Macquarie Dohne Stud
- State
- NSW
- Region
- NSW - North
- Animal
- Sheep
- Breed
- Dohne
- BJD Status
- MN2
- Town
- Warren
- Address
- Warren
- More Info
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View Contact Details
- Mobile
- 0427 474 610
- Phone
- 02 6847 4610
Macquarie Dohnes
History
The Dohne is a dual purpose breed developed by the South African Department of Agriculture in the late 1930's using Australian Peppin type Merino ewes and German Mutton Merino Sires.
The progeny were interbred and selected for high fertility, rapid lamb growth rates and fine wool under commercial conditions.
The Dohne today is a well-balanced dual-purpose breed that allows the commercial producer to market both a quality trade and heavy weight slaughter lamb and fine-medium wool.
The general appearance of the Dohne is naturally polled and plain bodied.
Breed Performance
The Dohne combines high fertility (110-150%) with rapid lamb growth rates (up to 500gm per day). The breed is a highly efficient meat producer with slaughter lambs achieving market weights of 50kg at 6 months of age.
The mature body weights of ewes varies from 60 – 75kg depending on the environment and the ewes produce 5-6kg of high quality white wool of 18-22 microns with an AWEX grading of 1.
The Dohne is a product of a breeding system that relies on full progeny and performance records combined with visual classing for conformation and trueness of type by Association appointed Assessors. This breeding system is a unique Quality Assurance program for the commercial sheep industry, allowing producers to select genetics that are backed by complete across-flock comparisons as well as pedigree integrity. Using the Estimated Breeding Values available on each registered animal, a commercial sheep breeder has the ability to select genetics with the emphasis and performance that he or she requires for their particular flock.
The Dohne is adapted to a wide range of environmental and climatic conditions from intensive production systems to extensive arid rangeland. The breed has been developed as an easy care, low maintenance animal with excellent conformation, combined with fleece rot and fly strike resistance.
These attributes have made the Dohne the ideal Merino breed for a self replacing wool/meat enterprise.
The versatility of the breed with its balanced approach to wool and meat production, is the breed's main strength. The use of other specialist meat breeds as terminal sires over cast-for-age Dohne ewes has the ability to further enhance meat production in a meat dominant market, while the base flock is continuing to produce a high quality wool with a micron range that insures market acceptance.
Lamb processors have found the Dohne carcasses to meet market specifications with ease and to deliver a commercial advantage to them in that there is less need to trim the carcasses at the higher weights.
Macquarie Dohnes
The Macquarie Dohne Stud was instrumental in introducing The Dohne breed into Australia and establishing the Breed Association and the breeding objectives for the Dohne in Australia .
Macquarie Dohne Stud has the largest number of registered stud ewes in Australia and has the objective of remaining one of the most influential Dohne studs in Australia .
Classifieds
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The Dohne today is a well-balanced dual-purpose breed that allows the commercial producer to market both a quality trade and heavy weight slaughter lamb and fine-medium wool.
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Dohne Sheep for sale, Buy sheep, Dohne Rams & Ewes for sale, Sheep classifieds, Sheep sales
Warren, NSW
Upcoming Sales
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Hamilton Sale
10:00AM, 01 Aug 2011 - 5:00PM, 02 Aug 2011
When: Monday 1st & Tuesday 2nd of August 2011
Where: Hamilton Showground, Hamilton VIC
Time: Inspection from 10am. Sale commences at 1pm
Details: 5 Specially Selected AA Rams
NSW
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When: Wednesday 21st October 2011
Where: Ballarat, VIC
Time: Inspection from 10am. Sale commences at 1pm
Details: 3 Specially Stud Sires
10 Specially Selected AA & A Rams
20 Stud Ewes
NSW
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TAS Ram Sale
10:00AM - 5:00PM, 03 Nov 2011
When: Wednesday 3rd of November 2011
Where: Campbell Town Showgrounds, TAS
Time: Inspection from 10am. Sale commences at 1pm
Details: 10 Specially Selected AA & A Rams
NSW
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8th On Property Ram Sale
When: Wednesday 28th September 2011
Where: Macquarie Dohne Stud, Warren NSW
Time: Inspection from 10am. Sale commences at 1pm
Details: 3 Specially Stud Sires
140 Specially Stud Selected AA & A Rams
NSW
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SA Ram Sale
10:00AM - 5:00PM, 19 Oct 2011
When: Wednesday 19th October 2011
Where: Naracoorte Showground, Naracoorte, SA
Time: Inspection from 10am. Sale commences at 1pm
Details: 15 Specially Selected AA and A Rams
NSW
Reference Sires and Dams
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MD081662 sold at the On Property Ram Sale 2010 for $5,000. 1662 is an outstanding sire from a top family. He carries a medium, long stapled, shafty, deep crimping and well nourished fleece.
Warren, NSW
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MD09-2430, MD09-2092, MD09-2531, MD09-2358. MD09-2326, MD09-2488, MD09-2609, MD09-2615, MD09-2675, MD09-2311, MD09-2276 , MD09-2424, MD09-2491
Warren, NSW
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MD081641 sold at the On Property Ram Sale 2010 for $7,000. Purchased by Havelock Park Dohne Stud Stratford, VIC. Ace family. A consistant family breeding 'bread & butter' sheep.
Warren, NSW