Chandler Livestock White Suffolk

WHY CHANDLER LIVESTOCK

We have all heard the jokes: Two farmers are talking, one points to a mob of sheep sitting under a tree and says to the other, "Do you see that mob of sheep over there? Do you know what they are doing? Planning how they are going to die!" Or the cautionary tales of needing to be careful about shaking the hand of a New England sheep cocky at the end of summer because of the workout he will have had using a drenching gun.

Keeping sheep alive is hard enough, especially in summer-dominant rainfall areas and with the highly variable seasonal conditions that we are now seeing. But on top of that, you have to think about which sheep are the most productive, which produce the best quality product (whether it is wool quality or meat eating quality), and which are the easiest and most cost-effective to run. It is really tough to find all of this in one package.

About our sheep

We started breeding our own rams at Chandler Livestock because of the challenges around finding everything we were looking for in that one package. It was hard to find highly productive sheep that could maintain body conditions under high stocking rates without the need for high labour inputs to manage parasite and disease issues. So, more than 10 years ago, we decided to do it ourselves and started breeding our own Merino rams. More recently, we have added White Suffolk's into the mix with the same focus on profit drivers and ease of management. We hope this experience puts us in a position to help you overcome the same challenges in your business.

At Chandler Livestock, we do the hard work for you by supplying rams that combine productivity and quality of product with resilience and welfare traits.

Chandler White Suffolk rams allow you to maximise kilograms of lamb produced per hectare with more live lambs born due to moderate (below average) birth weights but growth, eye muscle depth, and fat depth all in the top 30% or better in comparison to all terminal breeds in the LAMBPLAN evaluation. Intramuscular fat and shear force (tenderness) are in the top 20%, giving a great quality product and happy consumers.

By choosing rams from Chandler Livestock, you will be able to make balanced improvements to your flock. More lambs. Better productivity. Higher quality. Less labour.

About our breeding program

White Suffolk

– Chandler White Suffolk – Australian White Suffolk Association Flock 987

We have had an interest in the White Suffolk breed for many years because of the breed's ability to get live lambs on the ground without compromising growth rates. The progressive attitude of the breeders and the breed association means they have been making huge progress. So when Steve and Debbie Milne from Waratah White Suffolk's made the decision to disperse their flock in 2022, we decided to make the most of the opportunity and establish the Chandler White Suffolk stud.
The first drop of stud White Suffolk lambs performed so well that we added to our stud ewe numbers by purchasing more ewes from Gates White Suffolk stud. We are very thankful to have been able to establish a stud based on such high-quality genetics, and think that being able to provide our clients with both Poll Merino and White Suffolk genetics will be a great match.

The following trait groups are key drivers of profitability and sustainability for White Suffolk ram buyers and are the focus of our breeding program.