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    The document provides information on the Dorper sheep breed. It discusses the breed's history, originating from a cross between Dorset Horn rams and Blackhead Persian ewes in South Africa. The breed was developed for its heat tolerance, lack of shedding, and fast growth. Dorper sheep are now widely farmed for meat internationally. The profile describes their size, shedding patterns, mothering abilities, and suitability for commercial meat production.

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    4/30/2021 Dorper Sheep Profile Information Guide | Sheep Farm

    Home  Sheep Breeds  Dorper  Dorper Sheep Pro le Information Guide

    Dorper Sheep Pro le Information Guide


    By sheepfarm

    Dorper Sheep Pro le:


    Let us discuss about Dorper sheep pro le details here.

    Dorper Sheep.

    History of Dorper Sheep:  In the early 1930s, meat-sheep raisers in South Africa set out to create a
    mutton breed that didn’t require shearing and could produce high-quality, fast-growing lambs under
    harsh conditions. To do so, they crossed British Dorset Horn rams with fat-tailed Blackhead Persian
    hair-sheep ewes, the former because of its ability to breed out of season and the latter for its supreme
    heat-hardiness and its wool-less hair coat. The resulting sheep were culled for productiveness and
    colour. The end result was a black-headed white sheep they called a Dorper (“Dor” for their Dorset Horn
    sires, “per” for their Persian Blackface dams). Other breeders created an all-white version they called
    the White Dorper.

    Twenty-eight farmers and 11 o cials formed the South African Dorper Breeders Society in 1950.
    Dorper sheep and White Dorper sheep were (and continue to be) registered in separate ock books,
    but they’re scored on the same set of characteristics. The rst National Dorper Show was held in
    Hopetown, South Africa, in 1955. It’s since grown to be one of the biggest small-stock shows in the
    world, with more than 1,000 sheep vying for annual prizes.

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    In the mid-1990s, American and Canadian sheep ranchers became interested in Dorper sheep, but
    because the USDA doesn’t have an import protocol for South Africa, Dorpers had to come to North
    America as embryos processed through the Canadian import system. The rst purebred Dorper lambs
    were born in the U.S. in 1995. Dorper sheep are now the fastest growing sheep breed in North America.
    Signi cant populations exist in South America, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, as well.

    Conformation:  Dorper sheep are large, broad, muscular sheep. Rams range in weight from 230 to 275
    pounds, while ewes are smaller at 155 to 210 pounds. Both sexes are polled. They grow light, protective
    body eeces during the winter months and shed or mostly shed them the following summer. (They
    shed from the bottom up, and some Dorper breeders shear their animals’ backs to keep their sheep
    neater looking.) Dorper sheep have hair on their tails instead of wool, so some Dorper breeders leave
    their tails long instead of docking them as lambs.

    Special Consideration/Notes on Dorper Sheep:  Dorper sheep are the ideal, easy-care meat sheep.
    They’re both heat and cold hardy, they eat brush and weeds as well as grass, and ewes are protective
    mothers that don’t require crutching (trimming the wool around their udders and backsides) prior to
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    lambing. Dorpers usually deliver twins, and lambs are born big and vigorous, weighing 7 to 11 pounds.
    Ewes give lots of milk, and lambs begin eating solid food at an early age, producing a muscular, lean,
    roughly 80-pound carcass at 12 to 14 weeks.

    Dorper sheep are sensible, easily worked sheep. Some feel the White Dorper is slightly more docile than
    its black-headed kin.

    Two categories exist for Dorpers and White Dorpers in the American ock book. Only animals of 100-
    percent South African breeding are full bloods. Full bloods and pure-bred are registered in separate
    ock books. Pure-bred never achieve full-blood status.

    For Agriculture in In India : Read here.

    For Boer Goat Information: Read here.

    Read: Sheep Shed Design and Construction Plan.

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