Corriedale sheep

Description

The Corriedale breed originated in New Zealand and is a cross between Lincoln and Merino with a later addition of the Leicester breed into the crossing.The intent was to develop a dual purpose breed that could produce medium wool as well as a good quality carcass.

Corriedale sheep were used in Debre Birhan and Amedguya sheep breeding ranches for many years from the 1970’s through the early 1990’s to produce crossbred Corriedale/Menz animals for distribution. The crosses, particularly the 75 and 87.5% Corriedale rams, were distributed to many parts of the country.