Bjalki 06-995

Bjalki 06-995

from

Hestur experimental farm, Borgarfjordur, West Iceland

Pedigree:

Bjalki 06-995	Raftur 05-966	Bramli 04-952
		03-290
	04-514	Alvis 03-140
		02-131
mmmf. Sekkur 97-836.

Breeding indexes (BLUP)

Score 2007: 83,5 points
Ultrasound 2006: Eye muscle thickness 31 mm, back fat thickness 3,7 mm, muscle shape 4,0. (S)

Description:

White and horned with very good looking head. Extremely muscular shoulders, wide chest and very good rib shape. Broad and very well muscled back. Superb rump and leg muscling. Strong feet’s. Vigorous ram with more than average body length.
Dark tan on head and feet’s and lot of tan fibers in the fleece. Wool quantity below average. Thick thel, variable thog and medium fine.

Bjalki is one of three rams from Hestur experimental farm bought in 2007 after progeny testing there resulting in very good eye muscle depth and shape. His progenies have very good meat qualities, especially leanness.
His daughters have average prolificacy and good milking abilities.

Meat quality

Carcass grading	120
Fat grading	124
Meat qualities
Index	122
Daugthers
Prolificacy	101
Milking abilities	104

Scrapie resistance genotype: Neutral
Colour inheritance: Bjalki is heterozygous white. Carries black but neither moorit or spotted.