The AFRINO is a low maintenance meat sheep with fine white wool.
The AFRINO breed was genetically engineered over 30 years to have the following traits:
A natural bare breech – no mulesing required.
A smooth body – bare legs.
High lambing percentages in excess of 150%.
Smaller lambs at birth, less complications for multiple births.
Excellent mothering ability, protective, calm, high milk production.
BAILUP DOWNS AFRINOS have been carefully selected for not only these breed traits but special attention has been taken within the Bailup Downs Afrino Stud in the selection of rams with fine white wool. The stud culls any rams or ewes not keeping to the pure Afrino traits. Plus all ram lambs are wool tested and weighed and those not meeting the high standards of the stud are not sold as working rams. In the 2021 ram lamb drop the average micron was 19.6 with a 70.1% yield with an average comfort factor of 99%.
WHY A BAILUP DOWNS AFRINO RAM:
A BAILUP DOWNS AFRINO RAM is ideal for producing top maternal ewes for the prime lamb industry.
A BAILUP DOWNS AFRINO RAM is ideal for putting over Merino ewes to not only produce a prime lamb but to increase lambing percentages, keep the Merino fine white wool type within the flock and to move towards a non- mulesed flock with reduced fly strike probabilities.
Bailup Downs Afrinos 