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Hardy and Adaptable Dorper Sheep are highly adaptable and do well in harsh, extensive conditions as well as in more intensive operations. Excellent Maternal Qualities Ewes are excellent mothers and heavy milkers. Ewes lamb with ease and lambs are vigorous with high survivability. Non-Seasonal Breeding Dorpers are non-seasonal or
have an extended breeding season. They can easily be managed to produce three
lamb crops in two years. Reproductive Efficiency Dorpers are very fertile and prolific. Lambing rates of 180% can be achieved per lambing. They are early maturing and ewes will produce a lamb crop at one year of age. Pre-potency Dorper sheep cross well with commercial ewes of other breeds and as terminal sires produce fast growing, muscular lambs. Non-Selective Grazers Dorpers are excellent converters of a wide range of forage types and they excel in grazing or weed control operations. Heat and Insect Tolerant Because of their Blackhead Persian origin, Dorpers have natural tolerance to high temperatures and heavy insect populations. They are productive in areas where other breeds barely survive. Parasite Tolerant Studies indicate Dorper Sheep are better able to deal with a parasite burden than many other breeds. While management of parasites may still be necessary, targeted drenching practices yield good results. |
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