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2012 Namoi Dorper Breeders Sale

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

  The  4th Namoi Dorper  & White Dorper breeders sale will again be held at Gunnedah  NSW . Inspection from 9am at the sale yards on 9th of February 2012. Organisers are expecting approx 60-70 rams 30 fullblood ewes 1000 Commercial  & cross ewe entries . The sale  Agents Davidson & Cameron of Gunnedah. Contact  Agent Dave Henry 0427421829  We have [...]

Winter 2011

Friday, August 19th, 2011

Winter has been very dry here  at WoodenSprings with no rain for nearly 3 months, so dry we had to start feeding out hay to our ewes with lambs. Just in past couple of days we recieved 10 mls of rain and the grasses have instantly sprung back to life.  Always amazes me how quickly  the grasses responds to such [...]

Dorper Cross Ewes for sale.

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

 We  are selling the last of our dorper cross ewes, The ewes for sale are either  joined  to a stud dorper ram or  have lambs at foot.  Phone 02 67687858                         

Summer 2011

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

After the hottest week  I have ever experienced,  with our weather station telling us 50+C at 5pm in the evening for the whole week, its so nice to get back to the mid 30s. We have gone from one extreme to the other. The grass has now hayed off  and here 2011 is the year of the Thistles. 
 We [...]

Spring 2010

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

We have had the best winter/ spring rains for years our Dorpers ewes have lambed at 155% for the last joining  with 1/3 of our flock maiden ewes. Pasture conditions have been so good.  The ewes went back in with the ram 4 weeks after lambing. The first lambs from our second  mating  for 2010 are  now starting, and again we [...]

Dorper Ewes & Rams For Sale

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

We currently have Ewes & Rams  for sale .  Some photos on the sale page.

The National Dorper Sale 2010.

Monday, August 30th, 2010

 The National Dorper sale is to be held in Dubbo NSW on the 1st September 2010 and will be interfaced with Auctionsplus Pty Ltd. Our sale entries headed off  to Dubbo on Sunday 29th thanks to Anne & Graham Budd of Old Munbilla Stud,  We have  had to withdraw lot 176  from due to injury. He will make [...]

The National Dorper Show & Sale

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

The National Dorper & White dorper Show is to be held in Dubbo NSW  on the 30th,31st and 1st September. The three days will be the showcase for the best Dorpers in Australia. We  have entered Rams and Ewes in the sale on the 1st September,  4 rams , a selection from all 3 of our  current sires  Douggie [...]

Lambing 2010

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Lambing is going well we now have 18 sets of twins and 10 single lambs on the ground. The foxes have been about with all the twin births its always more of a problem,  our alpaca Bailey is great, we have never lost a lamb when he’ s in the paddock, so far so good and [...]

Autumn 2010

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

We have recently had our stud flock South African graded by Wicus Cronjie,  and again  we are pleased with our breeding results in terms of studded stock for such a small stud with over 50%  of presented stock  stud grading . Autumn lambing is about to commence and with  most of the ewes expected to twin, the herd population [...]