Babydoll information.
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With the right planning and infrastructure, Babydoll sheep can be a huge asset to vineyards, both in terms of monetary benefits and overall vineyard health.
At our inaugural BSBA Babydoll Stud Tour on 27 November 2022, we were delighted to welcome Linda Power who was the first person to start developing a Babydoll sheep breed for Australia. Linda called her sheep Babydoll Southdowns. We now call them Babydolls to differentiate them from the larger, leaner type of Southdowns that have been developed in the last few decades in Australia.
Linda has given us permission to share her talk and photos on our website. In Australia we are lucky to have a big sheep meat and wool industry. One of the benefits is the high quality, evidenced-based information provided by state agriculture departments and sheep industry bodies.
Here are some webinar recordings from SheepConnect NSW and other information that you might like to dip into when learning about all things sheep. What is the difference? This seemingly simple question is tricky...
It short, in Australia a Babydoll sheep is a smaller, stocky type of Southdown with a woolly head. BSBA breeders are adding coloured wool, patterns, spots and stripes as part of creating a new Babydoll breed. The breed standard describes what a Babydoll should be. If the sheep doesn't have mostly Southdown genetics in the pedigree, it isn't a Babydoll no matter how small, cute and fluffy it might be. |
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