Roblin Babydoll Southdowns & Alpacas

BABYDOLL MERINO CROSSES 

Babydoll Merino Crosses, have been developed to help with the demand of smaller sheep in vineyards.  

We first put our Babydoll Southdown rams over a carefully selected flock of Saxon Merino ewes.  The Saxon Merino was chosen, as this type of Merino is one of the smallest breed of Merinos in Australia.  

The Merino ewe is also known to be a good mother; protective and attentive to her lambs; have plenty of milk and hardy in harsh conditions that can arise within Australia.  Our Merino ewes have proven all these qualities and have produced some lovely, strong lambs.

The Babydoll Merino Cross lamb can vary in features, but some distinct features of the lambs are:  woolly faces and legs; dark coloured noses; heavier set bodies; some have dark coloured legs and/or coloured patches and black hooves.  These lambs still take on the cute "Teddy Bear" appearance of the pure Babydolls.  Especially as a new born, a Babydoll cross lamb and a  pure Babydoll lamb, can hardly be told apart.

From our experience with crossing the Babydolls and the Merinos, the lambs mature at the 60cm at the shoulder mark, therefore, making them much smaller than the average commercial breed of sheep.  The height of 60cm at the shoulders, is the maximum height for a pure Babydoll sheep.

We keep several lambs each year for our own breeding program.  But for anyone requiring a smaller sheep, they make ideal pet/grass eaters; breeders to be crossed again with a Babydoll ram and of course, for grazing in a vineyard or orchard. 

Anyone interested in the Babydoll Cross lambs, please email me for more details and bookings.

Linda & Rob Power

PO Box 426

Cootamundra  NSW  2590

Phone:  02 6942 2707

Email: lpower@shoal.net.au