North Country Cheviots The group was formed in 1999 by five breeders in South and West Wales with the aim of utilising modern breeding techniques to improve productivity whilst maintaining desirable breed characteristics.North Country Cheviot as a pure breed Biggest of the hill breeds combining thriftiness and healthiness with prolificacy and strong maternal qualities.
Easy lambing
Quality fleece
Produces a quality carcass which retains leanness and conformation right through from late summer to early spring
Use with a terminal sire for first class prime lambs North Country Cheviot as a crossing sireRams have consistently proved successful as crossing sires
Female crosses are in constant demand
Male crosses can be taken to high weights without becoming overfat
Combines the best characteristics of sire and dam – increased size, hybrid vigour and hardiness from the sire and mothering and milkiness from the dam. Performance recorded North CountryCheviot StockSelecting animals with higher indexes will lead to;
• Improved carcass traits through increasing muscle depth whist limiting the amount of fat
• Faster growth rates leading to reduced finishing times
• Maintenance of maternal traits in the ewe to produce better quality offspring
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