AI Sires
On this page I will list AI sires of interest that have been used with my flock.
Kunningi
Anyone who knows me can attest to how much I really, really love my Kunningi grandson, Prestor. Not only does he throw lovely lambs for me, as an added bonus, he inherited his GrandSire's calm and gentle demeanor
Kunningi is a Sponn, Moli and Garpur grandson who is also related to Mjalder.
A very large ram with short legs at 211+lbs. Chest: 42.5 in.
Width of Rack: 10 in. Canon bone: 4.5 in which indicates thick muscling. Eye Muscle: 1.5 in. which is outstanding. Back fat: .35 in, fattier than we'd like, BUT his progeny have less fat so that is an improvement. A score of 18.5 indicates superb leg muscling. Overall evaluation of 86/100. Daughter's scores are 99/100 for milkiness and 110/100 for fertility.
Southram Information: White, horned with broad, vigorous and good looking head. Short and broad neck well connected to muscular shoulders. Extremely good back muscling and superb loins. Broad and muscled rump. Superbly shaped and muscled gigots. Great overall conformation and average bodylength.
Wool: Light tan fibers on feets and head and a little bit on the rump. Quantity more than average, fine thel and rather short thog. No black fibers.
Results: Kunningi was progeny tested in 2003 along with 7 other rams at Ytri-Skgar farm. Kunningi came out in 1st place scoring 142. His progenies have great conformation and superb gigots. Average dressing weight was 15,2 kg and average carcass grading was 9,6 for meat qualities.
Color Inheritiance: Kunningi is homozygous white.
Kunningi is a Sponn, Moli and Garpur grandson who is also related to Mjalder.
A very large ram with short legs at 211+lbs. Chest: 42.5 in.
Width of Rack: 10 in. Canon bone: 4.5 in which indicates thick muscling. Eye Muscle: 1.5 in. which is outstanding. Back fat: .35 in, fattier than we'd like, BUT his progeny have less fat so that is an improvement. A score of 18.5 indicates superb leg muscling. Overall evaluation of 86/100. Daughter's scores are 99/100 for milkiness and 110/100 for fertility.
Southram Information: White, horned with broad, vigorous and good looking head. Short and broad neck well connected to muscular shoulders. Extremely good back muscling and superb loins. Broad and muscled rump. Superbly shaped and muscled gigots. Great overall conformation and average bodylength.
Wool: Light tan fibers on feets and head and a little bit on the rump. Quantity more than average, fine thel and rather short thog. No black fibers.
Results: Kunningi was progeny tested in 2003 along with 7 other rams at Ytri-Skgar farm. Kunningi came out in 1st place scoring 142. His progenies have great conformation and superb gigots. Average dressing weight was 15,2 kg and average carcass grading was 9,6 for meat qualities.
Color Inheritiance: Kunningi is homozygous white.
Mjaldur 93-985
Sire: Thettir 91-931
Dam: Hringja 91-123 Mjaldur is only the second stud ram in Icelandic to receive a score of 9 out of a possible 10 for his wool score. Description: Mjaldur is white, horned, neck thick and shoulders well muscled, chest cavity round, the back is exceptionally strong and muscling in back and loin particularly good. The leg muscle is thick and deep. The wool is pure white and lot of it. Production results: Mjaldur's lambs were analyzed in the fall 1996 with these results: Leg 4.4 points, fornt 4.2 points, area of back muscle 15.7cm2, rib fat 9.1mm, dressed weight 16.0kg. These figures show that Mjaldur passes on large back muscle, excellent rear end and reasonable fat. Of his lambs 30.4% graded tops. A group of ram lambs, get of Mjaldur, were shown last fall and among those were many very promising breeding rams. |
Kani
Kani: Ram # 98-864. Moorit mouflon, horned. Kani has a powerful head with good horn curving. Wide chest and good conformation. Broad back, 39mm eye muscle thickness (outstanding). Above average leg muscling. Wool is starting to lighten with grey. Medium thog, good thel-fine and soft. Kani's prolificacy score (a measure of how many lambs his daughters produce) is an incredible +41. The usual score is -2 to +10, & his daughters have been above average milkers.
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Visir
VISIR. White with rather coarse horns. Short and broad neck, good conformation and muscular shoulders. Extraordinary back muscling and superb loins, broad and muscled but not long. Extremely thick and well shaped gigots. Feets well placed and straight. Body lenght below average but conformation and muscling exceptionally good. Wool: Light tan fibers on feets and head and a little bit at the rear. Quantity more than average. Even and curled thog. No black fibers. Results: Vsir was progeny tested in 2002 along with 6 other rams at Ytri-Skgar farm. Vsir came out in 1st place scoring 118. His progenies have great conformation, thick eye muscle and superb gigots. Average dressing weight was 16,1 kg and average carcass grading was 9,3 for meat qualities and 8 for leaness. Color Inheritiance: Visir is homozygous white. |
Serkur
Serkur is horned, black spotted. Shoulders are rather high and coarse, chest broad and conformation very good. Back and loins are muscular, thighs thick and well shaped. Serkur is very dashing ram and woollish.
Results Serkur was progeny tested in 1998 and his progenies proved to be lean but coarse. His 1996 point evaluation came to a total of 79.5 points, and his eye muscle thickness was measured at 30mm, and his back fat at 7 mm. Progeny tested in 1998, and his lambs were described as lean. Serkur's shoulders are rather high, his chest is broad and his conformation is very good. Back and loins are muscular, and his legs thick and well shaped. Serkur is of a good family and will without any doubt bring progress into colored sheep. Color: Black, spotted, carrying moorit. |
Rektor
Black spotted, horned with a white crown. Well curved and shaped horns. Shoulders a bit coarse but well muscled. Braod chest and great conformation. Very good back muscling with broad and muscular loins. Gigot muscling well above average. Feets well placed and strong. Longbodied and strongly looking ram. Wool: Black spotted. Thick fleece, lots of thel and fine thog. Shortwoolled on back.
Results: Rektor was bought for AI to improve colored sheep. He was first noticed in 2001 having the second thickest eye muscle in South Iceland that year (42 mm). Rektor is a solid black, spotted, horned ram, born 2000. He is the grandson of AI sire Moli, 93-986. His overall score is 83.0 which is quite good for a colored ram as they will never score higher than a 7.0 on their wool. Rektor has scores of 7.5 for neck and shoulders, 8.5 for chest, 9.5!!! for back, 9.0 for rump, 17.0 leg, wool 7.0, and overall harmony 8.5. The carcass BLUP scores: muscling 104, leanness 97, for a composite meat score of 100 exactly. In 2003 seventy four of his progenies were evaluated showing good eye mucle depth and shape along with good gigot muscling. Rektor is well bred ram with AI sires widely scattered in his pedigree. Color Inheritiance: Rektor carries spotted, not moorit. |
Noi 94-995
Noi
Ram Sire: "Noi" 94995 Weight and Measures done in 1996: 88kg - Chest Circumference=105cm - Rack=23cm - Leg Bone(cannon)=134mm Score: 8 - 7.5 - 7.5 - 7.5 - 7.5 - 15.5 - 9.5 - 8 - 8.5 overall 79.5 Description: Pure White - wide hornset and handsome head neck thin, shoulders not bad, rib springy, loin long, not too musclular loin, legs not muscular, wool pure white very fine curley , feet slim close together, long body, excellent wool selected for this - 1st class at 9.5 out of 10 for wool scoring. Throws coarse lambs - except wool. Used on stocky ewes. |
Sponn 98-849
Spónn is white and horned. Head is powerful, neck is short and broad. Spónn has broad shoulders. Muscling is great and conformation extreme. Backmuscling great and loins muscled but not long. Gigots are muscled with thick and deep muscle. Feets are well placed. Spónn is very shortlegged and shortbodied with great overall muscling.
Wool: Light tan on head and feets and tan fibers back on loins but not elsewhere in the fleece. Two black spots on the back. Wool quantity above average and medium fine thog and adequately even except a bit short on back. Results: Spónn was 3rd champion sire of Rangárvallasýsla in 1999. He was progeny tested at Ytri-Skógar farm scoring 115 points for meat qualities, 120 points for lambs and 120 points in total score: Color Inheritiance: Sponn is homozygous white. |