The Lamb Plus flock this year consists of 87 breeding ewes.  These ewes were mated to 3 LP Sires.
Joining was planned so that no sires mated with like cross.
(e.g. ¼ SAMM Sire not mated to ¼ SAMM ewe )

Sires  60-9019-2000-007114  = ¼  Finn  x ¾  Centre Plus
60-9019-2001-107233  = ¼  SAMM  x ¾  Centre Plus
60-9019-2001-107240  = ¼  SAMM  x ¾  Centre Plus
Ewes  21 ewes = ¼ Rambouillet   x ¾ Centre Plus
29 ewes = ¼ SAMM   (South African Meat Merino)x ¾ Centre Plus
12 ewes = ¼ Finn    x ¾ Centre Plus
6 ewes = ¼ Waridale   x ¾ Centre Plus
19 ewes = ½ Dohne   x ½ Centre Plus
Total ewes 87

Scanning Results  June 2003

Centre Plus  108 ewes scanned twins 36.0 %  12.8% Dry
Lamb Plus   87 ewes scanned twins 66.0 %   3.5% Dry

Preliminary Lambing Results (no dry’s)  Aug-Sep 2003

Centre Plus 419 ewes 511 Lambs Pedigree Lambs   122.0 % Av. Birth Wt 5.9  kg
Lamb Plus  80 ewes 122 Lambs Pedigree Lambs   152.5 % Av. Birth Wt   5.8  kg

Some differences for 2002 drop progeny. Oct – Nov  2003

Scored 1 to 5 (one = good,    five = bad )

Colour    Style   Crimp    Bundles         GFW        EMD       BWT
Centre Plus   2.2     2.6      3.1        3.0     3.8         24.4  48.6

Lamb Plus   2.0     2.7      3.3        3.3     3.6         27.2  55.2

The average age of the Lamb Plus is older as they mated quicker and this would help figures lambing into a drought.
Needless the figures are encouraging for the Lamb Plus in Eye Muscle Depth and Body Weight while being acceptable in other areas.