Породы овец
Dorset Horn
Порода овец
- Dorset on exhibition at Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Dorset Horn is an endangered British breed of domestic sheep.
- The “Dorset Horn” mutation on Adenium was firstly found on Adenium Multiflorum discovered by Mr. Somsak, my adenium master, for 12 years.
- DHA - Dorset Horn Adenium, Song Phi Nong. 3,697 likes · 1 talking about this.
- Dorset Horn koyunlarının boynuzları hafiftir ve düzgün bir şekilde öne kıvrılmıştır. Dorset Horn koçlarının boynuzları ise ağır, dışa ve öne doğru kıvrıktır.
- The Dorset Horn, which was developed to its present form in the mid 1800s, and is known for its all round qualities as a meat and wool producer.
- Dorset Horn’s fleece is considered a down type fiber, growing a staple length of 3-5 inches over a year with a mature ewe’s fleece ranging in weight from 5-8lbs.
- The Australians prefer polled sheep for ease of management and using Ryelands were able to develop a polled variety of the Dorset Horn, the Poll Dorset.
- Dorset Horn sheep were first imported into the US about 1860, although the breed didn’t appear in large numbers until the 1880s.
- Fleece of the Dorset Horn sheep is strong, close and free from dark fiber. Average live body weight of the Dorset Horn ewes is between 70 and 90 kg.
Краткая информация
Дорсетский рог - британская порода домашних овец, находящаяся под угрозой исчезновения. Документально она известна с семнадцатого века и отличается высокой плодовитостью, иногда давая два сезона ягнения в год. Среди британских овец это единственная порода, способная размножаться в течение всей зимы.