Name: ABEL 00890
CLRC ID: 50677
Sex: Male
Sire: ABEL 94814
Dam: PJAPPA 96511
Birth Date:
Birth Size: 0
Registration Date:
Tattoo:
# of Offspring: 15 (5 rams and 10 ewes)
Ancestors: This animal has 10 ancestors.
Descendants: 15 children and 95 total descendants.   (0.6% of all registered animals are a descendant of this one)

Notes/Comments

Edit  E.J. Brennan - 1/18/2008 at 4:59 PM

White with strong horns. Extremely muscular shoulders and great conformation. Broad and well muscled back and long and exceptionally good loins. Superior gigots. Feets well placed and straight. Dashing sheep with great overall harmony.
Wool

White with no tan or black fibers. Quantity just below average. Very soft fleece with even thel and fine and soft but rather short thog.

Results

Abel was The Champion sire in South Iceland in 2001. His progenies were also noticed for good conformation and carcass grading with an average of 9,4.In 2002 Abel was progeny tested with superb results scoring 128 for male lambs and 124 for female lambs. Carcass grading score was 139. Average dressing weight was 15,5 kg and carcass grading averaged 9,3. His progenies also proved to be very lean. Abels progenies have great conformation, thick eye muscle and very muscled gigots. A big part of them are pure white - with no tan or black fibers.

Color Inheritiance

Abel is homozygous white.

Scrapie Status

Neutral.

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