Point of View Farm Finnsheep

Point of View Farm is home to a flock of purebred registered Finnsheep that rotationally graze on lush Hudson Valley pasture filled with native and planted grasses, legumes, and herbs. We raise Finnsheep for premium lamb, soft wool, and breeding stock — and we sell directly to customers who care about where their food and fiber come from.

Why Finnsheep?

Finnsheep are a multi-purpose heritage breed known for versatility and efficiency in wool, meat, and even dairy production. They are naturally polled (no horns), and lambs are born with short tails that do not require docking or banding. Our flock has been genetically selected for high-quality soft, crimpy wool with high luster, strong maternal qualities, parasite resilience, and premium lean, tender meat from lambs with fast rates of gain. They are social, friendly, and easy to handle — a well-suited choice for small farms, homesteads, and breeding programs alike.

Our Flock

The Point of View Farm flock is full of rare, naturally colored genetics. We offer lambs and fleece in white, light brown, dark brown, fawn (like vanilla crème), black, faded black, light and dark greys, and patterns including piebald and badgerface (also known as agouti blue and agouti light blue). We maintain a biosecure flock and hope to import Finnsheep ram lines directly from overseas in the future to bring valuable new genetic diversity to the United States.

Flock Health & Breeding

We strive to breed lambs true to the Finnsheep breed standard — and often exceeding it — with excellent health, conformation, maternal instincts, and high-quality wool. Finnsheep are hardy and easy to care for with minimal extra inputs. We only select the very best genetics and individuals to be used or sold as breeding stock, and we stand behind our breeding stock with solid replacement guarantees because we are confident in their ability to perform.

Our flock is enrolled in the USDA scrapie export program as NY120, with annual USDA inspections and routine testing and lab sampling to verify flock health and the absence of scrapie. Our entire flock — every single sheep, not just a selection — has blood tested negative for Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP) in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018. No sheep has ever tested positive for OPP within our flock. The OPPCSBS guidelines are available at oppsociety.org. Ask us for the test results — we are happy to share them. We have never had a case of CL, Johnes (full blood tests done in 2018 on flock individuals), foot rot, toxoplasmosis, pink eye, or sore mouth in our flock. We have DNA test results for our flock's scrapie resistance and offer lambs for sale with these genes (known as the R gene). As a buyer, you can be sure you are getting the highest-quality disease-free breeding stock with a Point of View Farm Finnsheep.

How We Raise Them

Our goal is to care for our flock as nature intended so the sheep can lead happy, healthy lives. The sheep are outside or have access to the outdoors 24/7. The pastures are never treated with pesticides or herbicides, and they are fertilized only with compost from our own farm. Undesirable plants are removed by hand. We rotate the flock onto new pasture frequently during the grazing season — often every week, and sometimes every few days. When not grazing lush pastures, the sheep are fed locally grown hay. During late gestation and early lactation (about eight weeks), the ewes receive alfalfa hay and custom-blended organic or non-GMO whole grains as needed to meet the energy and protein requirements for raising multiple lambs.

Point of View Farm maintains commitments that go beyond most certification programs by addressing labor practices, community values, marketing, and how the animals are fed (no GMOs). All our farm practices also meet the standards for Humanely Raised, although we are not certified as such.

The Wilson Family

Point of View Farm is run by the Wilson family. CaraLeigh and Sten both worked as professionals in real estate management, marketing and business consulting, and most recently as general contractors in the green home building industry. Today, the Wilsons have shifted more of their focus to Point of View Farm Finnsheep, promoting the many products the flock produces and the generations of successful bloodlines behind them.

CaraLeigh is a certified American Sheep Industry wool classer and has completed advanced training in the SCG system to class all fibers. Sten has many years of experience in building, contracting, and excavating, and he is available by appointment for farm consultations to help you design and implement your farm infrastructure.

Find Us

Point of View Farm is a member of the Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Growers Association (sheepandwool.com), which organizes the New York Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY each fall. We proudly attend as vendors in the lower level of the Horticulture Building, Building 22, Space D3. We are also members of the American Finnsheep Breeders Association (finnsheep.org), the Natural Colored Wool Growers Association (ncwga.org), the American Sheep Industry (sheepusa.org), and the Maryland Sheep Breeders Association (marylandsheepbreeders.org), which organizes the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival the first weekend in May. You will find us at that festival in the main exhibition hall, vendor space C26.

Finnsheep are a versatile and amazing heritage breed that produces wonderful products, from soft wool to delicious, plentiful milk. Finnsheep lamb meat is unrivaled in taste, texture, and tenderness, and their ability to be profitable in many markets has made them popular with a wide variety of customers.

If you want to know more about how we care for our flock and the farm they (and we) call home, we would be happy to tell you. Please set up an appointment — we love to talk about Finnsheep!