Sheep Breed Selector

[sdsmowen]

This is a really neat tool it Listed #1 Cheviot for common and #1 Black Welsh Mountain for uncommon I find this very interesting since we were looking very hard at the Black Welsh Mountain sheep before we settled on Shetlands Which were #3 on this list

 

[AMT15]

did the sheep selector...... katahdin is number one on the "common" one, and on the uncommon, Dorper came first( I guess there's a reason why they're among the most popular of the hair sheep) and also on the uncommon selector, Dorper was followed by Romanov? And then there was the blackbelly, st. croix and polypay? Any one know anything about Romanov and polypay sheep? I'm not sure I should have taken that, lol.

Thanks,

 

[Symphony]

My top six were in order:

Corriedale

Targhee

Columbia

Montadale

Cheviot

Dorset

I really do like the stats on the Corriedales and the Dorsets. I may get a few. Lots of both in the area.

 

[cedarcurve]

columbia
hamp
oxford
montadale

pretty close to real life selection choices really... but I might have skewed my answers some though.

and the other one is

texel
panama
dorper
cotswold
lincoln



not that far off either really...
except i bet nobody in the us has panama

 

[Symphony]

columbia
hamp
oxford
montadale

pretty close to real life selection choices really... but I might have skewed my answers some though.

and the other one is

texel
panama
dorper
cotswold
lincoln



not that far off either really...
except i bet nobody in the us has panama

Don't recall Nazi ruling the World. A few countries but not the world, lol.

 

[Symphony]

My top six were in order:

Corriedale

Targhee

Columbia

Montadale

Cheviot

Dorset

I really do like the stats on the Corriedales and the Dorsets. I may get a few. Lots of both in the area.

My uncommon sheep were

American Cormo

Delaine Merino

Cotswold

Icelandic

Panama

Perendale

 

[bluebirdsnfur]

Sheep selector chooses for me:

Common...cheviot (yay!) I put cheviot!
babydoll southdown
finnsheep
polypay
corriedale

Uncommon...black welsh mountain. I put shetland. But I like black welsh mountain.

 

[CocoNUT]

Perendale (100%)
Icelandic (94%)

This is cool cause the Icelandics make me DROOL! Someday. Thanks SheepGirl!

 

[pinoak_ridge]

Mine came up Katahdins 100% Go figure. LOL it was right on the money.

 

[Hardy&Healthy]

Thinking of adding a few sheep next spring. I took your test, and the stick turned blue! Oh, wait... Different test!

Katahdin 100% then Oxford 100%

I am looking for (in the order I value them):
-Hardiness
-Feed efficiancy
-Breeding for meet
-No care for wool
-Good mothering
-Quick to market
I'm not asking for too much am I?
It isn't like I'm asking them to take themselves to the butcher for me... But, can they do that?

Just reading a five minute blurb about each one, I like the large size of the Oxford, but the Katahdin sounds like a better fit! Or is it?

Thank you for your effort putting this together! It is a great starting place.