It is a hardy breed and capable of performing well under most conditions. Suffolk It is native of U. Head and ears entirely free from wool. Both rams and ewes are polled though rams sometimes have scurs. Its average wool yield kg. Mature Rams weigh kg and ewes from kg. Ewes are very prolific and excellent milkers.
Suffolks imported to India have performed poorly than Dorsets. Merino The most popular fine wool breed of the world, originated in Spain. It is a white faced sheep with white feet. Rams have horns whereas the ewes are hornless. Most of the head and legs are covered by wool. The animal is extremely hardy being able to survive under adverse weather and poor grazing conditions. The ewes live and yield longer than any other breed.
Rambouillet It was developed in France. This breed has a large head with white hair around the nose and ears. Rams have horns and ewes are hornless. Rams weigh as much as kg and ewes up to a maximum of 90 kg. It produces an excellent fine-wool fleece.
The fleece is heavy, close, compact, covering most of the body including face and legs. Cheviot Is a medium wool breed, primarily developed in Scotland. The breed is small with erect ears, a clean white face and white legs, covered with short white hair. The nose, lips and feet are black. Rams weigh on an average upto 80 kg and ewes up to 55kg.
Southdown This breed is one of the oldest English breeds and has greatly contributed to the development of many other breeds of sheep. It is a small sheep excellent for mutton production. Body is low-set, compact, wide and deep with legs wide apart.
Head is broad; face is light brown coloured. Rams weigh about 80 kg and ewes 55kg at maturity. Jamunapari Jamunapari breeds are found mainly in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Its coat colour is white with tan or black markings at neck and ears They are beard in both sexes; havetuft of long hairs in the buttocks. It is largest and most elegant of the long-legged goats of India. It has pronounced Roman nose having a tuft of hair which results in parrot mouth appearance.
Their horns are short and flat and horizontally twisting backward. An adult male ranges from 90 to cms in height, whereas a female goat ranges from 70 to 80 cms in height. It is, tall and leggy with convex face line and large folded pendulous ears.
Generally found in white colors. Their ears are large and drooped downwards. An adult female weighs between 45kgs to 60kgs, whereas an adult male ranges between 65kgs to 80kgs.
Average birth weight is up to 4 kg. Average age at first kidding is months. Have the ability to yield 2 to 2. The fat content of the milk ranges between 3 to 3. They thrive best under range conditions with plenty of shrubs for browsing. Beetal It is are found mainly in the state of Punjab These breeds are grown mainly for the purpose of milk and meat. Generally smaller than the breed of Jamunapari. Coat Colour is predominantly black;or brown with white spots of distering size Males usually possess beard.
They are not so heavy in weight. Average birth weight - 3 kg. An adult female goat ranges between 40kgs to 50kgs, whereas an adult male ranges between 50kgs to 70kgs. Age at first kidding - months. Average lactation yield - kg. They are having the ability to give, one kg to two kgs of milk per day. Maximum yield being This breed is mainly found in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu.
This is mainly found in various areas of Tamil Nadu state. This sheep breed has white color skin with red spots on the body. This breed is mainly found in various parts of Tamil Nadu. This breed is mainly reared for meat purpose. Also read Advantages and Problems in Goat Farming. Dear patron, thank you for being our reader.
Readers like you are an inspiration for us to move Agri Journalism forward. We need your support to keep delivering quality Agri Journalism and reach the farmers and people in every corner of rural India. Every contribution is valuable for our future. I am Vivek Verma. The structure of their lips helps them to clean grains lost at harvest time and thus convert waste feed into profitable products.
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