Central Queensland game reserve experimenting with new sheep breed

Sally Gall
Updated December 21 2017 - 8:12am, first published 8:05am
Mike is attracted to the damara’s 70 per cent browse diet, which makes them easy to run in the Desert Uplands environment.
Mike is attracted to the damara’s 70 per cent browse diet, which makes them easy to run in the Desert Uplands environment.

In the sheep producing business, much debate is generated about the pros and cons of horned and polled animals, but for Mike Mackay, the hornier his sheep are, the better he and his clients like them.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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