At Ruppert's Corriedales and Cormo Sheep, we strive for Corriedale sheep that are consistently correct, straight topped, long bodied and sound on their feet and legs. With our introduction of Australian Corriedale breeding, our Corriedales now have unmatched fleece quality. Our Cormo sheep are selected primarily for their high-quality fleeces.          A Recent Sampling of Our Show Placings Includes: Best Fleece Award in Corriedale Show at the 2008 KILE and 2010 Pennsylvania Farm Show (third year in a row) Best Fleece Award in Corriedale Show at the 2009 MD Sheep & Wool Festival (fifth year in a row) Supreme Champion Ewe and Best Fleece in division at the 2007 Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival Best of Show at the 2008 and 2006 New York Sheep & Wool Festival White Wool Fleece Show 1st and 2nd Place Fleeces at the 2006 National Corriedale Fleece Show Supreme Champion Ewe at the 2005 MD Sheep & Wool Festival First place commercial quarterblood fleece in 2009 MD Sheep & Wool Festival Fleece Show Supreme Champion Ram, 6 years, Md. Sheep & Wool Festival   Closeup of Flamekeeper's fleece Our December 2008 ram lamb Flamekeeper won Best Fleece in the White Wool Medium sheep show at the 2009 New York Sheep & Wool Festival. Flamekeeper was Best Fleece of the Corriedale Show at the Pa. Farm Show, our third year in a row for this award. The only other place you can get lambs that look like this is the other side of the world. Give us a call to come see for yourself. Bill (not so willingly) shows how white and well marked his fleece is. 2008 KILE Corriedale Best Fleece Our sheep dog Nan is always ready to round up the Corries for your inspection!   Eleanor carries Australian breeding and as a yearling was named Supreme Champion Ewe and Best Fleece winner at the 2007 Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival   Please Contact Us for references and availability of breeding animals.   Our AI Program   Our wool quality took a giant leap forward with the introduction of semen from 2 sires of the Liberton Corriedale flock in Victoria, Australia. Jim and Brenda Venters (www.liberton.com.au) were kind enough to share the wonderful Liberton Corriedales genetics, with their beautiful, soft and lustrous fleeces, with our Corriedale flock. We recently introduced semen from 2 additional Liberton rams, including P10, a national winner in Australia. See his picture and pedigree at the Venters' website. Thanks again to Martin Dally (www.toprams.com) for his AI assistance. We invite you to stop by the farm to see the results.   About Our Cormo Flock   We started our Cormo flock in 2001 with 6 ewes and a ram from Sue Reuser in California. Our Cormo flock has remained small as we concentrate on maintaining only exceptionally white and soft fine wool. Individuals are culled if there is any tendency toward belly wool low on the side or any major visual variation from side to britch. We continue to use the Alice Field ram #44 as our primary stud for this flock, but we are now using a Mendenhall Merino ram to clean up the ewes for late spring lambs. Consequently, we will have cross bred commercial ewes in the fine wool flock in the future. Contact us if you are looking for truly rare handspinning fine wool.   Alice Fields Ram #44 If you agree with us that this is what great corriedale breed type looks like, why not add one of these females to your flock?     Geof and Barb Ruppert   |   Ann & Bill Ruppert 271 Crum Road * Fairfield, Pennsylvania 17320   (717) 642-6635 * fax (717) 642-6570 * e-mail:ruppertsheep1977@earthlink.net