Jeff and Cindy Siddoway are part of a multi-generation Idaho sheep ranch.
Their children â Billie, Jodie and J.C. â are the fifth generation, and their grandchildren are the sixth generation.
âOur oldest grandson is 19, working on the ranch,â Cindy said. âThe other grandchildren are younger but they like to help. Itâs always been a family business.â
Jeffâs great grandparents, James and Ruth, came to Idaho as Mormon pioneers in 1886 and lived in a tent while building a log home. They registered their sheep brand in 1898.
Their oldest son, James Clarence â known as J.C. â established a crop rotation system and built heated lambing sheds. He and his wife had 8 children. Their second child, Bill, had an early interest in sheep and horses. When he was 10, his parents let him go with one of the herders to take sheep across summer range.