Corriedale Breed Characteristics
per the American Corriedale Association

Why are Corriedales the better breed?

Because Corriedales

are a true dual purpose breed, producing both a dense, uniform fleece with pronounced character, and a good, high quality carcass

are very prolific, possessing excellent potential for fall lambing and multiple births

adapt well to a wide variety of geographic regions and production systems

make great youth projects!

Corriedale Ewes

are early maturing and can be bred as lambs

possess outstanding mothering ability

have a high multiple birth rate

possess excellent potential for fall lambing

Corriedale Rams

sire vigorous, rapid growing lambs

produce lambs with good carcasses and high value pelts

sire crossbred ewes that make excellent commercial ewes

Corriedale Lambs

are vigorous at birth and rapid gaining

are efficient converters of feed into gain

have a high pelt value

produce very good carcasses

 

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