New Sires for this year.                                                        Updated: 02/08/2011

    In 2011, we will be using two new service sires in the Lowerye flock.

Edstaston Leopards Den (TG:1100073).

    Leopards Den was bought from Robert & Jeanette Gregory at the Worcester Premier Sale 2011 for 3,000gns. He is the third highest index ram lamb of 2011, with an index of 500. CT scanning showed him to have the widest eye muscles of all the lambs scanned in 2011 which, coupled with an exceptional eye muscle depth measurement, gave him the highest eye muscle area of the year at 49.92 square cm. His dam also bred the highest eye muscle area lamb in 2010, sired by Leopards Den's grandsire. Leopards Den is the highest performing lamb to date, from Rainbow Hermes bloodlines, being a son of Edstaston Informe (TG:8088). Informe is a son of Rainbow Hermes (XPU:7035) from the superb show ewe, Edstaston Dubai. He was purchased jointly with Peter Scott's Eastbach (WEA) flock.

Edstaston Leopards Den.

    Leopards Den carries 2 copies of the MyoMAX gene.

Lowerye Lover Boy (ZVY:1100618).

    Lover Boy is a heavily fleshed son of Mortimer Investment (HH:8169) with strength throughout. He is out of a strong dam by Rainbow House of Letterawe (XPU:7009). Lover Boy is almost identical to L.Lucky Lad (ZVY:1100534), that I sold for 4,000gns at the 2011 Premier Sale, but carries a higher level of fat. He will be used on some ewes that tend to breed high muscle with low levels of fat, in order to balance their traits.

L.Lucky Lad.

Mortimer Investment.

    Lover Boy carries a copy of the MyoMAX gene.

  Sire Reference EBV's:

    I have included the top 10% percentile ebvs for reference. 

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