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SHEEP BREEDS
Crystal Fincher
Putnam County 4-H Agent
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SUFFOLK
Greatest number of US registrationsMature weights for rams range from 250
to 350 pounds and ewe weights vary from
180 to 250 pounds
Polled and have no wool on their black
face and legs
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DORSET
Polled, open white face, open nostrils,
with pink nose and lips free from
pigmentation
Well covered with wool from brow to poll
Fleece dense with high bulk character
Carcass, long, well muscled, and free
from excess fat
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SOUTHDOWN
Medium to small sized breed with a gray
to mouse-brown face and lower legs
Polled (hornless)Early maturing breed with good lambing
ability and average milk production
Meaty Carcasses
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RAMBOUILLET
Known for Fine Fiber of Wool on their White Face and Legs
Originated in Spain
Mature rams weigh between 250 and 300 pounds, ewes range from 150
to 200 pounds
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MERINO
Serves as the basis for all wool breeds
Has tremendous flocking instinct
Has Wool on their White Head and Legs
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DORPER
Head:
Strong and long with triangle shape.
Shoulders and Chest:
Shoulders firm, broad and strong.Barrel:
Long, deep and wide body. The sheep
must have a long straight back
Dorpers:A white sheep with
black confined to the head and
neck is the ideal.
White Dorpers:A white sheep,fully pigmented around the eyes,
under the tail, on the udder and
the teats is the ideal.
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WILTSHIRE
High fertility, good mothering, large frames
often with long bodies, good muscling, leanmeat, intelligence, ability to do relatively
well in poor conditions, horns in both rams
and ewes, and wool that is naturally shed
in Spring.
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CORRIEDALE
Dual-purpose sheep, it is large-framed,
polled with good carcass quality.
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CHEVIOT
Mature body weight for the rams is 160 to 200 pounds (72-90 kg) with
the ewes weighing slightly less at 120 to 160 pounds (55-72 kg).
Mature ewes will average a five to ten pound (2.25-4.5 kg) fleece
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MONTADALE
The Columbiaewe and the Cheviotram were then adopted as the foundation
for the Montadale breed and after nine years of selective culling and
linebreeding, a sheep was developed that met the desired standard.
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OXFORD
This breed originated as the result of
crossing Cotswoldsand Hampshires.
One of the largest breeds of sheep
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SHROPSHIRE
Gentle in disposition, making them perfect for the farm flock or as a club project
for children. The rams have a lean, well-muscled body structure which they
transmit to their offspring, making them popular with the commercial as well as
the purebred breeder. The ewes are prolific and long-lived with wonderful
mothering and milking abilities
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SOURCES
http://www.nzsheep.co.nz/dorper/characteristi
cs.htm
http://www.pickwick.net.au
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/
http://www.nzsheep.co.nz/dorper/characteristics.htmhttp://www.nzsheep.co.nz/dorper/characteristics.htmhttp://www.pickwick.net.au/http://www.pickwick.net.au/http://www.nzsheep.co.nz/dorper/characteristics.htmhttp://www.nzsheep.co.nz/dorper/characteristics.htm