BELLEVUE, Mich. – Located on M-78 between Bellevue and Olivet, a local farm is home to the nation’s first purebred Ouessant sheep. Midwest Mini Sheep, which is owned by Jen Vegh and Kraig Shattuck, places a focus on the breeding of smaller sheep varieties.
The Ouessant breed holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest sheep breed, and it was their unique size that ultimately persuaded Vegh to look for the breed.
“I have a physical disability, and they can’t push me around like the bigger sheep did,” Vegh said. “So I loved just the idea of them from the beginning.”…