To place an ad on this page, please click on the Advertise Tab.

Ads are $10 per year, up to 5 photos. For every five photos please submit an additional $10.

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PLEASE NOTE:
This space is for Karakul shepherds who want to sell purebred, not crossbred sheep. If your goal is to disperse your entire flock, please note I am a Registrar, not an Animal Broker. I will help with flock dispersals if they are purebred Karakuls facing an auction as a last resort. Even then, please plan at least three to four weeks utilizing my help to avoid the auction barn. If you have a month, and a relationship with KSAR, the Registry, send a message in Leave a Comment below, or call – text. 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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NEVADA     

Arlene McDonnell has been line-breeding Peter Neverov Karakul sheep since 2018 in Fernley, Nevada (east of Reno).

Presently breeding stock and starter flocks are for sale. Beautiful, elegant young productive ewes with lots of colors to choose from. Many twin fairly often, and there were lots of Sur frosted lambs born in 2026. Range is $250 – 300 per sheep.

Note: Meat lambs are occasionally available. Current sale is breeding stock.

Photos below are examples of McDonnell Breeding Stock Karakuls, ewes, rams & lambs.

There are two separate photo galleries – first adults in flocks, second lambs. Check them out, then get in touch with Arlene.

Arlene McDonnell
Call or text: (775) 742-4146
Email: arlenemcdonnell@icloud.com
1305 Farm District Road
Fernley, NV 89408

Fernley is located 30 miles east of Reno, Nevada along Interstate 80

Posted August 2026

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TEXAS   

The January 2026 ad for yearlings put buyers in touch with Mary Carol; all sale sheep including almost her entire 2026 lamb crop have been sold. New buyers saw the ad here!

Mary Carol Buchholz has been breeding Karakul sheep since 1987 at Onion Creek Ranch in Dripping Springs, Texas (west of Austin). Her sheep have great breed character and superior high luster fleeces as Mary Carol has been selecting heavily for the nicest wool for many years. There are two 2026 lambs for sale, photos soon. Reserve your breeding stock for next year. 

Photos below are examples of OCK Breeding Stock Karakuls, in one large picture gallery.

Contact Info:
Mary Carol Buchholz
Onion Creek Karakuls (OCK)
Dripping Springs, Texas
Phone: 512-461-3870 cell
Email: mcbuchholz52@gmail.com

Posted August 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.

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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