What is the Abertex?
A versatile and Hardy Terminal Sire. The Abertex sheep are best for sheep breeders who are looking for a combination of maternal and carcase traits. These hardy rams are capable of producing high quality finished lambs on hill/upland terrain and of maximising the benefits of easy lambing for prime lamb production.
Why Choose the Abertex?
Modern sheep farming demands resilient and highly productive stock. One that thrives on low-input, forage-based management. The Abertex sheep is a popular choice for those looking for quality easycare sheep genetics and high-performance rams for sale. The Abertex sheep combines the muscular carcase quality of the Texel sheep with the benefit of improved hardiness and outdoor lambing capability.
Abertex Sheep are:
- Robust and Easy To Manage: Adaptable and low maintenance, ideal for outdoor lambing, producing robust lambs, achieving lambing percentages of 160% – 180%
- Hardy Sheep Built for All Terrains: The Abertex sheep is very hardy, capable of survival on all terrains.
- Excellent Texel Sheep Traits: Delivering good muscle depth, are fast growing and have a high carcase yield, good mobility and lamb survival. Serving as a high-value sire for breeding. Achieving lambing percentages of 130% – 150%
- Fully Performance-Recorded: Backed by Innovis EBVs, and full health checks and traceable treatments.
- Available for UK Buyers: Available through official Innovis sheep sales UK channels and digital platforms like SellMyLivestock.
History of the Abertex Sheep
Part of the Innovis breeding programme, the Abertex sheep was created to overcome the commercial limitations often associated with traditionally bred Texel sheep, such as lambing difficulties, high feed costs, and reduced mobility on rough terrain.
By cross-selecting top New Zealand and British Texel bloodlines, Innovis have successfully produced an easy-lambing and hardy sheep line tailored specifically for the modern UK grass-based farming systems.
Abertex Sheep are best if you:
- Operate a Hill/Upland Terrain Farm: Wish to increase carcase weights on hill/upland terrain while breeding resilient crossbred hill ewes that achieve high lambing percentages.
- Manage Lowland Flock: Wish to produce self-replacing crossbred ewes that achieve high lambing percentages on grass.
- Low Input Farming: Looking to reduce labour.
- Looking for High Value Rams for Sale: Looking for performance-recorded breeding stock, trusted by Innovis, to optimise long-term flock profitability.
Additional Information
Easycare sheep are breeds selected to minimise labour and input costs. They often feature strong maternal instincts, easy lambing, high mobility, and are natural disease resistance. This allows farmers to run larger flocks with lower labour costs.
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All our rams will be MOT’d, quarantine treated and supplied with full health treatment records.
We believe in our products and will work with you to help you to maximise returns from our genetics.
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