CRANE CREEK DORPER AND WHITE DORPER SHEEP

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• Why Dorper Sheep?
• Our Start with Dorper Sheep
• My Goals
• Prices, General Information
• Dorper Research in the United States
• Publications
• Second Dorper Show and Sale in the USA, Sedalia, MO, June 2001
• Dorper Photographs
• SPECIFIC SHEEP FOR SALE - September 2007 - look at bottom of list ****Excellent selection of sheep for sale in 2007 - please ask for details****
• SCRAPIE SUSCEPTIBILITY/CODON TESTING
• ALL CLASSES OF DEWORMERS EFFECTIVE AT CRANE CREEK!!
• Transportation, Interstate Health Papers and Export Paperwork **** Transportation to Sonora, TX and locations along the way 26 September 2007. Transportation available to Asheville, NC and Florida fall 2007. Transportation to New York state and locations along the way 1 October 2007 and to CT late October/early November 2007. Sheep can be intercepted along the travel routes. Please call, e-mail or write for more details. For other locations, for example, CA and OR, contact Ron Keener at rkeener@realtime.net or Russ Edgar at edgar@fidnet.com (web page www.edgarsheepandgoats.com) to check their travel schedules. Both travel around the US delivering sheep and goats. Ron Keener is based in Texas and Russ Edgar in Missouri. Pricing is related to distance and number of animals transported. Prices are reasonable and both parties are experienced in trucking livestock.****
• Map of/directions to Crane Creek, 3061 160th St
  Sumner, IA 50674-9087, US
• Veterinary Supplies and Assistance

Why Dorper Sheep?

Extremely Successful in South Africa

• Developed in South Africa over 60 years ago
• Breed popularity continues to increase
• Origin is the Dorset Horn and the Persian Blackhead (a fattailed South African sheep well adapted to arid conditions)
• Of the 30 million sheep in South Africa, one third are Dorpers or Dorper crosses
• Dorpers are the second most popular breed in South Africa
• South African Dorper Sheep Breeders' Society web page
• Dolf Lategan's Dorper Sheep web site - many photographs and all sorts of Dorper information
• Dorpers into the New Century by Dolf Lategan - book and CD-ROM available, see this web page for details and ordering information

Beautiful Appearance

• Well Proportioned
• Excellent Conformation
• Have black head and white body (Dorper) or are completely white (White Dorper)
• Thickly muscled hind quarters
• Nice size - mature ewes average 210 pounds

Superb Lamb Carcasses

• Dorper sheep usually win the South African carcass competitions
• In South Africa, 90% of Dorper lambs grade "Super", equivalent to USDA Choice Grade
• South African Dorper lambs weigh 80 - 100 lb or more at 100 days of age. THIS IS ON GRASS ALONE.
• Heavily muscled hind quarters
• Meat is lean

Shearing Unnecessary

• Fleeces, which are a hair/wool mix, are shed once a year
• Fleece staple length is short
• More meat, less wool!
• Dorper hides command top prices in South Africa

Extremely Hardy and Adaptable

• Nonselective grazers
• Internal and external parasite tolerance
• Long lived
• Easy keepers so maintenance costs are low
• Thrive in marginal conditions
• Lambs are very vigorous at birth so lamb mortality is low
• Do well in a variety of climates - arid, wet, hot and cold
• Top performance under extensive or intensive conditions

Very fertile and early maturing

• Rams may breed as early as 100 days
• Breed year round
• 3 lamb crops in 2 years can be readily achieved
• 150 - 180 plus% lamb crops in South Africa (2.25 - 2.7 plus lambs/year)

Wonderful mothers

• Heavy milking with great udder conformation
• Easy lambers (lambs are well proportioned at birth with smaller heads. Muscling begins to develop by 2 - 3 weeks of age)
• Calm

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Our Start with Dorper Sheep

• I purchased South African Dorper and White Dorper embryos in the fall of 1994 and again in the summer of 1995 and, most recently, in 1999 (White Dorper embryos only in 1999) . White Dorper semen was imported in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Dorper semen was imported in 2002 and 2004.
• The first Crane Creek Dorper and White Dorper lambs were born in June, 1995.
• I have both White Dorpers and Dorpers and a variety of bloodlines.
• Adjusted 100 day weights of my purebred Dorper ram lambs and Dorper crosses is in excess of 100 lbs if the animals are on good quality feed..
• Lambs are vigorous at birth and fullbloods and crossbreds are doing very well on grass alone.
• Year round breeding - semen has been collected from my rams even during the hottest summer months. Fullblood ewes are performing very well in an accelerated lambing program.

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My Goals

• To integrate the Dorpers into my prolific, hardy, accelerated grass-based flock.
• To maintain a purebred Dorper flock to supply breeding stock..
• Dorper traits that I am particularly interested in include the excellent carcass qualities, top rates of gain on grass alone, hardiness, the ability to shed fleeces and year round breeding capabilities.

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Prices, General Information

• ***I HAVE AN EXCELLENT SELECTION OF ANIMALS AVAILABLE FROM MY 1000 PLUS HEAD EWE FLOCK**
• BEST SELECTION IN NORTH AMERICA. 400 FULLBLOOD DORPER EWES/EWE LAMBS AND 250 FULLBLOOD WHITE DORPER EWES/EWE LAMBS PLUS DORPER AND WHITE DORPER DOMESTIC PUREBREDS
• ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ALL HAIR OR SHEDDING DORPER AND WHITE DORPER RAMS? TOP QUALITY RAMS AND RAM LAMBS NOW AVAILABLE!
• Percentage Dorper and White Dorper ram prices: $275 and up
• Fullblood Dorper rams $500 and up
• Frozen semen is available for $25 - 100/unit for less than 100 units or, for 100 units or more, $20/unit.
• The American Dorper Sheep Breeders' Society (ADSBS) has an upgrading program. 7/8 (87%) females and 15/16 (93%) males are considered to be domestic purebreds, providing the sheep meet all of the criteria set out. ***ADSBS changed their criteria for purebred females in 2006, now females must be 15/16 (93%) to be considered pure****
• Using good quality high percentage or fullblood rams or semen on good quality purebred (of nonDorper breeds) or commercial ewes is a way to eventually end up with registered Dorper sheep.
• My sheep are very healthy - footrot free, Brucella ovis and bluetongue negative.
• I routinely vaccinate for overeating (Clostridium perfringens types C and D) and tetanus. My flock has been enrolled in the voluntary scrapie flock certification program for over 12 years.

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Dorper Research in the United States

1. Broadbent Crossbreeding Experiment in Wyoming (Carcass evaluation of pasture-fed lambs)
2. Idaho Dorper Studies (Tenderness evaluation and percent shrink with cooking)
3. Leymaster, K.A. et al, 2005 Evaluation of Wool and Hair Breeds for Growth, Carcass and Meat Quality Traits
4. Leymaster, K. A., 2001 Evaluation of Wool and Hair Breeds under Intensive and Extensive Production Systems

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Sheep Publications

• American Sheep Industry (ASI) weekly newsletter
• American Sheep Industry (ASI) News (monthly)
• Banner Sheep Magazine (mainly show sheep)
• Dorpers into the New Century by Dolf Lategan - book and CD-ROM available, see this web page for details and ordering information
• Sheep Growers eMagazine
• sheep!magazine (general information, mainly small flocks)

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Results of the Second Dorper Show and Sale in the USA, Sedalia, MO, June 2001

• I did not attend the show and sale but was pleased to see that my sheep performed well. Judge: John Dell, South Africa
• Grand Champion fullblood Dorper ram sired by Crane Creek Dorper ram 158H, sold for $7000
• Grand Champion fullblood Dorper ewe sired by Crane Creek Dorper ram 161H, sold for $6000
• Reserve Champion fullblood Dorper ewe sired by Crane Creek Dorper ram 158H, sold for $7500
• Grand Champion percentage White Dorper ram sired by Crane Creek White Dorper ram 35J, price not recorded, will add when available
• Reserve Champion percentage White Dorper ram sired by Crane Creek White Dorper ram 35J, price not recorded, will add when available
• Grand Champion percentage White Dorper ewe sired by Crane Creek White Dorper ram (dam also a Crane Creek ewe), sold for $3100
• Reserve Champion percentage White Dorper ewe sired by Crane Creek White Dorper ram "Atlas" 302G, sold for $1700

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Dorper Photographs

• Four month old Crane Creek Dorper ram lambs
• White Dorper ewes, early spring 2000
• 75% White Dorper ewe (in front), 2 year old, early spring 2000
• Fullblood Dorper ewe, lambs just weaned, spring 2000
• Fullblood Dorper stud ewe, January 2002, due to lamb late February 2002
• LONGEVITY! This ewe, Crane Creek Dorpers 0002E, was the very first fullblood Dorper ewe registered by the ADSBS. She was born in June 1995 and is still avery productive ewe who is overwintering outside with the rest of the flock. Almost all of her female offspring and, in turn, their female offspring, have been studded as type 4 and 5 ewes by Dolf Lategan, South African Dorper sheep judge and inspector. Ewe herself was studded as a type 4 ewe, photo taken January 2002. CCD0002E produced 2 sets of twins in 2002. What a great girl!
• 7 month old fullblood White Dorper ram lamb, pasture born and raised, never sheared, shed fleece completely, sire CCD0005E, the first White Dorper ram registered by the ADSBS! CCD0005E is still going strong at 7plus years of age.
• Fullblood and purebred 7 month old pasture born and raised ewe lambs, January 2002
• 50% White Dorper 3 year old ewe-August 2001- A
• 50% White Dorper 3 year old ewe- August 2001 - A - photo 2
• 50% White Dorper 3 year old ewe - pasture - August 2001- B
• 50% White Dorper 3 year old ewe - pasture - August 2001- B - photo 2
• 50% White Dorper 3 year old ewe - pasture - August 2001- C
• Crane Creek Merlin's Magic (CCD0044M) 2 yr old Crane Creek stud ram, codon tested QR, pasture condition, breeding ewes for fall lambing 2004 - A
• Crane Creek Merlin's Magic (CCD0044M) 2 yr old Crane Creek stud ram, codon tested QR, pasture condition, breeding ewes for fall lambing 2004 - B
• Crane Creek Merlin's Magic (CCD0044M) 2 yr old Crane Creek stud ram, codon tested QR, pasture condition, breeding ewes for fall lambing 2004 - C
• 2004 fallborn twin fullblood Dorper ram CCD1302P, photo summer 2007, no grain, no shearing, no deworming, wet from heavy rain
• Yearling Dorper ewes March 2005 - A
• Dorper ewe lamb March 2005
• Yearling Dorper ewes March 2005 - B
• 2005 fall sale yearling Dorper ewes - A, clipped at buyer's request
• 2005 fall sale yearling Dorper ewes - B, clipped at buyer's request
• 2005 fall sale yearling Dorper ewes - C, clipped at buyer's request
• 2005 fall sale yearling Dorper ewes - D, clipped at buyer's request
• 2005 fall sale yearling Dorper ewes - E, clipped at buyer's request
• CCD0722S, Dorper QR yearling ram, twin born 8 July 2006, dam CCD0040M, sire CCD0145P (RR), photo September 2007, no grain, no shearing, no deworming
• 2006 fallborn White Dorper ewe lambs A, photos summer 2007, no grain, no shearing, no deworming
• 2006 fallborn White Dorper ewe lambs B, photos summer 2007, no grain, no shearing, no deworming
• 2006 fallborn White Dorper ewe lambs C, photos summer 2007, no grain, no shearing, no deworming
• 2006 fallborn White Dorper ewe lambs D, photos summer 2007, no grain, no shearing, no deworming

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SPECIFIC SHEEP FOR SALE

• Price of all sheep includes registration papers and interstate health papers
• Top quality Dorper ram lambs from sires and dams studded by Dolf Lategan, South African Dorper judge and inspector. Production records, digital photos and/or videotapes available.

• CCD0019M - fullblood (100%) triplet Dorper ram, great shedding coatSOLD

• CCD0019M is a triplet born 02/21/02, dam CCD0322H, sire CCD0078K (Jordaan breeding), actual weight 04/30/02 = 59 pounds, actual weight 06/14/02 = 93 pounds
• triplet CCD0019M - early September 2002

• CCD0020M - fullblood (100%) twin Dorper ram, well muscled rearSOLD

  CCD0020M is a twin born 02/22/02, dam CCD0573K, sire CCD0164H, adj 50 day wt = 50.4 pounds, adj 100 day wt = 90.8 pounds, ADG = 0.85, actual wt 05/01/02 = 52 pounds, actual weight 06/14/02 = 90.2 pounds

  twin CCD0020M - early September 2002

  CCD0069M - fullblood (100%) triplet Dorper ram - September 2002SOLD

  CCD0069M is a triplet born 02/26/02, dam CCD0048K, sire CCD0182K, adj 50 day wt = 57.1, adj 100 day wt = 92.6, ADG = 0.71, actual weight 05/01/02 = 56 pounds, actual weight 06/14/02 = 87 pounds

  triplet CCD0069M - early September 2002 - natural coat, not clipped or prepared for photos

  CCD0069M - rear view

  CCD0181M - fullblood (100%) twin Dorper ram lambSOLD

  CCD0181M is a twin born 03/07/02 to CCD0466K, sire is CCD0182K (coat sheds completely, good frame size and muscling), actual weight of CCD0181M 04/30/02 = 50 pounds, actual weight 06/14/02 = 92 pounds, adjusted 50 day weight = 60 pounds, adjusted 100 day weight = 106.4 pounds, ADG(average daily gain) = 0.93, multitrait index = 121 (average is 100 for indices), 100 day index = 119, dam index = 117, raised as a twin, brother has similar records and appearance.

  dam of CCD0181M is CCD0214J, 3 yr old, 7 (natural not embryo transfer) lambs in 3 lambings. She also has produced a great group of embryo transfer lambs. Her offspring (ewe and ram lambs) have an average 50 day weight of 59 pounds, average 100 day weight of 100.7 pounds, 100 day index = 116, multitrait index = 120, ewe index = 116

  sire of CCD0181M is CCD0182K. His adjusted 50 day weight = 65.9 pounds, adj 100 day weight = 115.9, ADG = 0.99, 100 day index = 116, multitrait index = 117

  CCD0181M - August 2002

  CCD0233L - YEARLING fullblood (100%) Dorper ramSOLD

  CCD0233L was born April 19 2001. He weighed 215 pounds 30 July 2002 off pasture. This is a big framed ram with a wool coat. Dam is CCD0700J, a fallborn twin from a very productive ewe line. Many of the ewes in this family have been studded as type 4 and 5 ewes. The sire is 509, who was studded as a type 4 ram.

  yearling 100% Dorper ram CCD0233L, just off pasture, 215 pounds

  yearling 100% Dorper ram CCD0233L, rear view

  CCD0264M - fullblood (100%) twin Dorper ram lambSOLD

  CCD0264M is a twin born 03/10/02 to ewe CD0040K, excellent dam, Quadruplet!!!, all hair as is the quadruplet sister and one of the quadruplet rams I kept, sire CCD0182K - see information above for ram CD0181M.

  CCD0264M had an adj 50 day weight of 64.2 pounds;adjusted 100 day weight of 101.9 pounds, ADG = 0.75, Multitrait index = 113, 100 day index = 112, am index = 115, actual weight = 51 pounds on 05/04/02, actual weight = 80 pounds on 06/14/02

  CCD0264M-A - August 2002

  CCD0264M-B

  CCD0264M-C

  CCD0220M - fullblood (100%) twin White Dorper ram - photos early Sept 2002SOLD

  CCD0220M is a twin, the result of AI (Artificial Insemination),born 03/08/02, dam CCD0494J, sire K242, adj 50 day wt = 55.1 lb, adj 100 day wt = 96.8 lb, ADG = 0.84, actual weights 05/03/02 = 50 lb, 06/14/02 = 85 lb

  CCD0220M - A - early Sept 2002

  CCD0220M - B

  CCD0236M - fullblood (100%) White Dorper ram - photos early Sept 2002SOLD

  CCD0236M is a single, the result of AI (Artificial Insemination), born 03/09/02, dam CCD0471K, sire K242 (Allers X Snyman), adj 50 day wt = 53 lb, adj 100 day wt = 91 lb,adg = 0.75, actual wt 05/04/02 = 56 lb and 06/14/02 = 87 lb

  CCD0236M - A - early Sept 2002

  CCD0236M - B

  CCD0727S - purebred (31/32) White Dorper ram - photos 22 Sept 2007FOR SALE

  CCD0727S is a twin, the result of natural breeding, born 8 July 2006, dam CCD0804P, sire CCD0129N (mainly Synman and Wiese, complete shedding), NO GRAIN FED, NOT SHEARED

  CCD0727S - A - 22 Sept 2007

  CCD0727S - B

  CCD0727S - C

  CCD0742S - purebred White Dorper ram - photo 12 October 2007FOR SALE

  CCD0922S is a twin, the result of natural breeding, born 10 July 2006, sire CCD0129N (mainly Synman and Wiese, complete shedding), NO GRAIN FED, NOT SHEARED

  CCD0742S - A - 12 Oct 2007

  CCD0813S - fullblood (100%) White Dorper ram - photos 12 Oct 2007FOR SALE

  CCD0813S is a twin, the result of natural breeding, born 14 July 2006, dam CCD0556N, sire CCD0129N (mainly Synman and Wiese, complete shedding), NO GRAIN FED, NOT SHEARED

  CCD0813S - A - 12 Oct 2007

  CCD0813S - B

  CCD0813S - C

  CCD0813S - D

  CCD0861S - purebred White Dorper ram - photos October 2007SOLD to MINNESOTA and twin brother sold to OKLAHOMA

  CCD0821S is a twin, the result of natural breeding, born 18 July 2006 sire CCD0129N (mainly Synman and Wiese, complete shedding), NO GRAIN FED, NOT SHEARED

  CCD0861S - A

  CCD0861S - B

  CCD0861S - C

  CCD0922S - purebred (15/16) White Dorper ram - photos September 2007FOR SALE

  CCD0922S is a twin, the result of natural breeding, born 21 July 2006, dam CCD0539M, sire CCD0129N (mainly Synman and Wiese, complete shedding), NO GRAIN FED, NOT SHEARED

  CCD0922S - A - 12 Oct 2007

  CCD0922S - B

  CCD0922S - C

  CCD0922S - D

  CCD1069S - purebred White Dorper ram - photos 12 October 2007SOLD

  CCD1069S is a twin, the result of natural breeding, born 22 August 2006, sire CCD0129N (mainly Synman and Wiese, complete shedding), NO GRAIN FED, NOT SHEARED

  CCD1069S - A - 12 Oct 2007

  CCD1069S - B

  CCD1069S - C

  CCD1069S - D

  CCD1133S and 1141S - fullblood Dorper rams - photos 12 October 2007FOR SALE/BARGAIN BIN!!

  CCD1133S and 1141S are twins, the result of natural breeding, born 10 October 2006, still with lamb teeth, bargain rams/extra color, NO GRAIN FED, NOT SHEARED

  CCD1133S - A - photo taken Oct 2007

  CCD1141S - A - photo taken Oct 2007

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SCRAPIE SUSCEPTIBILITY/CODON TESTING

• Some scrapie susceptibility (codon) testing has been performed in the Crane Creek flock. To date, only rams have been tested. The laboratory I am using is Gene Check, Inc.
• Several Crane Creek Dorper herd sires are QR, including Merlin's Magic. Two RR fullblood Crane Creek Dorper rams with excellent shedding coats produced 2005 fall and 2006 ram lambs.
• Crane Creek White Dorper herd sires are RR, QR and QQ.
• Rams that are for sale can be codon tested. Dorper rams sired by QR rams and from QQ dams have a 50% chance of being QR (if the dam is QR, then there is a 25% chance of the offspring being RR, a 50% chance of the offspring being QR and a 25% chance of the offspring being QQ). There are White Dorper rams available sired by RR rams. Please ask in advance about testing.
• Gene Check web page - information on scrapie and on codon testing

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ALL CLASSES OF DEWORMERS EFFECTIVE AT CRANE CREEK!!

• Internal parasites in the Crane Creek sheep are susceptible to the 3 different classes of dewormers.
• Cydectin has never been used on this farm.
• Adult pastured animals are not dewormed. Lambs are dewormed 1 - 3 times the first grazing season.
• Crane Creek sheep will not infect your pastures with internal parasites resistant to 1 or more classes of dewormers.

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Transportation, Interstate Health Papers, Export Paperwork

• Transportation can be arranged for a few animals in individual dog kennels (please call for quote) to any destination in the continental US.Transportation for groups of up to 25 head (please call for quote) to any destination in the continental US is available. Individual animals or several small groups can be combined in one shipment to make trucking more reasonable for all concerned. Larger groups (40 head plus) can be sent by a larger trailer or semi truck for $1.50 or more per loaded mile (approximate charge, please call for exact quote as it depends on the distance travelled and the destination.) Individual animals can be sent by air in airline approved dog kennels. Animals can be trucked to Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN or Cedar Rapids, IA and delivered to the appropriate airline terminal.
• Other trucking options include group transportation with either Ron Keener at rkeener@realtime.net (Travel with Confidence with TravelWithRonK! see pictures of my rig at http://www.raresoaysheep.com/TravelByTruck.html also see http://MidAmericaBreedingTech.com) OR Russ Edgar at edgar@fidnet.com (web page www.edgarsheepandgoats.com). Both travel around the US delivering sheep and goats. Ron Keener is based in Texas and Russ Edgar in Missouri. Pricing is related to distance and number of animals transported. Prices are reasonable and both parties are experienced in trucking livestock. Russ Edgar will be going to CA and OR during the summer of 2005.
• Interstate health papers are available for all sheep at no charge. Blood testing is additional but the charge is only for mailing samples to the lab and the actual lab charges.
• Export paperwork is done at cost (actual cost) so no extra charges are built in. Paperwork is done professionally and speedily. Sheep from Crane Creek are routinely sent to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
• Transportation to Sonora, TX and locations along the way 26 September 2007. Transportation available to Asheville, NC and Florida fall 2007. Transportation to New York state and locations along the way 1 October 2007 and to CT late October/early November 2007. Sheep can be intercepted along the travel routes. Please call, e-mail or write for more details.

Veterinary Supplies and Assistance

• Pipestone Veterinary Clinic and Sheep Supplies Catalog

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