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You might want to explore using Finn ewes. They have from 2 to 5 lambs and the goal of the breeding is to be able to feed that many. There have been a few exceptional individuals that have been able to feed 6 lambs. Of course they consume a larger amount than usual of hay and grain to be able to perform that feat. The criteria for registering a Finn ewe is that they can twin their first year and feed those lambs. They do not show officially (as Finns, You can show them as colored wool sheep if they are colored). They are all about performance not a beauty show.You can butcher any sheep you want. But if you have room for four sheep, I would get a Texel or Southdown ram (for siring heavy muscled lambs) and then for your ewes I would get either a Dorset or an East Frieisan for your milk production and depending on the type of wool you want to produce, a Merino (fine), Rambouillet (fine), Border Leicester (long), Bluefaced Leicester (long), Scottish Blackface (carpet), Karakul (carpet), Cheviot (medium), or Montadale (medium) ewe.
The problem with using dairy genetics also for wool production is that they put so much of the nutrition they consume into their milk production that their wool quality lacks severely, with many breaks in the wool. The adult sheep are what you are going to shear and get the wool off of, so depending on how much wool you want each year, choose 1-2 (the ewe and/or the ram) with the fleece qualities you like.
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