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Dino Vinci, Livestock Facilities Manager

Physical Address:
950 Farm Road, 1/2 mile north of campus

Mailing Address:
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2090
Moscow, ID 83844-2090

Phone: 208-885-3516

Email: dvinci@uidaho.edu

Web: uidaho.edu/cals/sheep-center

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Our Sheep

Rams

Wiford 602 (RRNN)
Tag color for offspring — Red
Born a twin in 2016
Registered Suffolk
Sire — Slack 4423
Dam — Wilford 296
Long bodied, moderately framed sheep. Produces effective females for 2021 that are good for strong maternal instinct and udders that are durable. Testicle circumference: 30cm. Rear legs can be posty when bred to ewes who are.

Wilford 602
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MacCauley 3991 — Mighty Joe (RRNN)
Tag color for offspring — Blue
Born a single in 2018
Registered Suffolk
Sire — MacCauley 2551
Dam — MacCauley 3335
Deep sided, structurally correct ram. Good Suffolk breed character. Throws offspring who are not wide over the top for 2021.

Sulfolk — MacCauley 3991 Blue
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Slack 7382 —604 (RRNN)
Tag color for offspring — White
Born a twin in 2017
Registered Suffolk
Sire — Slack 3270
dam — Slack H7079
Heavy muscled for 2021 and is more wether-sire type than a typical tall range ram. Deep twist and level topped. His offspring are uniform and produce a meaty carcass. Some wool caps and wooly legs are evident on 20% of his offspring, when bred to Suffolk ewes.

Sulfolk — Slack
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MacCauley 4915 — Randall the Vandal (RRNN)
Tag color for offspring — Green
Born a twin in 2020
Registered Suffolk
Sire — MacCauley 4107
Dam — Auville 79382B
A structurally correct ram for our Suffolk flock. He is a quick grower and is level topped, wide hipped and good structured. Expecting lambs out of Randall in 2022.

Sulfolk — MacCauley 4915
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35627 Polypay
Tag color for offspring — Black
Born a twin in 2018
Full Polypay based on USSES records
Sire — USSES
Dam — USSES
A Polypay with larger framed offspring for our Polypay flock. His female offspring have good udder morphology. He is not the widest hipped or based sheep in the Polypay flock.

Targhee 35627
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35629 Polypay
Tag color for offspring — Grey
Born a twin in 2018
Full Polypay based on USSES records
Sire — USSES
Dam — USSES
A Polypay with a greater than average carcass merit. Lambs out of 35629 are wide over the top. When bred to our current white faced flock he produced a lamb crop of 200%. His offspring are commonly wool capped and have wool on the legs that sheds as they mature. His daughters are calm in the jugs and have a low rate of dystocia. His female offspring tend to have desirable udder morphology. His 2021 lamb crop had 6% of lambs with entropion eyelids.

Polypay 35629
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35628 Targhee
Tag color for offspring — Purple
Born a twin in 2018
Full Targhee based on USSES records
Sire — USSES
Dam — USSES
35628 produces docile lambs that have decent fleeces when bred to our white faced flock that is comprised of Polypay and Targhee ewes. He improves fleeces and only marginally decreases carcass traits. His ewes are very gregarious.

Targhee 35628
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Contact

Dino Vinci, Livestock Facilities Manager

Physical Address:
950 Farm Road, 1/2 mile north of campus

Mailing Address:
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2090
Moscow, ID 83844-2090

Phone: 208-885-3516

Email: dvinci@uidaho.edu

Web: uidaho.edu/cals/sheep-center

Google Map