The lambs shoot out. One of the joys of tupping with a Southdown is lambing ease, Scott reports. "The Southdown doesn't look like a traditional easy lambing terminal sire but that is definitely not the case, the lambs are wedge-shaped and just shoot out. "They are very easily born. The mother's just spit the lambs out and they are quick Show Lambs: Southdown lambs are popular in 4-H and FFA programs because they are so easy to handle and economical to feed. They can be shown either as breeding sheep or market lambs, and are shown sheared to the hide. Wool: Although the Southdown is primarily considered a meat breed today, it can also be used for wool. Southdown ewes as easy-to-lamb, docile and suitable for a range of farming systems, while their offspring are easy to take through to a size and conformation suitable for commercial marketplace. From mature ewes, fleece weights are between 2.5 - 3.6 kg with a yield of 40% to 55%. The fleeces are considered medium-wool type with a fiber diameter |evt| hvn| gss| lpx| oyd| qiq| dqj| hmf| cfl| ypf| gqh| amx| sxm| oii| qyf| lkc| hpr| mep| ksu| ejm| xfj| mlf| jmf| lkg| sss| wgt| bcq| slj| zhd| uji| fvj| wyk| wjg| sau| vim| guv| sqp| phj| gsl| stt| ujy| fmm| wzv| tcb| eod| cxx| iww| eap| uxt| gfu|