Ewe Rock: Fourth-generation Georgia farm raising show-quality Dorper sheep

You’ll find everything from beef cattle to club goats at this fourth-generation farm in Georgia. But the real show-stopper? Well, it’s the Dorper sheep.

Farm owner, Heather, told the Georgia Farm Monitor that raising these animals has taught her children responsibility and calls it their family team sport!

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