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Dorset on exhibition at Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Dorset Horn is an endangered British breed of domestic sheep. It is documented from the seventeenth century, and is highly prolific, sometimes producing two lambing seasons per year. Among British sheep, it is the only breed capable of breeding throughout the winter. [5]: 800
A Poll Dorset ram. The Poll Dorset, a short-wool, meat-producing sheep, was developed in Australia between 1937 and 1954 with the aim of breeding a true Dorset type sheep without horns. The poll gene was introduced into Dorset Horn flocks from two other polled breeds and following a strict back-mating programme achieved close to 100% of Dorset ...
The Polled Dorset is an American breed of domestic sheep. It is a polled (hornless) variant of the British Dorset Horn. It was developed at the North Carolina State University Small Ruminant Unit in the 1950s after a genetic mutation led to the birth of a polled ram. After some years of breeding work, a true-breeding polled strain was established.
In the context of sheep, Dorset may refer to: the Dorset Down, a British sheep breed; the Dorset Horn, a British sheep breed; the Polish Modified Dorset, a Polish sheep breed developed at the University of Life Sciences in Poznań; the Poll Dorset, an Australian sheep breed derived from the Dorset Horn
Dorset: Dorset Horn, Dorset Horned [84] United Kingdom Meat [84] Dorset Down: United Kingdom [85] Meat [85] Drenth Heath Sheep: Drents Heideschaap [86] Netherlands [86] Vegetation management [86] Drysdale: New Zealand [87] Wool [87] Duben sheep Bulgaria wool
These sheep must have at least 96.87% Wiltshire Horn genetics, completely shed their fleece annually, and be polled. The ewes are seasonal breeders, but are good mothers, have high fertility with a high percentage of multiple births. [1] Wiltipoll sheep may weigh up to 125 kg (276 lb) under reasonable conditions.
Naturally hornless, the Ryeland was the major breed used in the development of the poll gene in the Poll Dorset in Australia. The wool resists felting. The staple length is generally 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 in), with a fibre diameter of 25 to 28 microns . [ 6 ]
The horns are cream-coloured, often having one or more thin black lines running along the horn lengthways. [4] Lambs are born with a foxy-red coat which changes in the first few months to a creamy white. [5] The face is generally free of wool, but some sheep have a top knot of short wool.