Lachlan Merinos

For 30 years, Lachlan Merinos’ has selected for fast growth rates in young sheep, which is vital for modern sheep-breeders, in terms of major financial gains that can be made by selling merino lambs in the prime lamb market. This principle also has benefits in maiden ewes, with improved conception rates. In 1994 ABC Landline produced a story about Lachlan Merinos selling merino lambs into the Sydney restaurant market. Lachlan Merinos were pioneers in this area, decades before the merino industry were selecting for not only wool quality & quantity, but also for early maturity & meat.

Lachlan Merinos uses commercial reality, by pregnancy scanning, classing, weighing, selecting ewes & rams at 10 months of age. We believe that the 1st 12 months is the most important for growth. This turns into commercial profit. The size of the sheep after this age, as an adult is not as important.

Our sire’s success has been exciting over the past few years with a number of rams excelling in sire evaluations and ASBVs for growth rates, CFW, classes tops to culls, WEC, N.L.W.N, setting new standards and being used as link sires around Australia. Lachlan Merinos semen has been sold to studs Australia Wide, including NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, and into Argentina and Uruguay.

We select for deep crimping, heavy cutting and silky white wools by 12 months of age and select for superior genetics and not for the age. We have been using Artificial Insemination for nearly 30 years, and Embryo Transfer for the last 9 years.

Our Adult Flock average: 18.5-19.6 micron, 8.0-9.3kg (seasonal range)