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Icelandic sheep are hardy and do well in Alberta’s environment.  The Somervilles have never lost one to a coyote.

Livestock, Sheep/Goats

A little bit of Iceland thrives in central Alberta

Icelandic sheep are rare in the province but the hardy breed does well in its new homeland

By Alexis Kienlen September 18, 2018

Reading Time: 3 minutes When Stuart Somerville first started researching Icelandic sheep on the internet back in 2009, he never realized he would fall in love with the animals. He and wife Kayla ended up purchasing two ewes and a ram and bringing them to their farm near Endiang, 150 kilometres southeast of Red Deer, in 2009. Somerville had […] Read more