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Roogulli Farm

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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Babydoll sheep in Australia

We think a distinct Babydoll sheep breed does not exist in Australia yet but we are working with a group of breeders to create one using smaller Southdown sheep. See Babydoll Sheep Breeders Australia for more information about how you can join in. It's a great time to jump in and help to shape the breed in Australia.

Because Australian Babydoll flocks are fairly new and numbers are low, it will be a few years yet before you can buy an instant Babydoll flock of quality sheep. We can help you if you want to breed your own.

Our ewes and rams are all short, stocky sheep with woolly faces and a diverse range of Southdown genetics - perfect for use in Babydoll breeding programs in the ASSBA Southdown and BSBA Babydoll registries. We are working hard on producing better quality, small neat sheep that have the classic Babydoll traits that we saw when we visited Babydoll flocks in North America. To us that means getting the basics right - structure, feet, fertility, lambing ease, worm resistance, good temperament, lamb vigour and good health - as well as meeting the Babydoll breed standard.
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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 crossbred Babydoll wethers could be a good place to start building your skills in sheep husbandry. They should have the easygoing Babydoll temperament. 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 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.

If you want to breed coloured Babydolls, it's going to take a bit more work but it's still possible. You will need to use a combination of coloured and 100% Southdown white sheep to do this.

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.

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 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). At this stage it is not possible to register coloured Shropshires but we still track full pedigrees.

Registration - Babydolls


Our 100% Southdown white 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 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.

Babydoll traits

Our Babydoll sheep generally have woolly faces. We trim the wool on the faces of our lambs in November to reduce the impact of the many grass seeds in our pastures over summer.

The height of sheep depends on genetics and the environment where the lamb is raised. There are three ways to make sheep small: excessive inbreeding, underfeeding sheep while they are growing and breeding with smaller genetics. We prefer the third option. We aim for nicely proportioned, smaller sheep with good meat qualities. Our sheep are small, rather than miniature, which makes them useful. The Babydoll breed standard allows for sheep to be up to 61cm high at the shoulder when shorn. Our sheep nearly always meet that requirement. Please note that measuring the height of sheep is a somewhat inexact science and depends on how a sheep is standing at the time.

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