Neopolitan Acres is the hobby farm owned and operated by Robert and Angela Rountree. We moved to the rolling hills of the Missouri Ozarks in the summer of 2006 and settled into life on our small acreage. We decided our land was well suited to sheep, and so the adventure began...

I had fond childhood memories of our farm's sheep, and Robert chose to humor me. I selected Shetlands for their historical significance, small size, low maintenance, naturally short tails and almost limitless combinations of colors and markings. I am currently breeding and culling towards my ideal Shetland: fine-boned and compact (ewes ~75lbs), with fine, silky-soft, lustrous, single to intermediate fleece of 4" to 6" staple length. I love their intelligence and personalities. I love spotted Shetlands, the flashier the better. I am enamoured of the colors mioget and emsket, and am fascinated by the gulmogets and gul-kats in any color.

Today Neopolitan Acres is home to Star Grazers Shetlands, Knee Deep Nigerians and we are settling into a new, larger homestead near New London, Missouri. We have added livestock protection dogs to our farm, and are very pleased with them. In addition to our cat, dogs, chickens, sheep and goats, we are considering other heritage livestock as well. Please peruse our website and enjoy our animals along with us.