Glenrose Farms is a small, family owned and operated livestock breeding operation that has been raising purebred, registered, predominantly polled, "Production"-style Dorsets, also referred to as "Old Style" or "Traditional" Dorsets, for nearly 20 years.

Our sheep do not resemble the modern show Dorset sheep, but rather they remain true to the Dorsets of early 1970's and before, including their thick stature, out-of-season lambing capabilities, superior mothering abilities and strong carcass traits.

Our Dorset sheep are selected primarily for their accelerated lambing rates, lambing percentages, and their out-of-season lambing patterns. Excellent mothering, physical soundness and carcass traits are also selected for in our flock in order to develop an easy-care flock that produces well for the shepherd who works on or off the farm.

Some Horned Dorset bloodlines have also been infused into the flock to retain breed type and character, thickness and the other traits described above. These are the traits that make a Dorset truly a Dorset!

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