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We can’t sum it up any better than the society:
For us Dorset sheep offer an efficient and attractive sheep that is versatile both in breeding and management. Dorsets are famed for their out of season breeding but are not just suited to that purpose and compete well breeding and lambing at more conventional times of year. Their out of season breeding does however work brilliantly within arable systems allowing arable farmers to make the most of the incentives that are now available for integrating livestock into arable systems.
Ewes are excellent mothers, milk extremely well and, if you want them to, can achieve lambing percentages of 250% by breeding 3 times every 2 years.
Rams mature and work early improving the efficiency of the system and allowing faster genetic improvements. They are also very good natured and easy to handle.
Lambs grow well, and with performance recording get better all the time, and many are ready to leave the farm at 10-12 weeks. This allows access to the market when prices are high and reduces the inputs needed to bring a lamb to finishing. With most of a lamb’s intake each day used to maintain itself rather than to grow, every day of production saved is a significant reduction in farm input and carbon/methane output and exponentially improves our efficiency.