The Sherborne Flock
Sherborne Poll Dorsets 'Genetics in Clover'
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The Sherborne Flock
Sherborne Poll Dorsets 'Genetics in Clover' |
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Success at Centurion Selection DaySherborne Storm (S0659) was voted Centurion Ram of the Year at the recent Centurion selection day (2012). In the top 1% of the breed, with a Terminal sire index of 376, this Sherborne Lewisham son (L211) is out of a Sherborne Federal daughter. Storm has been entered for this year's breed May Fair on 8/9 May in Exeter.
For SaleEwe Lambs 95 September and November born ewe lambs - vaccinated and can be registered if buyer requires.
Ram Lambs
All enquiries welcome Ewe Lambs Show Weight GainIn July 2011 we decided to go back to tupping a proportion of our September/October 2010 born ewe lambs, something not done here for five years. An average body weight of 55 kgs was always used as a yardstick to determine which sheep would be run with the ram. This current group averaged between 60-65 kgs, showing an increase of nearly 10kgs! This is particularly pleasing because they do not receive any concentrates, once weaned in late December.
‘Ewe lambs running with Manorcroft Panther’ At the time of writing this, all of the group had either lambed to Panther or were in lamb to Poorton Netherbury for February 2012. Rams Travel The Channel
We were recently delighted to export four rams to a large commercial flock in France, where they will be used for crossing onto 1,000 Ile De France ewes. The resulting females will be more docile and better at forage conversion whilst maintaining an out of season breeding ability. Flock Competition ResultsAt the Breed’s AGM in November in Kingsbridge in Devon, the Sherborne Flock picked up several awards in the National Flock Competition. Our rams picked up the trophy for Best Group of Stud Rams. The ewes lambs finished runners up, with the overall flock also finishing second in the Large Flock section, going on to be eventual Reserve Champions overall. Worcester Show 2011
Sherborne Nato won the Shearling Ram class. Having also been successful at this year's Bath & West, this Poorton Kingcombe son was the day's top price at 490 gns.
Sherborne Nelly was the day's overall Champion after winning the Shearling Ewe class. Bred from our show ewe Florida, Nelly was sired by Poorton Jeppy - the same sire as our May Fair Female Champion, Nadia Bath & West Show 2011
Sherborne Prince Regent was Reserve Breed Champion and followed this up by becoming Champion Performance Recorded Ram, beating a class consisting of various other breeds. May Fair 2011
Sherborne Nadia (N133) - Female Champion May Fair 2011 Sherborne Nadia (N133) was awarded Best Shearling Ewe and Overall Female Champion at this year's May Fair. The Poorton Jeppy daughter later sold for 480gns to Mr Rod Dallyn of Wimborne for his Pilford Flock. Other highlights at the Fair for our Flock was Sherborne Pretender finishing second in the Signet class before joining Sian Downes at Sian-D. Sherborne Platinum and Preference were third in the pairs, before both going to Northern Ireland, where they will join Raymond Hill's Olive Tree Flock and Angus Fleming's Drumlin Flock respectively. Purchases
The Sherborne Flock would like to thank all purchasers of ram lambs and females at the sale and wish them every success with their sheep. Waitrose Award
The Sherborne Flock was awarded the Waitrose Dorset Lamb Producer of the Year 2010. The award combines the quality of the lamb produced with accuracy of numbers delivered on commitment. 2011 has got off to a good start as well, with 96% of lambs achieving specified grades, averaging over 19kgs DWT. Please contact us immediately if you have any interest or further queries! Complete our on-line request formor Enquiries to the following please
Richard & Robert Hole The Sherborne Flock Hillstreet Farm Holwell Sherborne Dorset DT9 5LJ
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