Key Points:
- Very hardy, very tough, good natured
- Best as maternal sires
- Extremely well muscled
- White, bulky, 34 micron wool
- Low maintenance sheep
- Outstanding lamb survival
General Information:
- Birth weight 3 to 4 kgs
- Bond well with lambs
- Responds well to either intensive farming or no shepherding
- Lambs growth rate 250-350gms per day
- High yeilding carcases. ‘Lamb Oscar’ finalists, 2007
- White, bulky 34 micron wool, 4 to 5kgs per ewe
- Ewes require 80-85% of the feed normally provided to winter traditional NZ whiteface sheep
- Good foragers. Grow few dags, if any
- Outstanding lamb survival
- Mobile sheep which muster easily
- Natural tolerance to parasites higher than found in NZ white-face ewes
- 112 days lactation may have 100% of these lambs ready for slaughter at 15+kg carcase weight
- Medium sized, compact, stocky sheep
Comments: Increasingly being used because it is tough and runs on little fuel. ‘Relaxed’ Perendale Texels require little attention. There is a shortage of breeding stock nationwide.
