German Mutton Merino

It is a white mutton sheep breed with coarser bones than the Hungarian Merino. Their conformation is comparable to the ideal meat shapes (mutton conformation). Progeny of 1.3 to 1.4 is typical of the breed. However in order to be able to raise their lambs without any problems, appropriate emphasis shall be put on lambing preparation and ensuring milk production necessary for lamb rearing. They are inclinable to out-of-season breeding. The lambs have good (340-380 g) weight gaining ability, excellent feed consumption indexes and attractive meat shapes (mutton conformation). Mature weights for ewes range from 60 to 80 kg, and ram weights vary from 90 to 125 kg.