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Flevoland
EFABIS Data
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International Name |
Flevoland |
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Local Name |
Flevolander |
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Location |
Nationwide |
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Breeding females
(year) |
1,000 |
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Trend of population size |
Stable |
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Flock book established |
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Origin – history
The Flevoland
originates from research done by IVO (nowadays called ASG-Lelystad)
done in ’70’s aiming to create a fertile dam for meat lambs with a
lambing interval of 8 months. The Flevoland is a crossbred between
an Ile de France and Finnish Landsheep.
Breed description
The Flevoland is a
good meat producer and is white and polled. The sheep are very
muscular and have the ability to breed out of the season, and also
to mature early. Therefore, the first mating can occur at an age of
7 months. The Flevoland is one of the most fertile sheep breeds in
The Netherlands. They usually lamb 3 times in 2 years and older ewes
(2nd and higher parities) usually produce triplets. The milk
production of the Flevoland is decent. There hardly occur problems
while lambing. Another strong point is the vitality of the Flevoland;
the average age of the ewes is 8.5 years.
Conservation activities
None
Contact:
Name: Nederlands
Flevolander Schapenhoudersvereniging
Contact person: H.C.
ter Mors
Address:
Broekheurnerweg 27A
Postal code and city:
7481 PX Haaksbergen
Country: The
Netherlands
Email:
hc.ter.mors@tubbergen.nl
Website:
www.flevolanderschaap.nl (in Dutch only)
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