Dohne Merinos Advantages

WHY DOHNE MERINOS?

BENEFITS FOR COMMERCIAL BREEDERS PURCHASING DOHNES

THE EASY-CARE MERINO   –   Sustainable and Profitable!

  • Well balanced dual-purpose merino
  • Naturally polled, plain bodied, well muscled frame with non-mulesed breech
  • Reproduction- ease of lambing and excellent maternal ability – high fertility with weaning rates of 110-150%
  • Highly efficient meat producer with rapid maturing lambs. Growth rates of 350gms/day up to weaning.
    At 6mths can easily achieve 50kg marketing weight
  • Ideal alternative to traditional First Cross sheep, with the advantage of premium wool
  • Dohne ewes produce 5-6kg high quality 18-22 micron wool
  • No threat of contamination to current merino wool production
  • Self replacing easy care flock that adapts well to environmental and climatic conditions
  • Non selective grazers that do well on low quality pastures

 

Screen Shot 2015-07-15 at 2.42.09 pmPractical information for Dohne Merino breeders on the genetic
potential of their sheep can be found here:

www.dohne.com.au

www.sheepgenetics.org.au