currently searching for animals of this variant that meet our standards, as of this time we have not been successful.  If you have some colored Border Leicester that you think may be candidates for our breeding program, please e-mail us. 

Rambouillet 

White:  We have a small number of producing Bullets and are now expanding, they meet the rigid standards that we require here. We will have more fleeces and lambs available next year.