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22/12/2010

 

 

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Chelford In Lamb Sale 8th Jan 2011

18 Quality gimmers heading to the sale from the Ettrick and Tima Flocks. Served in lamb to some of the top rams in the breed.

               

GGH 09 207 Sold Select 7 to G.Morrison Deveronvale for 5,000gns
 

 

 

Select 7 11/12/2010

15 Ettrick Gimmers sold to average £1054

Wishing all customers new and old all the very best for the New Year
 

Pictured left

GGH 09 124 Sold Select 7 sale 2010 to Perry McNickle for 2,200gns
 
                                  

                             

GRS 09 061 Exciting new female into flock purchased jointly with Connachan for 2,600gns at the select 7 this year
 
 

 

 

GRS 06 011 purchased jointly for 4,800gns one of the flocks major donor ewes leaving in excess of  £16,000 this year alone
 

                                                                                         

Stock Sires used this year: -

Mitchelhill Paparazzi

2,600gns Lanark Premier

Sire Baltier Nailer

2nd prize shearling RHAS 2010.

Tremendous ram incorporating super height, length & power, a leg in each corner with a great top line, hair and dark colours. Sons have sold to 4,600gns including Res champion Welsh Prem 2010
 

Knock Papoose

1st prize Shearling Ram RHAS 2010

Sire of lambs to 10,500gns (Carlisle 2010) and sire to 1st prize ram lamb RHAS 2010.

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
 

 

 

Knock Reebok

Sire Garangour Playboy

Son of HAK 05 034 – one of the best breeding ewes in the British Texel flock book! Sons have sold to 20,000gns and daughters to 12,00gns. Reebok is full brother to Knocks Lanark 2010 highseller. This boy has suberb style lovely white hair and is one of the best carcased sheep we have seen in years

 

 
 
 


 

Ettrick Rainbow Warrior

Sold for 10,500gns Ό share Retained

Sire - PAPOOSE

 

ET brother to 1st prize Ram lamb RHAS 2010

G.dam was sold for 7,000gns to Milnbank and maternal sister stood 1st prize gimmer RHAS 2009.

 

Rainbow Warrior has the most fantastic shape of head, length and skin. For a lamb as long he has a tremendous top line and gigot to match

 
 

 

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