H6:19:01860
- Top 1% of the breed
- Sired by Essie Excelsior out of Essie Samson - all bred well for the Essie flock.
- Terminal Sire index 348
- Maternal Index 279
Essie Ethos
"Our Shearlings are naturally produced on a grass based system. After the 16 week
weighing and scanning, the lambs are turned out to grass for the rest of the year.
They are out-wintered all winter and the shearlings begin a supplement of oats in
July. We believe that by maturing naturally our shearlings achieve their mature
weight, size and strength naturally and go on to perform consistently for years.
We have done Performance Recording for 25 years. After the standard performance
recording at 8 and 16 week weighing, we transport 15 of our ram lambs to Edinburgh
for CT scanning. This allows us to measure meat to bone ratio in the lambs more
carefully, helps us to calculate a more accurate index measurement, and assists in
maximising the accuracy of our genetic breeding values.
Attention to health is paramount within the flock. The flock is MV Accredited,
Scrapie Monitored, CLA tested and clear for 15 years now. All stock rams have
been genotyped ARR/ARR for many years. At least another 10 top tup lambs are
tested every year and also result in ARR/ARR results"
The Essie flock average Terminal Index is 5.29 (in the top 1%) and has an excellent Maternal Index of 297 (top 1%)