First registered in 1971. the flock was established by using Brenley Coopworths sires over stud quality Border X Romney ewes and also our already performance selected Romney flock. From the outset, intensive selection based on performance recording has been undertaken for the number of lambs reared, lamb weaning weight, lean growth rate, wool weight and
The breeding of the Texel x Coopworths (TCs) started in 1991 with the release of Texels from 5 years of quarantine. Looking to lift hardiness and meat quality of the Coopworth who already had lambing, mothering and wool production. The toughness of this cross and clean points, along with much earlier high-yielding lambs made this
The Textra™ was developed in 1996 using a mix of Texel, Coopworth and East Friesian breeds. The aim was to create a high performance dual purpose flock which can deliver its own mated live weight in lamb production by weaning at 100 days from birth. The Textra™ has an early reproductive ability which allows for
SIL Flock 3552 Bred in response to clients wanting a colour marking sire for mating ewes excluded from breeding replacements, this terminal sire is becoming very popular. Like the Texel Coopworth cross, the Texel Suffolk cross enhances desirable attributes from the respective breeds. Initially using good growth rate, well muscled Texel ewes put to the
Impressed by the useful qualities displayed by the Texel breed while observing them as a supervisor for the Sheepac quarantine stations, Blackdale invested in a group of top quality purebreds on their release in November 1990. This included a ½ share of the top pick four tooth Ram Sheepac 365/88 – “Mr. Muscle”. While imported