Texel sheep Cold Stream Ranch

Cold Stream the Texel Specialists

Our flock is Maedi Visna tested.
Five year Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program completed.
-- Certified scrapie resistance
-- flock AARRRR

Quality meat from Texels
Here is an opportunity for the commercial producer to reduce the fat and put more muscle and meat on their market lambs...

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Our Texel Geneticss
Son of Dutch Pride (97K) is the product of our selective breeding program. This ram weights 195 pounds - Stands 28 inches at the shoulder and overall length has increased as well...

Origins of Cold Stream Texels
We imported our embryos' from a well known, respected Dutch breeder RJ van Doorn.

Rinus has been in the business for over 40+ years, is dedicated to improving the breed and has been very successful in producing several champion rams and ewes.

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Registered
All our Purebred Dutch Texels are registered with the Canadian Sheep Breeders Association

Texel Facts
Texels are docile and have a high growth rate. They produce a lean carcuss with a high dress out weight...

The Genetic History of Cold Stream Texels
In 1995 we visited several sheep producers in the Netherlands and made arranged to import our first Dutch Texel embryos. That same year we aquired to Dutch Texel yearling rams from previously imported embryos...

Cold Stream News
The Age Dispatch, Strathroy, Ontario

In the world of sheep, it pays to be the leader of the

flock. Middlesex Centre sheep producer Mels van der Laan, who began raising Dutch Texel sheep about seven years ago, was convinced that the breed was superior to existing Canadian breeds...