- Location
- Scottish Borders
You’ll soon have more beltex tups than ewe lambs !!
TexX ewes - which Tup to use?
- Thread starter Nithsdale
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- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
You’ll soon have more beltex tups than ewe lambs !!
Don't think there's enough Beltex tups in the country for that
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
If you ignore the Beltex running with the ewe lambs 
First tup went out today, to the pure Texel ewes. It's coming round quick!
Seems a lot of faffing for just 2 ewes, but there's 3 ewe lambs this year (they're big enough so going to the Beltex this autumn), so I'll have 5 next year again all going to plan
First tup went out today, to the pure Texel ewes. It's coming round quick!
Seems a lot of faffing for just 2 ewes, but there's 3 ewe lambs this year (they're big enough so going to the Beltex this autumn), so I'll have 5 next year again all going to plan
- Location
- East Ayrshire
That's a big field for 3 sheep! I could drop 5 pure ewes off on my way past in the morning to make it look betterIf you ignore the Beltex running with the ewe lambs
First tup went out today, to the pure Texel ewes. It's coming round quick!
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Seems a lot of faffing for just 2 ewes, but there's 3 ewe lambs this year (they're big enough so going to the Beltex this autumn), so I'll have 5 next year again all going to plan
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
That's a big field for 3 sheep! I could drop 5 pure ewes off on my way past in the morning to make it look better
Are you trying to say you like the tup?
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Looks as good as anything in my field lolAre you trying to say you like the tup?
No, he’s just short of grass!!Are you trying to say you like the tup?
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
He's one of my own - off of John's tup
Sell you one of his sons next year when you're here buying a Chindale Tup
- Location
- East Ayrshire
I have a decent shearling off the tup I bought from John at the same time, although not as well grown as yours.
How would a Chindale do over the Swales I'm hoping to buy at Kendal tomorrow? And you thought Suffolks were the dark side!
How would a Chindale do over the Swales I'm hoping to buy at Kendal tomorrow? And you thought Suffolks were the dark side!
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
I have a decent shearling off the tup I bought from John at the same time, although not as well grown as yours.
How would a Chindale do over the Swales I'm hoping to buy at Kendal tomorrow? And you thought Suffolks were the dark side!
That tups a 2 shear. But I do have a shearling who's not far behind him. Almost had another from John at Ayr, hell of a stretchy boy and didn't make an awful lot really. Might be back up there next year to see what I can get
Jesus. Swales. Are you feeling ok??
Good luck... I think!
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Have you had more than one tup from John then?
sheepwise
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- Location
- SW Scotland
John who?That tups a 2 shear. But I do have a shearling who's not far behind him. Almost had another from John at Ayr, hell of a stretchy boy and didn't make an awful lot really. Might be back up there next year to see what I can get
Jesus. Swales. Are you feeling ok??
Good luck... I think!
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Clark, West Glengyre
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Aye hold on we bought them 2019 didn't we? I was thinking 2018.
That's not off John's tup - but his boys look the same as that one! That lad there is my own breeding on the site side
I have had Tups off him in the past but maybe 10yr ago when I didn't have pure ewes
- Location
- East Ayrshire
If the competition wasn't so fierce I'd be tempted to start my own thread. Some one posted a few photos of Cheviot x Swales with decent looking lambs recently so I thought, why not .....Jesus. Swales. Are you feeling ok??
Good luck... I think!
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Aw go on! The forum needs someone else to take some flack!!
You'll can sit back with the popcorn watching everyone squabble over what tups you should use
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Aw go on! The forum needs someone else to take some flack!!
You'll can sit back with the popcorn watching everyone squabble over what tups you should use
PS I'm going to use the NCC park tups that I already have, squabble away if you want.
- Location
- Lancashire
God loves a trier
- Location
- East Ayrshire
I'm only the manager, try anything with someone else's money!God loves a trier
My pure(ish) cheviots I have at the moment scan poorly and a lot of them aren't very maternal. Tried lleyns but the ones I got didn't suit our ground so trying something different.
- Location
- Lancashire
Tried a batch of swales years ago, lesson learnt, they eat feed and hay all winter, what few survived to lamb all went wi lambs at foot, I thout mules could eat but them buggers would eat ta out of house un home. Had dalesbread for a year or two but couldn't keep un in, live well with little keep maybe why they did well there where always out
.Be some good lambs of the chevi
, wi you keep some of the gimmers back?.