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Buying our sheep

We have ewes and lambs available each summer after our lambs have been weaned. We email the people on our waitlist to let them know when we have sheep available.
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Which sheep?

We encourage you to think about what combination of sheep will work best for you.

If you are new to keeping sheep then a couple of  wethers could be a good place to start building your skills in sheep husbandry. The chilled Babydoll or Shropshire temperament will help make them easier to handle. They can also be tasty if you are that way inclined.

If you are planning to breed Babydoll sheep then starting with a flock of white 100% Southdown ewes or ewe lambs and adding a short stocky 100% Southdown ram when the ewes are old enough for breeding (18 months) is a practical approach that gives you time to find a quality ram. We find that with the right ram, the lambs from smaller Southdown ewes are very much of the Babydoll type. These can be registered as Babydolls with Babydoll Sheep Breeders Australia as well as Southdown with Australian Stud Sheep Breeders Australia.

If you are looking for something a bit different, would like to help build the numbers for a rare sheep breed or are interested in using the fleece as well as meat, you might consider Shropshires. Currently there are not many Shropshires available in Australia but hopefully that will change with the increasing interest in this breed.

If you want to breed coloured Babydolls, it's going to take a bit more time. You will need to use a combination of coloured and 100% Southdown white sheep to do this. Babydoll Sheep Breeders Australia (BSBA) can support you in this process. We are getting to the exciting stage in Australia of having coloured Babydolls with a high enough % of Southdown genetics to be inspected for registration as purebred Babydolls with BSBA.

Please think about how you are going to manage your sheep at the times when the ram needs to be kept separate from the ewes since sheep do not like to be kept on their own. Keeping a wether as a buddy for a single ram works well.

What we provide

Biosecurity

The Roogulli flock is
  • Fully vaccinated using 6in1
  • Lifetime vaccinated with Gudair against Ovine Johnes Disease
  • Managed for worms and other parasites using a WormBoss-style  program
  • Brucellosis accredited
  • Free from Gaucher Disease (a genetic problem in Southdowns and Babydolls which is not a disease) by testing or pedigree
Health records and a National Sheep Health Declaration are provided with all sheep sold.

Registration - Shropshires

Our 100% Shropshire white ewes and rams are registered as purebred Shropshire with Australian Stud Sheep Breeders Association (ASSBA).

Registration - Babydolls

Our white 100% Southdown ewes and rams can be registered as purebred Southdown with Australian Stud Sheep Breeders Association (ASSBA) where they are stud quality and EM Babydoll with Babydoll Sheep Breeders Australia (BSBA) with the option to be inspected for upgrade to BSBA purebred status once they are one year old.

Our coloured ewes and rams can be registered as Babydolls with Babydoll Sheep Breeders Australia (BSBA). Generally the % Southdown for our coloured Babydolls is high.

Please note that our sheep cannot be registered as ASSBA Babydolls and should not be purchased for that purpose.

Full pedigrees are provided and transfers as appropriate for ASSBA Shropshire, ASSBA Southdown and BSBA Babydoll are included in the price for rams and ewes.
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