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Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society Ltd (WHSS) - news, information, sales and resources Home About Us About The Breed News Contact Links History of the Breed Wiltshire Horn Today Breed Standard Breed Enhancement Flock Book Stock for Sale The Society Council FAQ Events Downloads How to Join List of Members Society Sale Goods Click here for the 2012 Society Sale dates ............
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The Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society Ltd. maintains, develops and promotes the UK's rapidly expanding pedigree Wiltshire Horn Flock on behalf of the Society Membership.
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American Livestock Breeds Conservancy: Wiltshire Horn Sheep

In the 1990s, Wiltshire Horn sheep a second wave of importations to the U.S. greatly increased the genetic breadth of the American population.
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The sheep are large in size, with mature rams reaching weights of 300 pounds or more.
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The breed is distinguished by its self‑shedding hair coat.
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Wiltshire Horn sheep were first documented in North America in 1624 at Plimoth Plantation.
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The Wiltshire was the dominant type of sheep across southern England during the 1700s.
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The animals were used by Piel Farm in Maine in the development of a modern hair sheep breed known as the Katahdin.
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Wiltshire Horn Sheep -Byarlea Stud

"wiltshire horn sheep" Home Page | Byarlea History | Wiltshire Horn Information | Advantages of Horned Sheep | Byarlea News | Meat Quality | Show Results | Contact Us Brian and Jill Wilson Byarlea Wiltshire Horn Sheep Stud RSD 38, Crystal Brook, South Australia Phone / Fax: 08 86366219 Email: enquiries@wiltshirehornsheepstud.com ©Copyright 2011 Byarlea Wiltshire Horn Sheep Stud - All Rights Reserved This web site designed by Matt Wilson Last updated 31st JANUARY 2011
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The wiltshire horn sheep breed is a hardy, long lived breed of wool shedding meat sheep, which requires: NO shearing, NO crutching, NO mulesing Minimal fly problems Low maintenance, easy care Hardy, long lived High Lambing Percentages Adapt to all conditions Excellent Mothers Please enjoy this website and see how easy it is to purchase this ultimate breed of wool shedding meat sheep or contact us for more information.
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Wiltshire Horn Sheep

Wiltshire Horn Sheep are ideal for: Terminal Sires: Strong muscling, no shearing, no lice or fly problems, excellent carcass quality, lean meat, superior flavour.
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Home Wiltshire Horn Sheep are a hardy meat sheep with an ancient heritage which may date back to Roman times.
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This site contains a variety of resource materials available to the general public and includes additional resources for members only.
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Fair Meadow Sheep - Wiltshire Horn - Parasite Resistant Sheep at ...

By then, I will have done my bit for the Wiltshire Horn.
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Here in the U.S., Wiltshire Horn crossed with Katahdin sheds, usually has a hair coat with more muscle and bone but with smaller horns.
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1900: Small herds were kept mostly to raise rams for cross breeding as terminal sires.
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1700: The old Wiltshire were the largest of the fine wooled sheep of England.
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They need better nutrition than Katahdin especially the ram lambs because they are bigger, heavier animals.
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The Wiltshire Horn Breed The Wiltshire Horn is an ancient breed whose population has ranged from “incredible” numbers on the Wiltshire Downs in the 1700’s to a few thousand when the UK all but abandoned their meat breeds in favor of big profits from wool.
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Wiltshire Horn Sheep Wellworthy Flock

We are one of relatively few breeding flocks of this very versatile breed in the UK.
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These are just some of the many advantages of Wiltshire Horns; making them easy to keep for commercial producers, smallholders and particularly for newcomers to sheep keeping.
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Wiltshire Horn Sheep Wellworthy Flock Pedigree Wiltshire Horn Sheep Welcome Welcome to the Wellworthy flock of Wiltshire Horn sheep.
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Wiltshire Horn | The farm's guide

A few dedicated breeders persevered with Wiltshires, forming a breed society in 1923.
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Occasionally these horns grow too snugly to the rather massive adult jaw and must be cut off.
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They will usually lamb as lambs and the rams can breed at about 7 months.
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Woolessness also means no problems with external parasites and they don’t need their tails docked.
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They grow a heavy coat of coarse hair for the winter, shedding and rubbing it off as warm weather arrives leaving a short coat of straight hair for summer.
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Both sexes are white, with occasional dime-sized black spots in the undercoat.
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Whiterose Wiltshires

On the third attempt you get a dry day, the Don turns up and you even managed to have all the sheep in.
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Our stud ram is from Bev Trowbridge at Muriwai Valley Farm, Warkworth who imported the sire from Australia.
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The Australian Wiltshire Horn Sheep Breeders Association has a very informative website. White Rose Wiltshires We run a 33 acre lifestyle block on the Otago Peninsula and are in the process of breeding up our flock of Wiltshire Horn sheep.
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The Wiltshire Horn sheep created a lot of interest and it was amazing how many people thought they were goats!This is "Number 4" our stud Wiltshire Horn ram.Eyeing up the Wiltshire Horn ewes.Stock for Sale February 2011.
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You took another day off to take it to the merchants.
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Why then have you been working for 12 cents an hour.
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Australian Wiltshire Horn Sheepbreeders Association

Their distinctive body shape ensures that they have no trouble lambing, the vigour of the lambs gives excellent survival even in poor weather, and the ewes are excellent milkers.
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There is however one feature which sets the breed apart from all other sheep breeds in Australia - the Wiltshire Horn sheds its short fleece each year.
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Wiltshire Horn lambs and cross lambs have a successful history in carcass competitions, providing high dressing percentages (usually around 50% or better) and yields (the breed is well muscled with low fat).
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These include: selection for fast growth; selection for long carcasses and deeper eye muscle; the retention and improvement of the shedding characteristic; selection for worm resistance; selection for maternal performance, fertility and birthing ease.
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The ‘easy care’ aspect of the breed makes them attractive both as a commercial ewe flock to generate first cross lambs and to smallholders who may want to just keep a few sheep for table lambs or grass control.
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Faces, legs and bellies clear of wool year round, no wool on body in Summer, and a tough skin, greatly reduces contamination by grass seeds.
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WILTSHIRE HORN SHEEP - NEW ZEALAND RARE BREEDS

An intriguing item in the Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle of 12 May 1862, tells of Wiltshire Downs sheep being exhibited at the annual show of the Nelson Agricultural Association; they were “very fine animals” bred by a Mr Saxton from imported stock.
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What are today considered to be its most desirable features, especially its ability to forage, have been retained by the introduction of a Polled Wiltshire which carries polled Dorset and other genes, but this is essentially a mixed breed (see « Polled Wiltshire).
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Wiltshire Horn Stud - Yallambee

Wiltshire Horn Stud - Yallambee Welcome to Yallambee Wiltshire Horn Stud Yallambee Wiltshire Horn Stud was established in the Hargraves locality southwest of Mudgee in 2004.
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Read this article on Grass Fed Cattle for more informaton on the benifits.
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Visit our weather station here Yallambee was featured in The Land Farming Small Areas Magazine Web Design by Graphical Constructions
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Wiltshire Horn EBVs in demand - Signet Breeding Services

New flock benefits from recording “The flock has been recorded from the start, as I believe recording provides essential information on potential future performance” says Edward Jefferson owner of the Aspley Flock – and winner of the 2011 EBLEX Progressive Flock Award Winner for Hampshire Down Read more...
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Rapid genetic improvement has been acheived using the CT scanner to identify superior genetics within the flock and making widespread use of elite homebred sires.
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Semen from stock ram Handbank Madoc is available via the EBLEX Ram Linkage Programme Read more...
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Harper Adams Trial Shows Benefits of High Beef Value Bulls A beef trial at Harper Adams which compared the intensive cereal finished dairy-bred progeny from Limousin bulls with either a Top 1% or Bottom 1% Beef Value has shown massive differences in their performance.
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Balanced approach to selection pays off The balanced approach to selecting cattle with good EBVs for growth, calving ease and maternal attributes has paid off for Malcolm Corfield, as his BIG Myndtown Herd has been recognised by EBLEX as the Most Improved Herd of Stabiliser cattle for 2011.
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Byarlea Wiltshire Horn Sheep Stud

Our decision to run Wiltshire Horn Sheep has been one of the best things we have done on our farm.
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I doubt if there is a hardier breed of sheep.
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Flocks in other areas where there are fewer predators have 160% - 180%.
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I think they are the drought masters of sheep breeds, performing well in all climatic conditions.
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Throughout the dry years of 2002/2003 we have not hand fed the sheep.
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Wiltshire Horn Sheep | Willatook Park

Commercial Flock Information Wiltshire sheep are in demand for commercial use Australia-wide.
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Other commercial operators have used them as a ‘maternal sire’, that is to produce first cross Wiltshire/Merino ewes which can in turn be joined with a ram from another breed to produce prime lambs.
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All of those features make them suitable for many different enterprises.
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Wiltshire Horn Sheep | Willatook Park They may have originated in the Mediterranean as one of the original sheep varieties and been domesticated by the Romans.
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In recent years in Australia the wonderful characteristics of the breed have been improved even further by some clever breeding, and they are now very much a multi-purpose and very valuable breed of sheep.
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American Sheep Industry | Minor Breeds: Wiltshire Horn

Wiltshire Horn - The Creedy Flock

The four tupping rams, from left to right, Denis, Ben, Butcher & Basil tuck into their daily pre-tupping high protein Lupin feed, which is fed for eight weeks before tupping The Creedy flock is Media Visna and Enzootic Abortion Accredited flock with a high health status.
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This year (2006 lambing) I have 33 ewes and shearlings to put to the ram on 29th September and only 3 are left from the original purchased flock; the rest being home produced females.
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We are using four rams this year from four different bloodlines.
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Wiltshire Horn Sheep Breed & Breeding | Breedersales

They can also adapt to indoor and outdoor management systems.
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Wiltshire Horns first arrived in Australia in 1952 and have experienced a varied history - at one point, they appeared on the Australian endangered species list. In 2004, they had the third highest number of studs among the British breeds.
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They are also ideal in organic operations as they do not require the use of chemicals in management.
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Lambing percentages are generally 180 percent or higher, as it is common for ewes to produce twins and triplets in pregnancies subsequent to their first.
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This is extremely economic in a financial climate where the wool production industry is experiencing a decline. Their long carcase yields meat that is known to be deep in eye muscle, extremely flavoursome and without excess fat.
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Other common traits in Wiltshire Horn sheep include high fertility, large frames, horns, excellent muscling, strong hybrid vigour and an ability to perform well in marginal conditions.
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About the Wiltshire Horn breed

Unlike any other breed lambs are born with the appropriate covering for the time of year, either wool in winter or hair in summer.
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The rams are very sort after as terminal sires and for meat.
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The breed is one of very few which self sheds its winter fleece in the spring, revealing a light covering of hair for the summer.
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They have also played a part in the origin of a number of other breeds, although the Wiltshire Horn itself is a full blood breed, not the product of cross breeding.
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It is believed that the Wiltshire Horn was brought to the UK by the Romans as they recognised them as a breed that is able to live and thrive happily in most terrains and climates.
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Wiltshire’s are an attractive breed with both sexes having horns.
www.wellworthywiltshirehornsheep.co.uk/aboutthebreed.html

Wiltshire Horn Sheep

Wiltshire Horn Rams This is a photograph of Gorse Trumpeter, a prolific show winner, subsequently sold to Gatcombe Estate.
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Wiltshire Horn Sheep Longhorn cattle, Wiltshire and Oxford sheep in Warwickshire News Stock for Sale Longhorn Cattle Wiltshire Horn Sheep Oxford Down Sheep Suffolk Sheep Contact us Links How to find us Map and directions Shorthorn Dispersal Shorthorn photographs Pictures of Shorthorn herd dispersed at Worcester Market on 31st October 2009 Wiltshire Horn Sheep Of all our breeds, we feel that the Wiltshire Horn has the most exciting future and it is for this reason that we have built up our numbers to over 200 ewes.
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The Wiltshire Horn is gaining increasing recognition from commercial flockmasters both as a useful terminal sire in todays market as well from those seeking to breed the wool off their flock.
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EAGLENOOK ESTATE Wiltshire Horn and Wiltipoll Sheep Stud - HOME

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Wiltshire Horn Sheep for Beginners

To this end the Creedy Flock was judged the best Wiltshire Horn sheep flock in the south west of England and then went forward against the other UK regional finalists for the national competition.
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I gained a National Diploma in Agriculture at Plumpton Agricultural College, Lewes, East Sussex in the early 1980�s and have been farming for others and on my own since then.
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That is apart from a period of five years from 1985 to 1990 when, after a motorbike accident, I was left paralysed from the chest down and in a wheelchair for life.
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Wiltshire Horn - Signet Breeding Services

Signet is a division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
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New reports for the 2011 lamb crop will be avaialble in due course.Wiltshire Horn Breed Benchmark 2011Wiltshire Horn high five reportWiltshire Horn top ram lambsWiltshire Horn top stock ramsWiltshire Horn genetic trends Go back to Latest Reports © Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board 2012 | Use of this site is subject to our terms of use and our privacy policy.
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The event explained to pedigree and commercial producers how they could breed shedding sheep and focus on commercially important traits.
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