The four flocks from whom we have purchased these sheep have all been closed. Some of these breeders have worked hard to keep inbreeding as low as possible. We traveled to Vermont to purchase sheep from Maizie Hescock (Jacob's Ladder) who imported Jacobs from Scotland in the mid 70's. A part of that group went to Jamie Huntsberger. For seven years, Jamie's sheep had the run of Butter Island, a three hundred acre island off the coast of Maine. In the summer of 2003, we spent several days there rounding up 64 of the 86 head on the island. Some of those sheep are now in our flock.