Meet Our Icelandic Sheep - AI Sire Descriptions

Bambi: Ram #95-829.  Horned, dark moorit.  Good looking head, well muscled neck and shoulders.  Back, loin and thighs score adequate.  Straight feet.  Good  overall conformation and strikingly good temperament.  Thick eye muscle (39mm).  Wool quantity near average.  Tog is a bit coarse, thel is very soft.  Bambi is "near to average in all abilities..."  "Some of his progenies have come out excellently."  This speaks well for him considering the Icelanders emphasize white animals and concentrate their improvement efforts mainly on them.  "Bambi is an AI sire mainly for his color, and should improve breeding of the colored sheep."  Scored 81.5 out of 100.

Results

Bambi was progeny tested at Hóll Farm in Melrakkaslétta in 1998 and result was following; 94 for meat quality, 99 for lambs or total of 96 points (average=100), eye muscle thickness 25,6 mm (H), back fat 3,2 mm, thighs 15,8 points, meat grading 6,65 points and dressing weight 16,12 kg.