They are fertile, lamb easily, and make excellent mothers.  They usually have twins or triplets. We usually manage close to a 200 percent lamb crop per ewe.

  Katahdins shed their wool in the spring, and so require no shearing or tail-docking.  They do however, produce enough wool for the winter to keep them warm in our cold, snowy, Canadian climate. As they do not have to put so much of their energy into wool production, they are more efficient at converting food into the excellent, lean, meat that they are famous for.        

They are alleged to be more parasite tolerant than other sheep breeds. This is due to the fact that external parasites, such as keds, do not thrive well in the short hair of the Katahdin sheep.

Katahdins may have as much milk as some milk sheep breeds such as Friesians - as much as 5 litres a day, so why not try milking them.