Are These 'Dorper Sheep'?

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I have recently obtained 4 new sheep! The people I got them from told me that the 2 ewes are 'Dorpers', and the younger 2 are 'Dorper/Kahtadins'! Does anyone have any idea what breeds or cross breeds thay might be? Lol, I am pretty sure they are not Dorper(don't look like any I have ever seen before anyway!).
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I'm terrible at being able to see pure or crosses...have a white dorper ewe, a black headed dorper ram, katahdin ewe, and crosses. None are are wooly as the older two. My avatar is our lamb that was a cross of the katahdin and dorper.

Hope someone can help solve what they are...but they don't look dorper to me?
 

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The three in front of the pic look like they may be Kat/Dorper but that one in the far back doesn't look like any Dorper I've ever seen...wool is too long and the head doesn't seem right.
 

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Thanks for all the imput!! The couple that I got them from said the ewe in the front of the pic, is 3yrs old, and as a ewe lamb she had 4 lambs, and raised 3 herself! Last spring she had five and raised 4 herself.
So, maybe Sheepgirl, they are a cross with a dairy breed cause I beleive there is one that has multiple lambs!
 

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Yes, I was just going to say they look like my East Friesian ewes and ram. Just FYI, I milk mine and the milk is great. ;)
 

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Thanks for all the imput!! The couple that I got them from said the ewe in the front of the pic, is 3yrs old, and as a ewe lamb she had 4 lambs, and raised 3 herself! Last spring she had five and raised 4 herself.
So, maybe Sheepgirl, they are a cross with a dairy breed cause I beleive there is one that has multiple lambs!

Sounds like FinnSheep...they are known for having 3-5 lambs~one was recorded as having 9 lambs. Here's a pic of one and some breed info:

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http://www.finnsheep.org/finnsheep-in-print/finnsheep-in-spin-off/
 
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