We raise Dorper and Black Belly Barbados sheep
to compliment our cattle operation
- Developed in South Africa over 60 years ag
- Outstanding forgers on fescue pastures
- Excellent Conformation
- Have black head and white body (Dorper) or are completely white (White Dorper)
- Thickly muscled hind quarters
- Ideal size - mature ewes average 210 pounds
- Heavily muscled hind quarters
- Lean Meat
- Fleeces, which are a hair/wool mix, are shed once a year
- Fleece staple length is short
- More meat, less wool!
- Nonselective grazers
- Internal and external parasite tolerance
- Long lived
- Easy keepers so maintenance costs are low
- Thrive in marginal conditions
- Lambs are very vigorous at birth so lamb mortality is low
- Do well in a variety of climates - arid, wet, hot and cold
- Top performance under extensive or intensive conditions
- Rams may breed as early as 100 days
- Breed year round
- 3 lamb crops in 2 years can be readily achieved.
- Heavy milking with great udder conformation
- Easy lambers (lambs are well proportioned at birth with smaller heads. Muscling begins to develop by 2 - 3 weeks of age)
- Docile