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Border Dorset Borderdale Leicester Cheviot Coopworth Down SOUTH ISLAND BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS

High fertility High fertility Compact, hardy, free moving sheep used High fertility Quality meat producers A self shedding meat breed Early maturity Easy care lambing and high growth weight Crossed with romney/corriedale/ for crossbreeding and as a terminal sire type—strong High quality mid micron (26–31) wool Capable of lambing 3 times in 2 years High yielding for crossbred commercial ewes production Excellent mothering ability Bulky, low lustre wool of 28–33 microns Strong mothering ability Used mostly as a terminal sire for Heavyweight carcass Prime lamb production Easy care lambing Bred for longevity crossing into ewe flocks Excellent grading Good fleece weights Lamb production (120–130%) Longevity Breeding selection based on meat Increasingly fertile breed Two types—the White And Black Wool type—down Wool type—strong Wool type—strong Headed Dorper Wool type—strong and wool production Wool type—medium

English Drysdale East Friesian Leicester Finnsheep Hampshire Lincoln SOUTH ISLAND BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS

White wooled Specialty fibre for wool carpets High milkers Sound constitution and vigorous Highest fecundity Early maturing lean carcass Top fleece weights Out of season breeding Premium paid for wool High lambers Excellent mothers Highly intelligent Top meat yielding Highest micron wool High milking ability High yielding premium grading carcass Fast growth rates Easy lambing and early maturing Crossed successfully with all New Zealand High natural fertility Greatest tensile wool strength Uniquely New Zealand Good cross breeders Lustrous free flowing heavy fleeces sheep breeds and long living breed Very maternal with strong hybrid vigour Super longevity Meaty lean sheep Wool type—strong Wool type—strong Wool type—strong Wool type—fine Wool type—down Wool type—strong

Merino Oxford Perendale Poll Dorset Polwarth Romney SOUTH ISLAND BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS MAINLY SOUTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS

Hardy constitution Quick growth, matures early Medium to large active sheep High growth rate, well muscled, low fat Big upstanding sheep with good Good constitution—adapting well to Maternal frames and barrel varying terrains and climates High quality fine wool 12–24 microns Good yielding Easycare hill country sheep High fertility Docile Crosses well with all breeds High bulk, low lustre High fertility 120–50% Good fertility (120–200%) Thrifty Long breeding Milking and mothering ability Good grading and grows more wool Lamb production (100–170%) wool of Wool type—fine, heavy weights 5.5 kg+ Good producer of both meat and White-faced Fine texture tasty meat season than other down breeds 31–37 microns White wool Wool type—fine strong wool Ultra white wool of 21–25 microns Wool type—medium Wool type—fine/medium Wool type—medium Good mothering and survivability

South South Wiltshire Shropshire Southdown Dorset Suffolk Suffolk Texel Horn BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS BOTH ISLANDS MAINLY NORTH ISLAND

Good sire crossbred lambs Terminal crossing sire Early maturing breed Produces lambs which show vigour at birth, Rapid weight gains Dual purpose meat breed No shearing, crutching, dagging or flystrike Hardy Mousey coloured face and legs with a Perform under extreme drought are fast growing and mature early Draft at any time without excessive fat Hardiness High lambing percentage (150—180%) lengthy well muscled body conditions Wool type—medium, hard wearing Will reach heavy weights without excess fat Easily identified Exceptional muscling Hardy, good feet, high immunity and Fast growing high meat yielding lambs Good temperament Most common prime lamb sires in survivability Are efficient converters of grass to meat Wool type—medium/high bulk Fine, short wool used for quality bedding Fertility well above New Zealand Strong hybrid vigour and no wool on legs, Wool type—down Wool type—down average Wool type—down belly, crutch in first cross Resourse Book 21

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