Charolais sheep
Produced in central France to Charlotte to hills and valleys.
To Britain Baptist sheep, sheep at Southern Hills as male parent, the local fine-wool sheep as the female parent to breed.
Precocity, resistance to crude feed, feeding ability, on the cold and wet or dry and hot climate performed better adaptability, improved varieties fat lamb production.
Charolais sheep company, no horn sheep head without hair, face, pink or gray coat of the same, white. Amount of wide, large ears, neck short and thick, flat shoulder, chest broad and deep, round arch ribs, back, muscular, Tiqu cylindrical barrel, large hindquarters. Two hind legs from a large, muscular, showed “U” shape, short limbs.
110-140 kg weight adult rams, ewes 80-100 kg; years old Rams 70-90 kg, 50-70 kg ewes; 4 month old fattening lambs 35-45 kg. Length of 7 cm or more of wool, fineness 56-60 sticks and wool yield 3-4 kg. Slaughter rate of 50% or more. 4-6 months old lambs’ 20-23 kg carcass weight, carcass quality and more lean meat, less fat. Lambing rate, by producing ewes 1 8 2. 37% precipitous ewes 1 3 5. 3 2%.
