Hampshire Ram Lamb to be Auctioned at Iowa State Fair               Mickelson Hamps is still making good on the donation of a Hamp ram lamb to the Iowa Sheep Industry Association even though the Festival was cancelled.  The Hamp ram lamb that was to be auctioned at the Lamb Lovers' Feast will be auctioned at the Wether Sire/Dam sale at the Iowa State Fair on August 15, 2008.  Daryl Mickelson is making the same offer and details follow.    Mickelson Hamps, Perry, Iowa, is donating a Certified RR, Registered Hampshire Ram Lamb to the Iowa Sheep Industry Association.  Mickelson 802 is shown in the picture with his sire Wheaton 7-025.  Mickelson 802 will be auctioned at the Wether Sire/Dam sale at the Iowa State Fair on August 15, 2008.  After the sale Daryl will take him home and then deliver to the new owner any time up until September 1st or the new owner may take him home from the fair.  Mickelson Hamps will pay to transfer the registration papers and have him semen tested at Hawkeye Breeders before delivery.             Mickelson 802 has a pretty impressive pedigree including the Grandsire Wheaton 6-038 which sold at Sedalia last year as a yearling wether sire for $11,500 the day after Mickelson Hamps bought Wheaton 7-025.  CLICK HERE FOR COPY OF PEDIGREE             According to Daryl, the Dam, Mickelson 00900, has been one of the best ewes he ever had.  Born in 2000, this ewe birthed and raised 15 lambs.  In 2004, one of her lambs Mickelson 413 went to the went to the Illinois Ram Test and recorded an ADG on the 63 day test of 1.38 pounds per day with a feed conversion of 4.07 lbs of feed per pound of gain. The Dam's Sire was Pullin 11-99, purchased from Ron Pullin at the Iowa State Fair and he has sired some of the best ewes in the Mickelson flock. His daughters are tremendous mothers and milk like Holstein cows.  Daryl would strongly suggest to the new owner of Mickelson 802 that they keep as many of his daughters as possible for replacement ewes based on the performance of his dam and sire. Because Mickelson 802 was sired by a "wether type" sire, he won't be an immense "BIG RAM" sire and Daryl thinks he will be average in size at maturity.  Mickelson Hamps has the reputation to raise 'em big but say, “This guy is one that producers could put on average or smaller ewes with no worries about lambing problems.” In addition to being a staunch supporter of the Iowa Sheep Industry Association Daryl Mickelson stated that his goal for this donation is to make a "Hamp Lover" out of Mickelson 802’s new owner!