Baba and Pepe

by Cheryl McClure

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Baba and Pepe

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Cheryl McClure

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Baba and her offspring, little Pepé, grazing. Baba is a Katahdin and Dorper mix and Pepé is 75 percent Katahdin. So sweet! I was excited to get to see these two in Pecan Gap, Texas, at a friends home where she is raising sheep. Raising for meat or hair, these two are being treated very well. If I were going to add another animal to our ranch, I would choose either of these breeds or a mix!!

Dorper is a fast-growing meat-producing sheep. The Dorper is an easy-care animal that produces a short, light coat of wool and hair that is shed in late spring and summer. It was developed in South Africa and is now the second most popular breed in that country. The Dorper Sheep Breeders Society of South Africa was founded in 1950.

This breed was developed by the crossing of a Dorset Horn x Blackhead Persian around the 1930s.

The Katahdin is a breed of domestic sheep developed in Maine, United States and named after Mount Katahdin - the state’s highest peak. The breed was developed during in the second half of the 20th century by crossing selected St. Croix sheep from the Virgin Islands with various other breeds, including the Suffolk. Lambs were selected based on hair coat, meat-type conformation, high fertility, and flocking instinct.

The Katahdin sheep breed was the first in the United States to reach sheep industry standards of carcass quality.

The average Katahdin ewe weight is 120 to 160 pounds and the ram's weight is 180 to 250. Most Katahdin ewes will have a 200% lamb crop. The Katahdin sheds its winter coat, and so does not have to be sheared.

The Katahdin's hair can come in any color, as the emphasis of the breed is on production rather than appearance. When Katahdins are crossed with wool sheep, their offsping will usually have a mix of predominantly wool with some hair.

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April 13th, 2019

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