Milford Sheep Breed

dunnacoirbe50 · 03-07-2020 11:46am #1

Anyone have any idea of the breeding (crossing) behind the milford sheep breed?

thelegend1979 · 03-07-2020 11:17pm

Very difficult to find this out. I think there is scotch and leicester breeding in there somewhere. Being bred pure in Donegal. Lovely sharp heads. Have milford rams here. Great to put sharpness into lambs.

dunnacoirbe50 · 03-07-2020 11:23pm

Being bread straight in donegal for years but must have been a few crosses to get them originally

Lambman · 07-07-2020 5:21pm

Yea as far as I know its Leicester x horned then suffolk used on that cross and the lambs off that would leave u a milford? Supposed till be very hungry big sheep.

dunnacoirbe50 · 07-07-2020 7:28pm

Lambman wrote: »

Yea as far as I know its Leicester x horned then suffolk used on that cross and the lambs off that would leave u a milford? Supposed till be very hungry big sheep.

Would it be the blue or the boarder that would be used?

Tomc21 · 25-07-2021 4:28pm

There is no such thing as as a pedigree milford sheep they are a cross of Scottish blackface and blue and border lecister ram their lambs are crossed with Suffolk or a Suffolk cross ram i know this as i am from the area

kk.man · 25-07-2021 9:57pm

They are beautiful looking sheep.

Dickie10 · 03-08-2021 9:48pm

Can I ask why is sharpness a good trait in sheep?

Mad about baa baas · 04-08-2021 5:21am

Sharpness of head i assume you mean? I would say its purely cosmetic but if a man is going to be looking at them twice a day he should like the look of them

Milford Sheep Breed

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