News
April 2012: our first goat has given birth
Black Beauty started and brought 6 days too early one female and one male goat. A picture is shown uder "new crop".
March - april 2012: most lambs are born
In the meantime most sheep have given birth. We got a lot of lambs and we are lucky not to have met the problems of the Schmallenbergvirus.
For the first pictures see "new crop".
February 2012: yearly registration for the flock book
On February 9th Hans te Mebel has done the yearly registration of our ewes and rams with the following result:
1 ewe got 86 points for general appearance
3 ewes 87 points
8 ewes 88 points
3 ewes 89 points
2 ewes 90 points; fathers of these 2 A-ewes are respectively ram 829 and 1338.
1 ewe got 86 points for general appearance
3 ewes 87 points
8 ewes 88 points
3 ewes 89 points
2 ewes 90 points; fathers of these 2 A-ewes are respectively ram 829 and 1338.
Ram 4598-1000 got the following points:
| head | dev. | musc. | prop. | type | legs | fleece | general appearance | height | depth | length |
| 88 | 88 | 90 | 87 | 88 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 67 | 35 | 84 |
Ram 3938-802:
| head | dev. | musc. | prop. | type | legs | fleece | general appearance | height | depth | length |
| 87 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 87 | 82 | 88 | 87 | 62 | 31 | 72 |
Ram 4598-1212 (with heterozychoot Boroola-gen):
| head | dev. | musc. | prop. | type | legs | fleece | general appearance | height | depth | length |
| 85 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 63 | 32 | 74 |
December 2011: our goats have mated
We used 5 male goats to mate our 11 dwarf goats, so it will be a surprise to see their lambs. We hope to welcome them beginning May 2012.
August 2011: Show of our district in Ermelo
On saturday August 13th we hope to participate in the show of our district with our sheep:
2x 2 ram lambs
1x 3 ram lambs
1x 2 yearling ewes (father 4598-829)
1x 3 yearling ewes (father 4598-829)
1x 4 yearling ewes of the same father (4598-829)
You are welcome!
January 2011: Registration for the flockbook
On January 26th Hans te Mebel has inspected our sheep for registration in the flock book.
Ram 4598-1000 got 87 points for outward appearance and 88 for muscularity. His sizes are as follows: heigth 65, depth 33, length 79.
Ram 4598-1050 got 88 points for outward appearance and 88 as well for muscularity. His sizes are as follows: heigth 71, depth 37, length 87.
Furthermore 26 ewes have been registrated, of which 2x 85, 4x 86, 6x 87, 7x 88, 7x 89 and 1x 90 points. The blood line of the A-ewe (4598-864, mother of ram 1000) starts with ewes bred by Henk Ankersmit and our ewe is the 7th ewe in a row at the mother-line, which has been registrated with the predicate A (90 or more points for outward appearance).