The brightest representatives of sheep of valuable meat breeds

Sheep breeding has long been considered a profitable business, as these animals are the fastest growing. At four months, a lamb will weigh half an adult ram, and about 80-90% a year; a lamb per day recovers an average of 200-400 grams. The most attractive in breeding sheep is unpretentious care. Filling the mutton market with a high-quality product requires breeding breeds that are characterized by very high productivity.

These requirements are capable of satisfying meat and meat and wool-bearing breeds. It is about such productive representatives of sheep that we will tell you today, revealing all the advantages and disadvantages of each of the breeds.

Texel - a brief description of the best in the world of the gene pool of sheep breeds

This breed of sheep was bred by crossing in the nineteenth century, in the Netherlands, on the island of Texel, whence the name of the breed originated. Today, in many countries around the world, Texel is recognized as the best and most common beef breed of sheep.

Animals are large, proportionate build, meat forms are well pronounced. Wool is very thick, with a large number of grease, semi-thin, with large curls. The color of the described animals is white. The exterior is very atypical for the CIS countries.

The most valuable quality of Texels is considered fertility - from 170 to 230%. Such statistics allow this breed of sheep to enter the category of very prolific breeds. By the age of two months, the lambs weigh 27 kilograms, and 25 kilograms are bright, if twins were born, then 22 and 21 kilograms, respectively. Mothers always have enough milk for two lambs.Lambs grow very quickly, which contributes to an earlier entry into puberty.

This breed of sheep can be safely recommended for carrying out crosses in order to improve reproductive and dairy qualities, meat productivity and just fertility. The quality of the carcass, the constitution, development, growth rate of Texels has always been at the highest level.

It is not necessary to speak about the shortcomings of texels, since sheep farmers simply cannot name them.

Other important features of Texel animals

This breed is characterized by predominantly intensive grazing. Sheep pasture content is increasingly being sold on reaching 50 kilograms (the amount of fat at this weight is minimal).This breed is characterized by poorly developed herd instinct, so they can stay on pastures together with dairy breeds of sheep and even with animals of large cattle.

If the livestock breeder takes care of additional feeding in advance, then Texels can also be grown in adverse conditions (during severe winters, dry summers). This breed is very hardy, well adapted to growing on pastures, resistant to diseases. It has good resistance to internal parasites.

The most intensive growth of Texel lambs is observed during the first four months, then the growth process slows down. Particularly high growth rates can be observed between the tenth and thirtieth days.

What can surprise Texel productivity: get acquainted with the main indicators

At birth, the lamb weighs about 5 kilograms, and bright - about 4 kilograms. At four months of age, the live weight of lambs, respectively, reaches 45 and 38 kilograms. The average live weight of ewes is 64-70 kilograms (the maximum weight reached 125 kilograms), the slaughter yield averages 50-60%.

Meat productivity, as can be seen from the statistics above, the Texels are very high.The meat has no peculiar smell, tasty, not fat, with a fine structure of muscle fibers. Almost throughout all ages a large amount of muscle tissue is contained in the carcass. Fat deposits are insignificant.

This breed is valuable and the output of wool - about 60%, nested the washed wool in uterus is 5.5 kg, and in sheep - 6.6. Haircut produced once a year in the summer.

Gorky meat sheep - all the nuances of the breed

This breed of sheep was bred in the middle of the sixties in the USSR, by crossing Hampshire individuals with the northern short-tailed multifetus.

This breed is meat-haired, komoly, long-tailed. Individuals have a strong, light bones, well-developed muscles, as, indeed, all animals of meat breeds. Legs are relatively short. The sizes are average: the height of withers of an adult ram is 70-75 centimeters, in a sheep it is 65-70 centimeters.

The color of the Gorky breed is black and gray. Initially, lambs are born completely blackened, after a while the wool becomes gray, the final color: the head and legs are black, and the body is light. Wool is semi-fine, short.

Benefits:

• The fecundity of Gorky sheep 120-140%. Holes are easy, usually without complications. Lambs are born with a weight of 3 to 5 kilograms, ryachki - from 3 to 4 kilograms, on average they are able to add 160-220 grams per day, on the basis of this, by the age of four months, lambs reach a weight of 25-30 kilograms.
• The cost of feed quickly pays off, well gain weight, even with not very nutritious feeding.
• Gorky sheep breed is absolutely unpretentious in the content, very hardy.
• Slaughter output has a good indicator.
• High milk content and quality of dairy products.

Let's talk about the shortcomings

• On the territory of the CIS, the Gorky breed of sheep has almost become extinct, today there is a need to resume the gene pool economy.
• He cut his hair a little, besides, the fleece in animals is heterogeneous.
• Gorky sheep productivity - statistics only
• Slaughter carcass yield 45-55%. At the same time, the carcass contains about 85% of the pulp, that is, the resulting lamb is not at all greasy.
• Wool from Gorky breed of good quality, heterogeneous, in length reaches 7-10 centimeters. Fleece has a staple structure, which is equalized by the fineness of the fibers.From one sheep with unwashed wool, you can cut from 3 to 6 kilograms, and from a sheep - from 2.5 to 4 kilograms. Pure wool is obtained within 60%.
• Milkiness in this breed of sheep - 130-150 liters of milk for a lactation period of about 120 days.

Vendey sheep breed: briefly about the main features and advantages

Vandeyskaya is an ancient French, meat-woolly breed. To date, in France, the Vandeyskaya is the most common.

This breed of sheep is represented by individuals of a reddish-brown suit with elements of white wool. Wool 30-36 microns - semi-fine, high-quality, good obrosly, homogeneous. The fibers are 5 to 8 centimeters long. The size of the breed is average, well expressed meat qualities. Height at the withers in an adult ram is 70-76 centimeters, and sheep - 60-70 centimeters.

Vandey sheep breed due to thick wool is able to endure harsh windy and rainy conditions. Even being in the pouring rain, the animals do not get wet, they adapt well to any weather conditions.

The breed is fertile, since their birth rate reaches 190%. In the Vandey sheep maternal instinct is highly developed.As a rule, newborn lambs are very active, gaining weight well.

In spite of the highly developed maternal qualities, in the sheep of Vandeys, lambing is often difficult. The reason for this is the birth of large fruits (4-6 kilograms). Therefore, it is necessary to constantly look after ewes "in position", participation in a person's lambing is also desirable.

Distinctive features of the Vendean breed of sheep

• Early sexual maturity. Lambs are born with a weight of 4-6 kilograms, and by the fourth month this weight is multiplied tenfold, reaching 40-60 kilograms. Average daily gain from 200 to 600 grams. This breed is characterized by an incredibly fast growth of young.
• Gourmets especially appreciate this breed for marble meat. It has no excess streaks of fat, it tastes lean. In general, meat productivity is very high.
• Figures that talk about the productivity of representatives of the breed
• The shearing of unwashed wool from sheep makes from 2 to 4 kilograms, and from rams from 3 to 5 kilograms. Pure wool is obtained about 70%. Sheepskin has a very high quality, widely used in industry.
• An adult ram weighs from 90 to 150 kilograms, and a sheep weighs from 60 to 110 kilograms.As a result, the slaughter yield of carcass is 40-55%, about 80% of the pulp is from it.

Meat-hair Frenchwoman Charolais sheep - all the secrets of this breed

Charolais was brought to France in the early nineteenth. The direction of its productivity is meat and wool. Sheep of this breed are very obedient, have a calm disposition. The constitution of individuals is characterized by:

• elongated shape;
• short, hairless legs;
• flat back;
• long, skinny tail;
• thin, long ears, which, as a rule, have the same color as the head.

The suit is bright, black spots may be present on the head and legs. The head is low-coated with hair (compared to the body). The height at the withers of a sheep is 60-70 centimeters, and the ram is 65-80 centimeters.

Coat gray or pink color. Soft, short wool (4-6 centimeters), thin (30-32 - fineness), 55-60 quality. Runa weight 2-2.5 pounds.

Thesis about the main advantages of the Charolais breed

This breed has good potential for development and growth.

Unpretentious content.

The meat has no excess fat, lean.

It is common for ewes to drop a certain amount of wool for the period of lambing, literally immediately after serving it stops.But in general, with the content of a large number of ewes, the wool productivity of the flocks decreases significantly.

In general, the fertility of Charolais ewes is very high - 180-190%. In 80% of the ripening period, the brightness begins to manifest itself already at the age of seven months, but the fertility in this period is slightly lower. Light lungs, as a rule, occur in March, December and January are no exception. The maternal instinct in these animals is well developed. Though lambs are born without wool, they are quite viable.

Productivity statistics that speak for themselves

Odintsy ryachki born with a weight - 4.7 kilograms, rams 5.5 kilograms, twins - yarochki - 4.3 kilograms, rams - 4.2 kilograms, triplets - within 3.5 kilograms. The average daily weight gain of a single lamb reaches 500 grams. At the age of three months the weight of the lamb reaches 40 kilograms. The one-year-old ram weighs 100-150 kilograms, and the sheep -70-100 kilograms. Slaughter yield - 45-55% carcass.

Charolais individuals are widely used for crosses in order to increase meat qualities, as well as to increase the growth rate of sheep of indigenous breeds. This breed is especially valuable for mating in any period of all seasons.

Briefly about the edilbayevsky breed of sheep - representatives of the coarse, meat-and-meat direction of productivity

The Edilbavsk breed was bred at the beginning of the 19th century on the territory of Kazakhstan, for a nomadic lifestyle. Bred it in extreme climatic conditions. Based on this, unpretentiousness to the conditions of detention, a very strong constitution, a high level of survival were genetically fixed.

Color light brown or red, black and white, black. Edilbayevsky sheep are always komolye. The growth of an adult ram at the withers reaches 85 centimeters, the girth of the chest is 100-105 centimeters. Wool coarse, heterogeneous.

These animals are well tolerated and hot heat, and frosty winters, and even long droughts. They are completely unpretentious to the conditions of detention. If the stall is not wet, they will calmly endure cold winter nights.

Lambs grow quickly and intensely. After six months, the growth slows down significantly, then they get stronger.

The main advantages for which it is customary to breed this breed are considered to be very high-quality fat tail and meat.

When slaughtering for meat, this breed has the lowest bone mass, thus increasing meat yield.

The perennial breeding of edilbayevsky sheep showed that the productivity of sheep essentially depends on the coat color. Black suited animals are considered to be the leaders in the production of meat-wool products, brown, red sheep occupy the second place in terms of productivity, and third place.

A distinctive feature of the famous sheep wool Edilbaevskoy breed. The most popular of its use are well-known woven Kazakhstan carpets.

Sexual maturity comes from eight months of age. Lambing during the summer months is not considered desirable, since lambs will not have time to get strong enough for winter. The strongest are individuals born in the winter.

Edilbayevsky sheep, unlike other breeds, are resistant to snow crust and ice, are practically not injured during winter grazing.

Among the coarse-haired breeds, edilbayevskaya is famous for its high milkiness, about 150 kilograms. Lactation lasts for 120 days. In addition, from sheep's milk produce delicious dairy products - airan, cheese.

Efficiency or what attracts sheep breeds edilbarovskaya breed?

The meat and grease productivity of the edilbayevsky breed is a little inferior to other meat breed, but it is much higher than the indicators of quality and size of the trimmed wool. He cut 3-3.5 kilograms from an adult ram, and from 2 to 2.5 kilograms from bright rams. About 56% of wool is down, 24% is awn, and about 20% is transitional fibers. The length of the wool fiber is on average about 15 centimeters.

The live weight of newborn lambs is from 5 to 6 kilograms, in the third week this figure doubles, and after forty days - the weight of the lamb reaches 20-24 kilograms, in the third month of life - 35-42 kilograms. The carcass of edilbayevsky sheep at four months of age weighs 20-25 kilograms, and fat tail fat - 3-4 kilograms. A well-fed adult individual has a fat tail weight of at least 12-14 kilograms, and carcasses 40-45 kilograms. Meat tastes like a typical fat tail breed. The maximum weight of adults reaches 110-160 kilograms - sheep and 65-100 kilograms - bright.