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      • Blackface
      • Blue-faced Leicester
      • Border Leicester
      • Charollais
      • Canadian Arcott
      • Clun Forest
      • Columbia
      • Corriedale
      • Cotswold
      • Dorper
      • Dorset
      • East Friesian
      • Finnish Landrace
      • Gotland
      • Hampshire
      • Icelandic
      • Ile de France
      • Jacob
      • Katahdin
      • North Country Cheviot
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  • Classified Ads
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    • ASBA Membership
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    • Producer Resources
    • Scholarships and Awards
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  • Sheep Breeds
    • American Blackbelly
    • Blackface
    • Blue-faced Leicester
    • Border Leicester
    • Charollais
    • Canadian Arcott
    • Clun Forest
    • Columbia
    • Corriedale
    • Cotswold
    • Dorper
    • Dorset
    • East Friesian
    • Finnish Landrace
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    • Hampshire
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Southdown

  The Southdown was developed in Sussex, England during the late 1700's and early 1800's and exported to the US shortly after. In this century it became known as the "Aberdeen Angus" of the Canadian sheep industry because of its ability to flesh out on a small carcass, however the breed dropped drastically in numbers in the 1960's because of its too small stature and difficulty with lambing.
Breeding improvements have restored size to the Southdown while preserving its feed conversion efficiency and the breed has come back into favor. It is a medium sized sheep that excels in producing meaty carcasses for the medium to light lamb marked. The Southdown is very docile, adapts well to confinement operations and can be easily finished on pasture. Southdown rams are widely used as terminal sires to put finish on many other breeds but the ewes are usually bred pure. Because of its size and gentle nature, the Southdown makes an excellent starter flock or 4-H project for children. 

Southdown Breeder Listings

 

 Andrew Paisley (AJP)

City & Country Southdowns 

Box 221

Carbon, AB CANADA T0M 0L0

andrewpaisley485@gmail.com

Tel: 604-302-5800

https://cityandcountrysouthdowns.ca

 

Nicole Shelley-Schieck (NMRS)

552002 RR 135 Box 1188

Two Hills, AB CANADA T0B 4K0

nmrs.business@gmail.com

Tel: 780-993-2037

Tel: 780-953-2037

 

Ellie Woods (ESC)

RR 1

Blackie, AB CANADA T0L 0J0

Tel: 403-684-3008

 

Jennifer, Ellie & Lane Woods (EJL)

RR 1

Blackie, AB CANADA T0L 0J0

livestockhandling@mac.com

Tel: 403-684-3008

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