This document provides information about Kennedy Creek Stud Sires and their lambing program for 2014. It summarizes the stud's breeding objectives, details individual sires being used including genetics and progeny data, and provides contact information. The stud aims to breed sheep with high growth rate, muscling, and fertility using the latest genetic technologies and selection methods. Both proven sires and new progeny test sires are being used in the 2014 lambing program.

1. Kennedy Creek Stud Sires
for lambing 2014
Combining great data and
physical selection
High performance stud sires producing next
generation commercial and stud sires
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2. Combining great data and physical
selection
• Our stud has been in operation for almost 50 years
• We now use a combination of ASBVs, genomic breeding
values, physical appearance, structure and the
knowledge gleaned from past errors and successes to
inform our current and future breeding decisions to
improve the genetics we provide to you
• We then package these genetics in a well conditioned,
fertile and low disease risk ram (or ewe) for stud and
commercial clients – our sheep are measured to be
financially profitable and easy care

3. Kennedy Creek Stud Objectives
• Use worldwide best practice genetic and genomic
technologies (Lambplan/SGA) to make genetic progress
towards
– Rapid growth rate to weaning without excess adult
bodyweight
– Above industry average loin muscle & good overall muscling
– Moderate fat level (sale rams between +0.5 to -1.0)
– Easy lambing, moderate birthweight, good lambing ease
– Easy care, fertile sheep with low disease risk
• With excellent visual appearance, muscle shape,
reproductive measurements, mating ability, wool/skin
quality & Poll Dorset type

4. Stud sires
• The following slides detail Lambplan figures
from September 2014(www.lambplan.com.au)
• All of our sale sires (or when semen is
collected) are:
– JD (Johne’s disease) MN3V (vaccinated with Gudair)
– Fully vaccinated (6 in 1)
– Brucellosis free (blood testing every 2nd year for
over thirty years free), footrot & lice free
– Free from exotic disease (as per
www.animalhealthaustralia.gov.au)

5. Enquiries
• If you have any enquiries about sale
animal/semen/embryo availability contact:
– kennedycreek@gmail.com
• You can also view our stud details at
www.polldorset.org.au/kennedycreek
• If you want any further information about
figures used refer to
www.sheepgenetics.org.au

6. Sires of progeny born in 2014
• The following pages show stud sires used to join
ewes for lambing in 2014 (Autumn and Spring drops)
• Sires used this year are from Kennedy Creek and
Pepperton Poll Dorset studs
• Photos of all rams are provided where we have
photos (no trimming of rams in photos – in paddock
condition, often immediately following or during
joining – we believe these are the most relevant
photos to share) following data and comments page
on each sire

7. Progeny measurements
• Progeny are lambed down in groups of 50 to 100 ewes
and lambs weighed & e-tagged within 12 hours of birth
• All lambs are kept in these groups until weaning when
they are weighed (12 weeks after lambing starts)
• Separated into 1 group at weaning until early post
weaning (EPWT) data collected then run as separate
male and female flocks ie 2 flocks
• All animals treated alike to maximise ASBV accuracy
• Benchmarking sires used to maximise accuracy (six
KCPD sires have been used in the sheep CRC INF 304/8,
44/9, 186/9, 122/10, 38/11, 621/12 & we also have
linkage via AI in our stud and our rams used externally

8. AI – semen availability
• Kennedy Creek 122/10 & 621/12 available
• All sires available for collection upon request
InSERT ASBVS HERE

9. Rams in use for 2012 lambing
• 2 groups of sires:
– 1. Proven sires used in previous season on farm
(8 rams)
– 2. Progeny test sires on farm
(3 rams)
TOTAL SIRES USED FOR 2013 lambing = 19 rams
• Lambing divided into autumn and spring lambing (¾ ewes in
autumn, ¼ ewes in spring). Approximately 400 ewes joined
(including 15 month old hoggets)

10. Genomic breeding values (GBVs)
• Genomic breeding values on all our rams have
been assessed
• This includes all of our progeny test sires and
some other young “potentials”
• We are excited to continue to be involved in
this to enhance data quality in difficult to
measure traits (meat quality such as
intramuscular fat, parasite resistance etc)
• These are currently used to avoid the use of
“outlier” sires eg. poor eating quality

11. Ram team –proven sires used in previous
season
• Kennedy Creek 122/10
• Kennedy Creek 19/11
• Kennedy Creek 64/11
• Kennedy Creek 461/11
• Kennedy Creek 102/12
• Kennedy Creek 181/12
• Kennedy Creek 102/12
• Kennedy Creek 621/12
• Pepperton 398/12
Note: In most seasons we
commence with 6-8 progeny
test sires. This number
halves by the next year when
data on their lambs is
available. Each year after
that one or more rams in this
group are sold to maintain
our genetic gain from new
progeny test sires and keep
a low generation interval
(see next page). We retain a
low number of older sires for
the sake of good quality
linkage.

12. Current proven sire ASBVs
Ram tag BWT PWT PFAT PEMD Cplus Trade
122/10
19/11
64/11
461/11
102/12
181/12
621/12
Pepperton
398/12

13. Generation interval at KCPD (data
from SGA) – gradually reducing

14. Kennedy Creek 122/10
• Sire = Kennedy Creek 304/08
• Dam = Kennedy Creek 122/06 (SD = Derrynock
220/04)
• Great looking ram with good Dorset wool and
bare points with excellent blend of figures
including short gestation
• We regard this ram highly and progeny are
excellent with two progeny already used as stud
sires in our flock
• LIMITED SEMEN available for 2014 joining

16. Kennedy Creek 19/11
• Sire = Majardah 157/08
• Dam = Kennedy Creek 178/09 (SD = Kennedy
Creek 440/07)
• A very solid ram with excellent muscling through
leg
• Retained in stud team due to structural
correctness and excellent blend of figures for all
markets

18. Kennedy Creek 64/11
• Sire = Linton 603/08
• Dam = Kennedy Creek 81/09 (SD = Ivadene
75/06)
• Our best son from Linton 603
• Low birth weight sire with increase in ASBVs
after progeny data entry
• Plenty of muscle and low WEC – power packed
pedigree

20. Kennedy Creek 461/11
• Sire = Wyndamah 939/08
• Dam = KC 28/09 (SD = Ivadene 75/06)
• Solid balance of ASBVs (PWT >12 & PEMD
>1.5) and negative for WEC
• Sire and dam both have very well balanced
breeding values and excellent structure

22. Kennedy Creek 102/12
• Sire = Kennedy Creek 122/10
• Dam = KC 51/9 (SD = Ivadene 75/06)
•

24. Kennedy Creek 181/12
• Sire = Kennedy Creek 44/11
• Dam = KC 17/9 (SD= Ivadene 75/6)
• Highest Cplus ranked ram (208) produced in
2012 on property
• BWT = 0.57, PWT = 15.9, PEMD = 1.8, PFAT =
-0.2 (would like more rams with these
figures), Trade Index = 113

26. Kennedy Creek 621/12
• AI Sire = Pollambi 284/07
• Dam = 108/10 (SD= Kennedy Creek 488/07)
• Son of one of the highest L2020 Poll Dorset
sires available with dam from a high growth
KCPD line
• Great looking ram and second highest
growth of his cohort
• Joined to ewes at 7 months as shown in
photo
• We consider this ram may be the best bred
on the property

27. KC 621/12

28. Ram team – Progeny test sires
• Kennedy Creek 498/12 (Autumn Drop)
• Kennedy Creek 520/12 (Autumn Drop)
• Kennedy Creek 545/12 (Spring Drop)

29. Current progeny test sire ASBVs
Ram tag BWT PWT PFAT PEMD Cplus Trade
498/12
520/12
545/12

30. Kennedy Creek 498/12
• AI Sire = Wunnamurra 65
• Dam = Kennedy Creek

31. KC 498/12

32. Kennedy Creek 520/12
• AI Sire = Wunnamurra 171
• Dam = Kennedy Creek

33. KC 520/12

34. Kennedy Creek 545/12
• AI Sire = Wunnamurra 65
• Dam = Kennedy Creek

35. KC 545/12

36. Current sales
• We have stud and flock rams for sale year round –
any current sales are listed on the sheepgenetics
website, but more rams may be available
• We have a limited number of ewe lambs available in
Spring 2013 and will have a good selection of ewe
lambs available early in 2014 (over 300 ewe lambs
born in 2013 and only keeping best 70-80 in stud)
• We have opted to slightly reduce our ram offering in
2013 with about 130 rams for sale by mid October
• Rams available for viewing for stud purchases

37. Contact details
• Web
www.polldorset.org.au/kennedycreek
www.slideshare.net/kennedycreek
• Email:
kennedycreek@polldorset.org.au
– Email us if you would like to be added to our list to
receive updates and newsletters
• Breed information
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