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KYADAM EAST FRIESIAN STUD

ROBERT AND CHRIS BRUCE
Box  61 Spalding SA 5454
Phone/fax (08) 86640302
Mobile 0417 080 277
Email:  rcbruce1@bigpond.com

* More lambs          * More meat
* Greater profits    * More milk

KYADAM EAST FRIESIAN STUD was founded in October 1997 with the purchase from Silverstream of a pure ram and 4 pure ewes.
We recently purchased 2 more rams (of different genetics) and 40 pure ewes, making our total 55 pure ewes.
Our 3 rams have the sires Blue 40, 133/96 and 5018/95 giving us diversified genetics.

• A sheep breed which promises to revolutionize the prime lamb and sheep milk industries.
• Derived from the Friesland/Ost Friesland area in the north of Holland and Germany, where the breed has been used:
  - pure, as a milking breed
  - as a crossing breed with other milking sheep breeds
  -to improve fecundity and milk production in meat sheep breeds.
• Initially imported into New Zealand in 1992, the breed has undergone rigorous quarantine procedures before being introduced to Australia - in 1996/97.
• Appearance - white wool and white face, ears, and legs all clean of wool. Their most distinctive physical feature is a 'rat-tail', thin and free of wool.
• Purebred features include:
  -a high fertility rate of up to 230 percent
  -rapid lamb growth rates
  -a large body size with higher meat yields and less fat cover
  -'natural mulesing', with their breech area and tail free of wool resulting in lower maintenance
  -high milk production of around 2 litres a day; the most productive milking sheep in the world
  -moderate cut of long pure white wool, about 37 microns
  -fast growing for early marketing and subsequent early cashflow
  -flexibility of enterprise - milk, meat and fibre
  -lean carcase
• Carcass scan results have shown favourable characteristics which include:
  -a large hindquarter
  -minimal fat = lean meat
  -solid eye muscle
• The productive performance of the East Friesian breed enables larger numbers of well fed, early maturing lambs through the introduction of the East Friesian/Merino mother.
• High fecundity and milking ability together with a large meaty body and quick growth rates, makes the East Friesian an ideal animal as a terminal sire for producing highly productive first cross ewes.

AVAILABLE NOW

• 1st cross East Friesian/Merino ewes
• 3/4 East Friesian/1/4 Border Leicester Rams
• 1/2 East Friesian/1/2 Border Leicester Rams
• Pure bred Texel Rams

AVAILABLE LATE SPRING

• Pure East Friesian rams
• 3/4 East Friesian/1/4 Finn rams
• 1/2 East Friesian/1/2 Texel rams
• 1st cross East Friesian/Merino ewe lambs
• 7/8 East Friesian/1/8 Finn rams
• 3/4 East Friesian/1/4 Border Leicester Rams
• 1/2 East Friesian/1/2 Border Leicester Rams

FROZEN SEMEN also available

OPTIONS for producers to use East Friesian genetics are:

• Purchase 1st cross East Friesian/Merino ewes and mate to a meat breed
• Purchase 1/2,3/4,7/8 or pure bred East Friesian Ram to mate with existing Merino ewes.

JOHNES MN1 Status
BRUCELLOSIS accredited

For more information 
on the stud farms in 
the district follow the 
links below:

Baderloo Poll Merino

Boulview Charolais

Broughton Park Shorthorn

Bundaleer Shorthorn

Dunleer Red  Poll

North Ashrose Merino

Oakley Murray Grey

Tatara Angus

Warumbul Quarter Horse

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