Dorset Sheep - Horned
Horned Dorset Sheep Breeders Listing & info
Horned Dorsets originated in England and Wales and have been an identifiable breed since the 16th century. Imported into Canada during the 19th century they were, for many years, one of the cornerstones of the sheep industry. The Canadian Horned Dorset type owes more to the older style British animal. It is a lower set animal and smaller than its American or Australian counterpart. After the introduction of the Polled Dorset in the 1950's, many breeders switched over and the Horned Dorset declined in numbers.
La Dorset con cuernos se originó en Inglaterra y Gales y ha sido una raza identificable desde el siglo XVI. Importada a Canadá durante el siglo XIX, fue durante muchos años, una de las piedras angulares de la industria ovina. La Dorset con cuernos Canadiense posee más del animal Británico tipo antiguo. Es un animal bajo y más pequeño que sus contrapartes Americanos o Australianos. Después de la introducción del Dorset acorne en la década de 1950, muchos criadores cambiaron y la Dorset con cuernos declinó en número.
Characteristics of Horned Dorset Sheep
90 - 125 kg
Rams / Béliers
55 - 90 kg
Ewes / Brebis
175 %
Lamb/Ewe Percentage / Pourcentage d’agnelage
Bright white, dense
Fleece / Qualité de la toison
27 - 33 kg
Weight / Poids
7 - 10 cm
Staple Length / Longueur de fibre
27 - 33
Micron Count / Micron
Horned Dorset Sheep Breeders Listing
- Bob-Lo Farm, Lois & Robert Gunn
- RR 8, Owen Sound, ON, N4K 5W4
- 519-371-3956
- Beth Collins
- Box 67, Tara, ON N0H 2N0
- 519-934-3239 collinsb@bmts.com
- Cox Creek Farm, Ted Lawrence & Liz MacKenzie
- 3968, Route 309, Buckingham, QC J8L 2W9
- 819-281-1655 dorset@coxcreekfarm.com
- Coyote Acres, Patric & Lorri Lyster
- Box 24 Halkirk AB T0C 1M0
- 403-741-8597 780-614-0569 www.coyoteacresranch.com
- Double JT Ranch, Jensen, Josee & Todd Lang
- 6309 Buckhorn Rd. Kamloops, BC V1S 2A1
- 250-828-2293 joseetoddlang@yahoo.ca
- Durango Farm, Brian & Lynn Cathcart
- 350 Conc 8 Ramsay, Carleton Place, ON K7C 3P1
- 613-257-4343
- Emmerdale Eden Farm, Arhtur, Tina & Alex Davies
- 10 Emery Rd, Summerside, PE C1N 4J8
- emmerdaleorganics@hotmail.com www.emmerdaledenfarm.com
- Greg Fenton
- Box 124 Onanole, MB R0J 1N0
- Ph/Fax: 204-636-2580 sachmo@mts.net
- Gralyn Stock Farms, Tom, Kim, Paul & Kylie Pomehichuk
- Box 29, Solsgirth, MB, R0J 2B0
- 204-842-3708 gralyn@mb.sympatico.ca
- Debbie Hutchings
- 434 McCann Rd, Portland, ON K0G 1V0
- 613-483-8000 lambtrax@outlook.com www.debbeesbees.ca
- William Ironside
- 3315 Wilkins Rd. Prince George BC V2M 7B8
- 250-561-0337 zannepg@telus.net
- Ken & Jane Isaac
- Midland, ON
- 705-534-4237 jk.isaac@bell.net
- Sonrise Farm, Gerald Te Velde
- RR 8, Owen Sound, ON, N4K 6W4
- 519-538-4704 sonrisesheep@yahoo.ca
- Valley View Sheep Farm, Greg Marshall
- Kingston, Nova Scotia B0P 1R0 9
- 02-848-6013 jgmarshall@eastlink.ca http://users.eastlink.ca/~jgmarshall
- John & Marg Vandermeer
- RR 2, Godfrey, ON, K0H 1T0
- 613-273-5484 Fax: 613-273-1277 maggivan@rideau.net
- Windblest Farm, Bryan & Janice Lever
- 1821 Ferguson Falls Rd., Lanark, ON K0G 1K0
- 613-259-5484 windblest@trytel.com
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