We're North Yorkshire in a band of poorer land below the moor, so improved hill really!Don't know where you are but straight farmed land should stand 70 ewes on 30 acre plus followers. I must admit my stocking is a bit skewed as 95% of our sheep winter away from home too give ours a rest.
As yet the jury is still out on the Rouge. The lambs look really good. The tups look like 2 ewes in with our beltex & texel type tups. I'm going to have too wait and see how they finish and weigh before I make a proper choice!
In the process of making an IBC water tanker so we can split the three 10ac fields in half with leccy fencing to try and make the most of the grass (if there's any left by then because the neighbours Swaledales have recently discovered our fresh grass and busting through the stone walls to get at it)!!
we have hay-making equipment also so are not too worried about the surplus of grass - more worried about over-grazing, poaching in winter and allowing the grass a break!