our breeding aims

We score the physical traits of our lambs - in particular feet, conformation and wool quality. As an additional tool, we use the Lambplan performance recording service, which measures growth rates, muscling and leanness. Sheep are weighed at various ages and stages and then eye muscle and fat depth are measured by ultra sound. This raw data is fed into a national database to produce Australian Sheep Breeding Values and indexes for each sheep.

We test mate and evaluate 6-10 leading sires from around the country (AI program) each year to ensure that we are utilising the best genetics available within the breed.

We aim to produce prime lamb sires with the following characteristics:

• high fertility
• large-frame
• produce early maturing lean lambs
• no black fibre or horns
• dense white fleece
• minimum lambing attention
• strong constitution in all conditions
• clean wool-free face and legs to minimise grass seed problems