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- Fife
Do they exist?
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Inverdale Shedders
- Thread starter unlacedgecko
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Woolless
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- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
Not that I've heard of, no.
MJT
Member
If you’ve got enough shedding ewes and purchase a few inverdale ram lambs there’s no reason you can’t start and breed your own flock of inverdale carrying shedders .would just need a lot of record keeping to keep Tabs on what Carries the gene to make sure you don’t breed sterile double carriers .
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
When I saw this thread, I thought you might have seen something new at Welsh Sheep yesterday.
Abergoats perhaps?
Abergoats perhaps?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
No, but an Inverdale carrying ewe and an Inverdale carrying ram can, if the resultant offspring carry two copies of that gene.
If shedding sheep had the inverdale gene bred into them, then it could happen.
That's the double muscle Gene is it not?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
No, it infers prolificacy. Myomax is the 'double muscle' gene.
Thanks,
So there is nothing visible on the sheep as to show it's a carrier .(all the Aber sheep have come about since I emigrated)
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
No, and neither is there with Myomax. 2 copies of Myomax just means they will have 10% more lean meat in the hindquarter, than the same genetics would without it. They can still be plain sheep, just perhaps not as plain as they might have been.
An infertile ‘double Inverdale’ female is supposed to have tiny teats.
Inverdale was discovered over there, then brought over here (long before Innovis got involved iirc).
Downton_shep
Member
- Location
- Leintwardine
Innovis were dabbling with shedders when I spoke to someone at the RWS in the summer. Not sure if they carried inverdale though.
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
As Innovis sometimes have recorded sheep of other breeds at their sales (@neilo?), enquiries were made about the possibility of consigning some recorded Easycares that direction. No, as they saw them as direct competition for their maternal lines was the apparent response.
Thanks, so which breeds carry these genes. Myomax in Beltex I think
Many breeds /populations have sheep that carry this gene.....Lleyn / Easycare/Exlana most of the terminal breeds---probably in most breeds
Thanks Tim
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
A lot of terminals also carry the headomax gene these days
What's this one do then?
- Location
- Fife
Means they have massive show pony heads, causing lambing difficulties.
they got square heads and shoulders, would be a bit like shitting a brick I guess.
mind you when they're out you should get a 'decent' lamb
they got square heads and shoulders, would be a bit like shitting a brick I guess.
mind you when they're out you should get a 'decent' lamb
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