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Carpet wool sheep breeds.
The fleece diameter is around 40 microns which is suitable for making a carpet.
Elliottdale sheep breed information.
Often we think of sheep as supplying wool for clothing but that is just the start of the story.
One such important trait is the growth rate of lambs which varies considerably among carpet wool beeeds but which is generally regarded to be slow.
The drysdale breed originated from romney sheep who possessed a hairy gene.
Fine wool breeds long wool breeds medium wool and carpet wool breeds.
Wool sheep can be mainly classed in four general categories.
All males and 10 15 females are horned.
Rams can be horned and ewes are polled.
Usually white although tan brown and black and mixtures of these are also seen.
Knowing the breed and fibre characteristics is important when choosing the best fibre for your projects.
Our interest is is the fine medium and longwool breeds.
Their wool is ideal for handcrafts spinning and to blend with other fiber such as mohair in order the lend strength to the shorter stapled wools.
Sheep are not all the same.
The fleece weighs about 6 kg which has a staple length of 120 to 200 mm.
The carpet wool sheep population includes many breeds which show considerable variation in their reproductive traits not only among breeds but also among individuals within breeds.
It is surprising how much difference there is between the different breeds.
The weight of mature elliottdale ram is 70 kg 155 lb.
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Fat tailed breeds such as the black headed persian are prized for the allyah or fat which is stored in the tail and rump.
In contrast to the wool sheep just described hair sheep breeds are adapted to hot humid climates.
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The breed is medium size uni colored and white.
This type of fleece is unsurpassed for the manufacture of rugs because of its durability.
Fleece is relatively fine lustrous and dense.
New zealanders began breeding for this wool type.
Tail is short and thin.
Though the research for this trait was done as early as 1929 the drysdale breed did not emerge from new zealand until 1960 s when a use for this hairy characteristic was realised for carpet wool.
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The adult elliottdale sheep requires shearing twice a year.
Fleece is coarse hairy and open.
