[Rosemary]

The difference between GOS and Shetland is that the GOS protection is for the breed not where they are raised, otherwise the GOS would all have to be raised in Gloucestershire. The whole thing seems a tad nitpicky to me given the huge liberties taken with labelling already. Surely a Shetland quailty make guaranteeing that it was born, raised and finished on Shetland - and could have been applied to all Shetland produce - might have been better.

[bamford6]

Dorpers were created in South Africa in 1942 by crossing imported Dorset Horn Rams onto Persian Black Headed Ewes thus creating a hardy, prolific, milky breed with excellent vigour and maternal traits. A breed standard and society were set up in 1950 and it is from these standards that the modern Dorper sheep has derived from. Along the way White sheep were produced which in turn became, understandably, White Dorpers. A breed Society for White Dorpers was recognised in 1959, but eventually both came under a single Society.


Dorpers can now be found all over the world and are very popular in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand and Canada as well as many European countries. The first Dorpers into the UK were imported in 2004 by Mrs Bernadette Dowling, followed by various imports of Embryos mainly from New Zealand along with recent Canadian Embryos and Semen imports so as can be seen The Dorper in the UK is a very young breed and no doubt will differ slightly in the future compared to its South African descendants.


It is however quite ironic to think that genetics exported from the UK 70 years ago might have found their way back in a new breed.
Semen 30 doses from top Canadian sire WDi 32R Zorro @ £45 per dose

 



      12 doses from Kingsrig Esau (UK 562595 F416) @ £20 per dose (he was a NZ embryo)

Embryos 26 Canadian Embryos:
      12 from Ram H Stud
      14 from WDi Stud @ £300 each (there are 2 straws left with a single embryo in each, the others contain 4 each and cannot be split)

Discount will be offered for large orders.

The embryos and semen all feature in the current Innovis catalogue.


This ram will be for sale at Builth Wells 2nd August 2010

 

He was part of a group shown at Liskeard Show entered from the Churchill Flock

He was Reserve Champion of the any other breed class (their shearling ewe was Champion) and was also part of the Winning Group they exhibited - this is the only show he has been to this year.

 

big money for the rams and uews sell well over 300 pounds .i think at the moment that iff you are feeding stock at the price it is. you need the best turnover same with goats

[shetlandpaul]

bamford are they able to cope with your weather. thought the breed was soft.

[bamford6]

i hope last yere was a 1 off

[shetlandpaul]

so do we.

[bigchicken]

I good on you Islanders. I just wonder how many pure breed Shetlands actually are sold as Shetland lamb come from the Shetlands. My understanding is most are used as mothers to a terminal sire such as a cheviot. I keep Shetland sheep and they are worth very little money purebreed for meat except specialised outlets of which there are only so many. How many folks reading this post have seen Shetland lamb for sale in there local butcher on even a supermarket I would think not very many. I have no objections to this description but find it pointless.