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Ile
de France Sheep
Breed
Information
Extremely
successful in France
- Developed in France starting in 1824
- The Ile de France Flock Book was established in 1982
- Most common meat sheep in France - 300,000 ewes or 22% of meat
sheep
- Origin is the Dishley Leicester and Merino
- Performance recording started by the Ile de France Flock Book in
1933. By 1959, all sheep breeds in France had followed suit.
- In 1968 the Flock Book began batch testing progeny. In 1972, a test
station was opened at Verdilly, where Ile de France are tested
and selected for meat qualities and fertility.
Beautiful
appearance
- Well proportioned
- Excellent conformation
- Thickly muscled hind quarters
- White, wooled sheep: Average fleece weight is 4 - 6 kg (9 - 13
pounds) with a 7 - 8 cm (2.75 - 3.2 inch) staple length and a
count of 56 - 60.
- Both sexes are polled
- Average ewe weight 70 - 90 kg (154 - 198 pounds)
- Average ram weight 110 - 150 kg (242 - 330 pounds)
- Withers height; males - 77 cm (30.3 inches); females - 67 cm (26.4
inches)
Top
quality lamb carcasses without excessive fat
- Lean, well-muscled lamb with large rib eye area and good killing
out percentage
- 18 - 20 kg (40 - 44 pound) carcass at 3 - 4 months
- Average daily gain of twin male lambs at 10 - 30 days: 251 grams
(0.55 pounds)
- Average daily gain of single male lamb at 30 - 70 days: 361 grams
(0.8 pounds)
- 19 - 20 kg (42 - 44 pounds) at 42 days of age
- 34 - 41 kg (75 - 90 pounds) at 100 days of age
- Gain well on grass alone
- Excellent feed conversion
Hardy,
easy care sheep
- Thrifty sheep that perform well on grass alone
- Very hardy, vigorous newborn lambs that are active and up and
nursing in short order
- Lambs average 4 kg (9 pounds) at birth so lambing problems are rare
- Lambs grow rapidly and have among the best daily live weight gains
and feed conversion in Europe
Very
fertile
- Breed year round
- 171% lambing average recorded in the fall and 198% in the spring
Highly
maternal
- Ewes are devoted mothers
- Excellent milk supply
- Excellent udder conformation with very well placed teats
- Lambs are smaller/moderate sized at birth so lambing problems are
rare
- Calm disposition
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