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Yearling
Texel Rams
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In
November of 2000,
John and Eadie Steele had Texel embryos implanted into their OLIBS ewes.
They wanted to be able to provide a complete package to commercial buyers
- high health ewes and health-matched terminal sires. The Texel compliments
the carcass type of the OLIBS ewe and the OLIBS ewe provides the prolificacy
and milkiness needed to produce uniform, quality, market lambs. The Steele's
current Texel genetics are new bloodlines to North America from
New Zealand. They imported 127 Texel embryos to increase their Texel flock.
These embryos were implanted in September 2001 and the resulting lambs
were born in February 2002. The 38 ewes and 27 rams from various bloodlines,
make an excellent foundation for their purebred flock. |
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One
of the rams used in the New Zealand embryo importation was Meba 11.
He was selected on his outstanding dam-line performance. Meba 11 was
used in the year 2000 as one of three "Link Sires" in that year's New
Zealand Sire Reference Scheme.
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The young Blackdale rams were selected out of 350 ram lamb crop. B15/99
was +2.2kg weaning weight deviation and was the 2nd highest eye muscle
area out of the 105 lambs that they scanned. B201/99 was -1.3 kg on
weaning weight deviation and 14th in eye muscle area.
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Texel Rams for Sale
All weights and scanning results are recorded on the
Ontario Sheep Flock Improvement Program. The Ultrasound Backfat scanning
is done at the third lumbar vertebrae (base of the last rib). Our entire
flock is vet-certified free of Maedi Visna, Johnes Disease, Caseous Lymphadenitis,
Infectious Foot Rot and Enzootic Abortion. Please refer to OSHP page for
more information on health testing. (Click on all sale photos for
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| Thankyou
to
the many Purebred and Commercial producers who have purchased our Texel
rams. We're certain that these rams will contribute to your continued
success in the sheep industry. |
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2003 |
2002 |
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Mr. T Lund,
Wallace, Nova Scotia
T. Kissler, Goodwood, Ont.
D. Regier, Parkdale, Ont.
H. Sutherland, Huntingdon, Que.
N. King, Tottenham, Ont.
Allison's Livestock Farms, Georgetown, Ont.
G. Flim, Kendal, Ont.
E. Walker, Wooler, Ont.
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Moonswept
Ranch, Quesnel, B.C.
Wm. Allison Farms, Georgetown, Ont.
Ski-View Farms, Orono, Ont.
Parhaven Farms, Warkworth, Ont.
K. Cox, Norwood, Ont.
P.V. Shvyd'ko, Charollais Sheep, Ukraine
M&S Grendel, Warkworth, Ont. |
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2004 |
2005 |
D and H Kelly, Wheaton Settlement, NB
Rob Cowan, Roseneath, Ont
Dickinson Farms, Woodstock, Ont
Earle & Phoebe McEwen, North Gower, Ont
Craig & Christy Hoffman, St. Clements, Ont
Dave & Jennie Martin, Meaford, Ont
Ross & Michelle Graham, Tilsonburg, Ont
Bob Vandenbogaard, Thornloe, Ont
Ian D. Dobie, Glencoe, Ont |
Donald
E. Acres, Kinburn, Ont |
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Flock
Update
In
October 2004, we selected 19 of our best ewes to be inseminated to a dutch
texel ram, Kikkerts Pride. This ram's Scrapie genotyping is ARR/ARR. Our
highest EPD ram TXLL 35M also tested ARR/ARR and has been used extensively
in the 2004 breeding. This ram is sired by Meba 11 and his sisters have
been performing exceptionally in our flock. In the fall of 2004 we bred
59 ewes and retained 20 ewe lambs to add to our Texel flock. |
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From
the British Texel Sheep Society webpage:
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The
Texel has primarily been developed as a meat breed but its native
environment has endowed it with invaluable commercial traits. The
Texel ewe is hardy and exceptionally thrifty and her lambs have
a tremendous get-up-and-go attitude, searching hard for milk as
soon as they are born. Again, the breed's harsh native environment
has led to the development of a sheep that thrives on poor pastures
and requires only modest amounts of feed in the run-up to lambing
and whilst suckling. The Breed is well known in Europe and in the
continents of Africa and South America as a provider of a high quality
carcass which has a high killing out percentage. It is also well
known in many countries as a breed which transmits its qualities
to its progeny when used for crossing purposes. |
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