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Orrie Cowie breeds
Poll Merino and Merino rams
with large frames, great constitution, fertile
and carrying long stapled, heavy fleeces
of elite quality wool

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• breeding poll merinos & merinos for the future
• breeding poll merinos and merinos for profit
• built on a solid foundation

 

Breeding poll merinos and merinos for the future

THE ADVANTAGES FOR YOU:

the modern alternative
Orrie Cowie genetics are renowned for their great depth of breeding and the new direction we are forging today is designed to breed tomorrow's sheep for you now.

plainer & meatier than before
Where easy care, ease of shearing, resistance to flystrike and well-fleshed quick growing lambs out of exceptionally fertile rams and ewes is important, we do care.

lustrous, white, nourished, soft handling, low micron wool
This whole fibre package relating to the unique Orrie Cowie skin type is designed to return you the most money per head maximising wool cut on a plain bodu and keeping the wool white, nourished and better protected from the elements, returns you more dollars.

high fertility & fast growth rates
Today's profit driver in merinos is definately number of lambs reared/ewe run on your property.

Breeding poll merinos and merinos for profit

• merino fleece wool of the highest quality and lowest possible micron
  
• merino sheep maturing quickly, fertile, easy care, easy shearing and high quality meat
  
• merino lambs with low micron, high value wool, ready for slaugher with a minimum of fuss

 

Built on a solid foundation

Mr T.A Murdoch started the Orrie Cowie flock in 1937 with mated Kalabity ewes, selecting animals with open faces, sound backs and nourished, heavy cutting fleeces. Average ewe fleece weights increased from 4.3kg to 5.7kg and yields increased to 60% as dust penetration decreased.

His son, Mr Vic Murdoch, continued selecting breeding stock with large frames and superior wool quality and cut. He added a draft of mated Brewarrana ewes (low micron, peppin blood) to the flock, average ewe wool cuts increased to 6.8kg and then 9.0kg of stylish white super soft handling fleece.

The merino stud was registered in 1965 and the poll merino stud registered in 1968.

In 1999 Vic's son-in-law and daugher, Dennis and Heather Dalla, purchased the Orrie Cowie merino stud and a third of the poll merino stud. They continued to select Australia's best breeding stock knowing the value of the Orrie Cowie elite wool qualities in reducing dust penetration, fleece rot and incidence of flystrike.

 

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We concentrate on big robust plain skinned and structurally correct sheep carrying genuine heavy fleece of quality low microning wool. There will be more money in the heavy cutting, middle to low microns in the long term.

stud ewe flock  - 21 micron, 8.5 - 9.0kg fleece
hoggets  - 18.3 micron
weaners and lambs - 16-18 micron

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