Meet Our Icelandic Sheep - AI Sire Descriptions

 

Black spotted, horned with a white crown. Well curved and shaped horns. Shoulders a bit coarse but well muscled. Braod chest and great conformation. Very good back muscling with broad and muscular loins. Gigot muscling well above average. Feets well placed and strong. Longbodied and strongly looking ram. Wool: Black spotted. Thick fleece, lots of thel and fine thog. Shortwoolled on back. Results: Rektor was bought for AI to improve colored sheep. He was first noticed in 2001 having the second thickest eye muscle in South Iceland that year (42 mm). Rektor is a solid black, spotted, horned ram, born 2000.  He is the grandson of AI sire Moli, 93-986.  His overall score is 83.0 which is quite good for a colored ram as they will never score higher than a 7.0 on their wool.  Rektor has scores of 7.5 for neck and shoulders, 8.5 for chest, 9.5!!!  for back, 9.0 for rump, 17.0 leg, wool 7.0, and overall harmony 8.5.  The carcass BLUP scores:  muscling 104, leanness 97, for a composite meat score of 100 exactly.  In 2003 seventy four of his progenies were evaluated showing good eye mucle depth and shape along with good gigot muscling. Rektor is well bred ram with AI sires widely scattered in his pedigree. Color Inheritiance:  Rektor carries spotted, not moorit.