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The breed has a long history in these regions, where it has been raised for its valuable wool. The breed is considered dual-purpose, meaning it is raised both for its high-quality wool and for ...
Edilbaevskaya sheep are very hardy, as they were breed to conform to nomadic life in the semi-deserts and deserts of Kazakhstan. [2] They are adapted to severe winter frosts and summer droughts, [note 1] can travel over long distances and thrive in poor feed conditions. [1] Their yearly lambing rate is 110–120 lambs born for every 100 ewes ...
The Hill Radnor is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the United Kingdom. Classified as one of the mountain (or upland) breeds, it is most common from Powys down to southwest Herefordshire and Monmouthshire. The Hill Radnor has a dense white fleece, with a light brown face and legs. Ewes are polled and rams are horned. [1]
The Clun Forest is a breed of domestic sheep originating from the area surrounding the Clun Forest in Shropshire, England. [3] Similar to many of the British breeds of upland sheep, Clun Forest are hardy, adaptable, good foragers, and are long–lived. [3] With sleek heads and wide pelvic structures, Clun Forest ewes lamb easily. [4]
Young flock of ewe lambs Flock in Mudgegonga, Victoria, Australia. The Australian White is an Australian breed of meat sheep. It derives from selective breeding of White Dorper, Van Rooy, Poll Dorset and Texel sheep, with the aim of creating a large white sheep suited to Australian conditions, and with a self-shedding hair coat.
Herdwick ewes also commonly produce desirable market lambs and mules by cross-breeding with Suffolk, Cheviot, Charollais and Texel sheep. [2] Herdwick lambs are born black and, after a year, they lighten to a dark brown colour (the sheep are called hoggs or hoggets at this stage). After the first shearing, their fleece lightens further to grey.
Since 1997, Beef + Lamb New Zealand Inc has promoted and managed the New Zealand Beef and Lamb Quality Mark. [3] [4] In 2010, the organisation change its name from Meat and Wool New Zealand to Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd to advertise its focus upon meat-production. [2] In 2014, B+LNZ Genetics was founded by Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd. [5] [6] [7]
The Bluefaced Leicester (BFL) is a longwool breed of sheep which evolved from a breeding scheme of Robert Bakewell, in Dishley, Leicestershire in the eighteenth century. . First known as the Dishley Leicester, and then the Hexham Leicester, because of the prevalence of the breed in Northumberland, the name Bluefaced Leicester became known at the beginning of the 20th cent