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The Rideau Arcott is a purebred
sheep that was created entirely in Canada. It was developed over a 30 year period
(from 1958 to 1989) by Agriculture Canada at the federal government research station
outside Ottawa, using stock mainly from Finnish Landrace, Suffolk and East
Friesian breeds, and released to Canadian farms in 1989. The
purpose of the Rideau Arcott program was to produce a dam-line breed for
crossbreeding that would offer ewes with high fertility, good milking
characteristics and good body conformation and growth rate. The breed features
very high prolificacy with ewe lambs reaching sexual maturity at seven to eight
months and lambing at one year. Because of multiple births, they do require
extra management at lambing.
| Name | Farm Name | Address | Town | Prov | Code | Phone | Fax | |
| Dean & Junko ANGELL | Canadian Sheep Genetics International | RR 2 | Lacombe | AB | 403-755-1778 | |||
| Ian & Deb CLARK | Medicine Ridge Farm | Box 491 | Bentley | AB | T0C 0J0 | 403-748-2624 | 403-748-2667 | |
| Frank DALLAIRE | Featherwood Farm | RR 1 | Red Deer | AB | T4N 5E1 | 403-887-5761 | 403-887-7398 | |
| Kathleen RAINES | Starkroft | Site 15, Box 5, RR 1 | Innisfail | AB | T4G 1T6 | 403-728-3145 | 403-728-8213 |
