The Portland is a heathland breed from the Dorset area linked to
the Wessex tan-faced group of sheep.

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• Check mineral and trace element status of ewes

• Prepare for lambing – set up pens, check equipment, organise medicines, vaccines, colostrum, lubricant gel, gloves, iodine spray for navels, etc.

• Record information at lambing (lambing assistance, lambing ease, mothering ability) to help select replacement ewes

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Portland Breed Description

The programme of ram measurements undertaken by Richard Broad this year has provided data which has been used to amend the Breed Description as follows:

"The Portland is a small animal (average weight adult ewe 38-40 kg). The average weight of adult rams is 55kg (at three years old and body condition 3), rarely exceeding 66kg and 65cm at the withers."

This amendment is included in the Combined Flock Book 2011 and has appeared in the RBST magazine, The Ark.