AI SIRES*

The following descriptions are of the sires of our AI offspring.   Northern Maine Icelandics was instructed in Iceland on how to interpret each ram's statistics, & we pick only the best of the best.      Each ram's evaluation score is in blue.  The prolificacy of the daughters is the first red number. The number 0 means average prolificacy, a negative # is less prolific, a positive is more.    The 2nd red number is the milkiness of their daughters.  A milking score of 100 is average,  below 100 is less milky, above 100 is more milky.  Carcass & fat indexes are in green, the higher the number, the better.  Again, a score of 100 is average.  Below 100 is less good.

Flotti: Ram # 98-850. Horned, white.  Eye muscle thickness 40mm (which is outstanding), back fat 4mm.  Southram says of him..."Very good looking  with wellcurved horns.  The neck is extremely broad and well connected to broad and muscled shoulders.  Great conformation and wide chest.  Excellent back muscling. Great muscling on loins.  Powerful thighs with thick, rounded and deep muscle.  Very strong feet and well placed.  Flotti was champion sire of Rangarvallasysla in 1999.

Carries gray pattern, moorit color, and spotting.  Scored 84.5 points out of 100 on graded body parts. Our Flotti lambs have exceeded all expectations for fast growth, superb muscling, & conformation. 87--105--25--122    40/4/5    8--8--8.5--9.5--9--18--7.5--8--8-- total score =84.5 pts. 0, 100   113, 109

Kani: Ram # 98-864.  Moorit mouflon, horned.  Kani has a powerful head with good horn curving.  Wide chest and good conformation.  Broad back, 39mm eye muscle thickness (outstanding).  Above average leg muscling.  Wool is starting to lighten with grey.  Medium thog, good thel-fine and soft.  Kani's prolificacy score (a measure of how many lambs his  daughters produce) is an incredible +41.  The usual score is -2 to +10, & his daughters have been above average milkers.

84--102--24.5--124     39/4/4      8--8--8--8.5--8--16.5--7--8--8-- total score = 80 pts.   +41, 104    103, 100

Mjaldur: Ram #93-985.  White, horned.  (Son of legendary Thettir.)  Head is broad and shoulders well muscled.  Great muscling on back& loins. Eye muscle measures "an amazing 41mm." Wool is soft and plentiful.  Mjaldur was only the 2nd stud ram in Icelands history to have been given a 9 for a wool score (out of a possible 10).  Wool isn't the only great charac- teristic Mjaldur has, for he was given a score of 86.5 out of 100 because of his great meat qualities.  Mjaldur has produced

many great looking lambs of both sexes with great meat qualities, mothering abilities, excellent horns and great wool.  Our Mjaldur ramlamb included! 86--108--26--122    41/5/-    8--8.5--8.5--9.5--9--18--9--8--8--Total score = 86.5 pts.       +5, 105    117, 91

Dreitill:AI ram #00-891 Homozygous white, horned. A son of Laekur, one of the top 10 rams ever.  A fantastic animal for improving the thighs and back on your lambs! A superb 18.5 leg score!  Wide chest, broad back, very good eye muscling (37mm). Heavily muscled shoulders. Short legs, long loin with very little backfat (3mm).  Medium fine wool, short tog. Has some tan throughout. His lambs have a fast growth rate.  Scores 86 out of 100 on graded body parts. We visited the farm where Dreitill was born when we were being trained in the new vaginal AI procedure.  The barn was insulated and heated until the

sheep grow their wool back sufficiently to withstand the low winter temps after the fall shearing! 84--107--26--111   37/3/4    8--8.5--9--9--9.5--18.5--7.5--8--8--Total score = 86 pts. -15, 94    133, 116

Abel:AI ram #00-890 Homozygous white, strong horns. Another great animal for improving the thighs and rump of your lambs. Broad, strong shoulders, straight back with thick muscling, perfect eyemuscle shape & short leg score, which means thick muscling overall. Very high car- cass grading score of 139 on lambs w/ very little fat.  Fine soft wool with no tan or black fibers.  Carries spotting. Scored 87 out of 100!

82--102--26--116      39/4/5     8--8--9--9.5--9.5--18--8.5--8--8.5-- = 87 pts.       -3, 104   127, 93

Rektor:AI ram #00-889 Black/white spotted. Strong horns. Thick neck, very wide chest, great conformation. Grandson of the famed "Moli," one of Iceland's all time great AI sires. Rektor had one of the two thickest eye muscle measurements of that year (42mm). Good rump & very good thighs. Wool is softer than wool score implies,  rates a '7' because he is spotted.  For actual softness, he rates an '8.'   Carries black & spotting.

96--110--26.5--121        42/7/4        8--7.5--8.5--9--9--17--7--8--8.5-- = 83 pts. -16, 102   108, 101

* Pictures and descriptions used by permission of Southram.  Visit their website! www.bssl.is/english/

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