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07/07/2010

 

 

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LATEST NEWS

Royal Highland Show 2010

1st Prize Shearling – Knock Papoose

2nd Prize shearling Mitchelhill Paparazzi

1st Prize Ram lamb GGH 10-033

Knock Papoose
 

GGH 10-033

Sire- Knock Papoose
 
                       

                                                                                         

Stock Sires used this year: -

Mitchelhill Paparazzi

2,600gns Lanark Premier

Sire Baltier Nailer

Tremendous ram incorporating super height, length & power, a leg in each corner with a great top line, hair and dark colours we have great expectations for Paparazzi and eagerly await his progeny
 

Knock Papoose

3,800 joint purchase Lanark Premier sale.

Maternal brother to 12,000gns Deveronvale Oddie and ET bother to the 9,000gns Sheeoch ram sold this year. His dam is G.dam to the record breaking 222,000gns Deveronvale Perfection. Packed with 5 star breeding Papoose with his cracking Texel head, length and skin is another ram with which we have very high hopes for this coming season. For those interested in performance recording Papoose has an index of 303

ACCAR PROCTOR

Sire Cosyn Texels Noble

(Male Champion RHAS 2008)

Purchased Ruthin 2009 for his Power,

Scale and Tremendous Character
 

Also Embryos sired by Knock Firefly and other top breeding rams

Established in 1982 Ettrick Texels, regularly attend many of the national and local shows and sale.

Focus has been put on purchasing rams possessing the qualities to best suit the three markets we constantly aim for - these three main markets are,

Ψ      Production of good skinned, well fleshed shearling rams to be sold annually at the Kelso ram sales in September.

Ψ       Breeding top quality ram lambs to capture the pedigree breeders market, in order to do so these lambs must have extra qualities which can include depth of hair, colours of the nose and eyes and flashiness as well as maintaining all of the traits and qualities of top commercial animals - being correct on their legs and feet, with good tight skinned fleeces and well fleshed bodies.

Ψ      Our other main market that we focus on is the production of top quality females for stock and sale. We generally keep around 20 for stock, while the surplus females which are often twin or embryo sisters of the above, are kept for the sales in August and September as well as 20 being held back for our Select 7 in-lamb sale at the beginning of December at Lanark. Gimmers and Ewes are also held back for the in-lamb female sales at Chelford and Lanark in January.

 Embryo Transfer has been used successfully within the flock in order to promote and increase the numbers quality animals within the flock, this has also enabled us to be able to sell quality females from our best breeding lines.

 

STOP PRESS!!!     ETTRICK JACKPOT PROGENY TOPS TEXEL MANIA

At the 3rd anniversary Texel Mania Summer Sale held in Ontario Canada an Ettrick Jackpot sired, Shearling ewe attracted the days leading price of $9’100.  Jackpot also sired a Ewe lamb of which a half share sold for $4’500, a further 3 jackpot females were sold to $3’500, $1’900 and $1’550. Averaging $4’110 for 5.

Jackpot son’s sold to $7’000 and $5’000 these included the top priced Shearing Ram and Tup lambs. In all 7 Jackpot sired rams averaged $2’628.

 

 

WEBSITE AUTHOR DAVID GRAY davidgok@hotmail.com