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PLEASE NOTE:
I am a Registrar, not an Animal Broker. I will not help shepherds sell their sheep, unless they are purebred Karakuls on their way to an auction. If so, and you have a relationship with KSAR, the Registry, call me or send a message in Leave a Comment below. It is important that I know you and your sheep before I attempt to help you.
If you are looking to buy Karakuls, please check the Breeders page first and contact those in locations that will work for you. If you find no Karakuls for sale after contacting, I may be able to provide other names for you if I know Karakul shepherds have sheep for sale.
Thanks! ~ Deborah
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TEXAS
Mary Carol Buchholz has been breeding Karakul sheep since 1987 at Onion Creek Ranch in Dripping Springs, Texas (west of Austin). From her 2025 lamb crop she has three rams and one ewe for sale. They all have superior high luster fleeces as Mary Carol has been selecting heavily for the nicest wool for many years.
The four almost yearling Karakuls were sired by the Hagerman-Onion Creek ram, pictured. The rams in this line have been polled for at least four generations.
The March black & white roan ram 53-25 has the largest tail ever produced at Onion Creek Karakuls. He has large curled horn buds, attached to his skull. He is a single out of a 9-year old ewe.
The March ram 45-25 is a sunbleached black, meaning non-dominant black that will probably produce many colors in his lambs. This ram has a lovely lustrous fleece, and large uncurled horn buds, attached to his skull. He is a single out of a 10-year old ewe.
The May black ram 17-25, his dam’s sire is PLF Hindi’s Ruben. Ewe 17-23 is still quite dark, as is her wether from 2024 when she lambed as a yearling; so she’s had two single rams in a row. Ruben might possess the non-fading color gene; he also has yellow eyes and produces that eye color in many of his lambs. Ram 17-25’s scurs are small and very loose, not attached. He is younger and has not been shorn yet, and is a stout, nice looking ram with a gorgeous fleece.
The white ewe 25-25 is a twin for sale. The photos of the two black ewes were included to offer a perspective of Onion Creek Karakul quality and size at age nine months. If a potential buyer is interested in the black ewes please make Mary Carol an offer. The sire of the black ewes is Ruben, mentioned above.
These sheep are Breeding Stock only, not for food butchering.
Each sheep has their own photo gallery, except the yearling ewes which are grouped. Check them out, then get in touch with Mary Carol.
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- OCK 53-25 ram left side, 9 months
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- OCK 53-25 ram right side, 9 months
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- OCK 53-25 ram left large horn bud
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- OCK 53-25 ram tail, 9 months
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- OCK 53-25 ram lamb tail
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- Dam OCK 53-16, next to 2025 ram lamb at age 9 years
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- Dam OCK 53-16, as yearling ewe in 2017
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- OCK 45-25 ram front, 9 months
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- OCK 45-25 ram left side, 9 months
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- OCK 45-25 ram tail, 9 months
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- OCK 45-25 ram left large horn bud
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- Dam OCK 45-15 ewe, 2 years old in 2017
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- OCK 17-25 ram left side, 7 months
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- OCK 17-25 ram right side, 7 months
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- OCK 17-25 ram tail, 7 months
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- OCK 17-25 ram right scur, both scurs wiggle
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- Dam OCK 17-23 as big ewe lamb late 2023
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- Hagerman-Onion Creek ram 4 years old
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- Hagerman-OCK ram right side
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- Hagerman-OCK ram tail at 4 years
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- ewe 25-25 twin, sire Hagerman OCK
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- OCK ewes-2 blacks, 1 white, 9 months old
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- OCK ewes-2 blacks, 1 white, 9 months
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- ewe 37-25 twin, sire PLF Hindi’s Ruben
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- ewe 57-25, sire PLF Hindi’s Ruben
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- OCK 57-16 & ewe lamb 57-25, April 2025, about 1 month old
Contact Info:
Mary Carol Buchholz
Onion Creek Karakuls (OCK)
Dripping Springs, Texas
Phone: 512-461-3870 cell
Email: mcbuchholz52@gmail.com
Posted January 2026
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VIRGINIA
Kathy Donovan has been breeding Karakul sheep at Checkmate Farm since 2004 and frequently has breeding stock for sale.
Checkmate-days old Donovan Karakul lambs
Karakuls are raised for fleeces to create Persian Rug Yarn. Kathy is an Oxford Company Punch Rug Hooking Instructor.
“Early Persia” rug design by Jane McGown Flynn, Hooked by Kathy Donovan
Kathy also sells rug roving for braiding rugs and offers classes all year.
Checkmate Farm booth-yarns & rug hooking equipment
Email: kathy@checkmatefarm.com
Farm Website URL: http://www.checkmatefarm.com
Contact Info:
Kathy Donovan
Cartersville, Virginia
540-454-4898
Updated April 2025; August 2024; Oct 2023; 1st post June 8, 2017
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CALIFORNIA
The Karakuls at HexenWald Ranch are mainly from the Peter Neverov flock, with a bit of Anakus bloodline in the mix. They are bred for extra-large fat tails, with classic lines and classy-looks.
Neverov Svetlana & lamb with beautiful birthcoat
HexenWald shepherds are milking ewes to make high yielding cheeses from relatively small amounts of milk. The Karakul signature broad tail provides a particularly fatty milk. When used for cooking the fat adds juiciness and flavor to meat, adding mild flavor to other dishes.
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- Neverov Oksana & twin rams
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- Neverov Anastasiya & gold twins
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- Karakul Ram Neverov Vladimir
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- HexenWald Nebulous, black & tan lamb
Babette is FAMACHA Certified so the sheep are only wormed when they have a parasitic load, which decreases the opportunity for anthelmintic resistance.
Clean disease-free Karakuls, tested for all the major wasting diseases of sheep—OPP, CL, Johnnes. HexenWald Karakuls are scrapie codon tested for maintenance of an export certified flock.
Babette Turk
Hexenwald Ranch
550 Hudson Lane
Aptos CA 95003
949.498.4988 Cell
Babette@HexenwaldRanch.com
Re-posted May 2024; June 2023; 1st post August 15, 2021
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