Lincoln Red

The Lincoln Red is an old breed of beef cattle, originating from Lincolnshire in eastern England. They were selectively bred from the indigenous draught cattle of the region by crossing with the Durham type Shorthorn to produce a dual purpose breed. They are now a specialist beef breed.[1]

Lincoln Reds at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire

Judging of the Lincoln Red heifer class at the Sydney Royal Easter Show

Lincoln Red cattle are a very dark red in colour that reduces the likelihood of sunburn and cancer. They may be polled or horned and are noted for their docility and an ability to thrive under all conditions.

They are now present in a number of countries around the world. These cattle were imported into Australia over 100 years ago and the Lincoln Red Cattle Society (Aust) was formed in 1971 with one registered herd.[2]

Breed societies

References

Rare Breeds Survival Trust
Handbook of Australian Livestock. Meat & Livestock Australia. 2000. p. 51. ISBN 1-74036-216-0.

External links

In Australia

Livestock breeds of the British Isles

Cattle

Beef cattle	Angus Beef Shorthorn Belted Galloway Blue Grey Devon Dexter English Longhorn Galloway Hereford Highland Lincoln Red Luing Shorthorn South Devon Sussex Welsh Black
Dairy cattle	Ayrshire Guernsey Jersey Kerry Milking Shorthorn
Dual purpose	Albion British White Gloucester Irish Moiled Glamorgan Pembroke Red Poll Shetland Whitebred Shorthorn
Primitive	Chillingham Wild Cattle Vaynol White Park
Extinct	Blue Albion

Sheep

Extant	Beulah Speckled Face Bluefaced Leicester Border Leicester British Milk Cheviot Clun Forest Cotswold Dalesbred Derbyshire Gritstone Devon Closewool Devon Longwoolled Dorset Down Dorset Horn English Leicester Exmoor Horn Galway Greyface Dartmoor Hampshire Herdwick Hill Radnor Kerry Hill Lincoln Llanwenog Lleyn Lonk Norfolk Horn Oxford Down Portland Romney Rough Fell Ryeland Scottish Blackface Shetland Shropshire Southdown sheep Suffolk Swaledale Teeswater Welsh Mountain Wensleydale Whitefaced Woodland Wiltshire Horn
Primitive	Boreray Castlemilk Moorit Hebridean Jacob Manx Loaghtan North Ronaldsay Soay
Extinct	Scottish Dunface

Pigs

Extant	Berkshire British Landrace British Lop British Saddleback Essex Gloucestershire Old Spots Large Black Large White Middle White Oxford Sandy and Black Tamworth Welsh Wessex Saddleback
Extinct	Cumberland Dorset Gold Tip Grice Large White Ulster Lincolnshire Curly Coat Small Black Small White Yorkshire Blue and White

Goats

Poultry

Chickens	Derbyshire Redcap Dorking Ixworth Cornish Indian Game Modern Game Modern Langshan Norfolk Grey Old English Game Old English Pheasant Fowl Orpington Rosecomb Scots Dumpy Scots Grey Sebright Sussex
Ducks	Abacot Ranger Aylesbury Orpington Khaki Campbell Magpie Shetland Silver Appleyard Welsh Harlequin
Geese	Brecon Buff Shetland

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