CROSS BREEDING DATA COLLECTION FORM
Sire ID
and
Breed
Dam ID
and Breed
Dam
D.o.b
Lamb
ID
Lamb
D.o.b
Sex
Born
as
s.tw.tr
Reared Lambing
as
assistance
s.tw.tr (0-5)
Weaning
weight kg
and date
Sale weight
live kg and
date
Sale weight
dead kg and
date
Carcasse
grade
Notes:
Weight at weaning – because of the wide variation please try and collect a weight between 6-12 weeks
Lambing Assistance: 0 none, natural birth; 1 minor assistance eg a gentle tug on forelimbs; 2 greater intervention eg hands inside ewe to align head or limbs;
3 major intervention; 4 veterinary assistance; 5 dead lambs
Carcase grade maybe difficult to obtain but please try.
As with all research and collection of data we do need a control so some pure Jacobs should be recorded for comparison purposes.