The olann is a high performance, robust hill country sheep, producing fine high value 20-30 micron wool. A superbly balanced meat and wool producing sheep for widespread use throughout New Zealand.

"Our mid micron cousins are getting wool prices we can only dream about, so to hear Kelso Olann will deliver a high fertility, great meat sheep with valuable wool is the best news in a generation.”

James Aitken - Rangitapu, Omakere.

Selection traits

• Wool. Micron testing and selecting of even, fault free fleeces at 20-30 micron.
• Reproduction. Reliable performance that delivers year on year.
• Survival. DNA parentage, so ewes can lamb unassisted on the hills.
• Growth. Kelso’s dominant trait with industry leading performance.
• Adult Size. A moderate size ewe for efficiency and robustness.
• Meat. High yielding carcasses, using the MyoMAX gene.
• Body Condition. Sheep that maintain condition year round in challenging environments.
• Hogget Reproduction. Selecting early maturing females for hogget lambing.
• WormFEC. Testing and selecting for their resistance to parasites.
• Dag Score. Using the 6-point scoring scale ranging from 0 to 5.

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