This sale boasted a record entry of rams for this Sheep Ireland sale. In total 306 lots were catalogued across seven breeds. On sale day we saw a huge crowd attend and this justified the decision to introduce a second…
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This sale boasted a record entry of rams for this Sheep Ireland sale. In total 306 lots were catalogued across seven breeds. On sale day we saw a huge crowd attend and this justified the decision to introduce a second…
Next phase of OVIGEN announced OVIGEN (sheep genomics research project) is now offering heavily subsidised genotyping to ram breeders that participated in the initial stages of this project. These initial stages offered all performance recording ram breeders in the Texel,…
Included in this manual is the information and some handy links to help you to maintain and performance record your Pedigree Flock. Gaining Access to your Sheep Ireland Account To get the most out of the Sheep Ireland Application and to avoid…
Another first for Irish sheep genetic improvement Over the past number of weeks Sheep Ireland have been circulating Parentage Verification results to pedigree ram breeders that participated in the OVIGEN sheep genomics research project, which Sheep Ireland is involved in…
What is Accuracy% – Accuracy% is one of the most critical aspects of the Sheep Ireland genetic evaluations. Many people speak about the €uroStar ratings of a particular animal – each €uroStar rating should only be considered and used IN ASSOCIATION…
Last week we talked about the potential of using a Lamb Quality Score (LQS) to help predict a lambs days to slaughter. This week we look at how well the Days to Slaughter (DTS) breeding value predicted lambs age at slaughter.…
In 2016 a lamb quality score (LQS) was collected on over 2000 central progeny test lambs when they were between 60 -100 days of off age. The LQS is a visual appreciation of the overall quality of the lamb (score…
Case Study: John Renehan, Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny; Violet Hill Flock The Violet Hill flock is run by John Renehan who runs a flock of 70 Pedigree Belclares and 45 Pedigree Texel ewes alongside a flock of 310 commercial ewes. John splits…
You can search by: Breed Breeder County by using the search box below. For an example click here. Once you have found a breeder you can then search for their animals on the Ram Search using the flock prefix
Case Study: Richard Moore, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny; Columbkille Flock Richard has been breeding Suffolk sheep all his life, his flock was established in 1958 by his father and has been performance recording his flock through LambPlus since it began in…