Welcome to the Bosch Farm & Fiber site. We dedicate this page to all those interested in our farming and fiber adventures.

Our farm was established in 2014 when we got baby chicks and a small chicken coop from a local farm store. We grew our farm with barn cats and rabbits eventually. Next we added three Nigerian Dwarf goats and then three Huacaya alpacas.

Most recently we replaced the goats with three F2 Valais Blacknose sheep which means they are 75% Valais. We are hopeful to breed these sheep and slowly make our way to pure bred Valais. If you aren't familiar with that breed of sheep, they are the cutest sheep in the world! We plan to have lambs born each spring so stay tuned.

We chose to focus our farm on Valais Blacknose sheep since they are relatively rare worldwide (estimated at only 20,000), so they are highly valuable. They were first imported to the U.S. in 2018, producing the first F1 lambs (50% Valais). Many hobby farmers like us developed breed up programs with their ewes, using purebred Valais sires to reach higher percentages of Valais in their offspring: F2 (75%), F3 (87%), F4 (94%), F5 (97%). F5 offspring are considered purebred in the U.S. and have often been sold for around $20,000.

Also on our little farm, we have started to work with the animal’s fiber - slowly learning how to spin yarn and weave rugs. The adventure continues…