“If you were trying to grow lambs commercially, you would never grow the St. Croix,” explains Jeff Allen, owner of Rebellion Farm and the man who purchased a handful of the sheep from his ...

And you don’t have to cut it at all. They’re St. Croix sheep, a breed new to the area that McKee said is like a mix between a Wiltshire and Katahdin sheep. “They’re basically a meat breed ...

Some of the sheep are St. Croix, a breed from the U.S. Virgin Islands, while others are a cross between East Friesian, native to northern Germany, and Lacaune, native to southern France.

ST. CROIX — Allan Vanterpool has his own special language when tending to his flock of sheep and goats. “Co-oo-me, Co-oo-me. Ho-ho ho-oo” echoes across his Estate Lower Love farm.