SKEIN TRAIN

Skein Train LLC is a partnership between Sandy Hopkins and Lyn Brown. Skein Train is located in La Plata, NM, approximately 18 miles Northwest of Farmington, where both Sandy and Lyn are involved in conservation sheep ranching. Rocky Slope Farm Sandy's Rocky Slope Farm is involved in raising Romeldale/CVM (California Variegated Mutant) sheep. The CVM is on the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy Critical List of Endangered sheep breeds. This means there are fewer than 2000 of this breed globally and less than 200 registered each year in the United States. Shear Perfection Ranch Lyn's Shear Perfection Ranch is at the forefront of the California Red Sheep Rebuilding Project, which involves going back to the original Tunis Sheep and Barbados Blackbelly cross that created the breed. This breed is an American original developed in the 1980's around Davis, CA. With fewer than 500 animals reported to the registry in their 2015 census, this breed is critical in endangered sheep breeds, but..

Also known as: Skein Train LLC

Primary location: La Plata United States