Jason O'Loghlin, Wiltshire Horn sheep stud | Stock & Land
He highlights the rising demand for Wiltshire Horn sheep, noting their dependable breeding and spatial awareness.
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00:00So Jason you're the only exhibitor here today, but you say the breed is still going quite strong. Yes, we're still going strong
00:06We're gaining numbers in studs. We're merging new studs all the time and
00:10The unfortunate thing is here
00:11We're at lambing time now, so it makes it difficult for the other studs to attend this time of year
00:15But the breed is still gaining momentum
00:18I believe and the people want wheelchair horns because you put a wheelchair horn with a wheelchair horn and you end up with a stable
00:24reliable product
00:25What are the other reasons why people are still buying wheelchair horns. Well wheelchair horns as a horn breed
00:30They're very sparsely aware of their horns and their heads
00:32And they don't like them getting caught in anything or touching anything so as it is that the
00:36shedding breeds is not handled very much at the moment. They've got tendencies to fence push and
00:42Push on the fences and whereas wheelchair horns, you know very sparsely aware and don't want anything touching their heads or their horns