Development of the Wiltipoll Sheep

The Wiltipoll Sheep are an Australian breed of sheep developed from a british breed, "the Wiltshire Horn".

The Wiltipoll sheep, was developed in 1995 by initially crossing a polled breed (merino, poll dorset,  border leister etc) with a Wiltshire Horn ram. Then the progeny from that was crossed back again with a Wiltshire Horn and so on, five times to get a purebred "Class A" Wiltipoll Sheep which has a minimum 96.87% Wiltshire Horn blood. Then two purebred "Class A" wiltipolls are joined together to finally end up with a fully polled Wiltipoll "Class A1" sheep with all the excellent meat & shedding qualities of the Wiltshire Horn but without the horns.

The Wiltipoll Sheep is bred purely for it's exceptional lean meat and low maintenance.

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If you wish to become a member of the Australian Wiltipoll Association please feel free to contact me for any information or visit www.wiltipoll.com for forms and membership fees.

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