Combination J.W. Bakker / H.J. Zoetelief

Westerboersweg 8
1793 ER De Waal
Tel: 0222 - 317303
E-mail:Jan-Willem.Bakker@planet.nl

General information

In 2000, cousins Henk Zoetelief and Jan-Willem Bakker decided to devote themselves to sheep breeding. In the autumn of the same year the opportunity presented itself to buy a flock of pedigree Texel sheep (53 ewes, 1 ram lamb) from Jan Engel (breeders number 2745) of Mijdrecht. The combination Bakker-Zoetelief is registered with breeders number 5700.

With his father Henk runs a farm, "De Arend", in nature reserve Waal en Burg. In addition to a herd of dairy cattle, a flock of about 50 sheep roams "De Arend". Jan-Willem is the son of a sheep farmer and partner in sheep farm "De Waddel". About 550 sheep are kept on this farm and part of the flock is milked. This milk is made into cheese on the farm.

Both men had long been planning to make their flocks free of Maedi-Visna, and in the autumn of 2000, Henk sold all his sheep on "De Arend" to make room for Jan Engel's flock. In the future, this flock will be supplemented with animals they breed themselves. For the past thirty years, breeding has consistently focused on growth rate, fertility and milk production. To this end, 28 of the best Texel ewes have been entered into the auxiliary herdbook at the start of 2001. These ewes have produced lambs in the spring of 2002, so now we have H75 lambs (75% herdbook).

Photo: twins born in 1999, with very high indices (Breeding Value 1=119/33 en Breeding Value 2 = 119/47) V. 238-1672 BV1=123/43 BV2= 128/85 M. 2745-490 BV1=117/49 BV2= 111/42

2745-753 and 2745-754

They have joined the weighing programme and with which they have achieved very good results. Last year, a ram (pictured right) received a growth index of 135 with a reliability of 75%. This ram, bred in England and of the French type, has a muscle thickness of 34 mm on his loins.

PHW-98041

The 115 breeding ewes (including forty one-year-old ewes) have been tupped by nine different rams last autumn. Over half the flock has been tupped by an ARR/ARR ram. Below, you will find some additional information about the rams that were used.

Photo: A ewe born a triplet in 1999, with indices BV1 = 120/33 and BV2 = 103/44. V. 2745-586 BV1=115/45 BV2=101/44 M. 2745-634 BV1=124/44 BV2= 109/52 Breeder J. Engel

2745-766