exmoorromney
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What's wrong with High Country Romneys?
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livestock 1
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Yes been in their company in the pub a fair few times they are a good laugh
- Location
- Hereford
Should all be through in 3/4 hrs hopefully .
What 45 min are they looking at them at all
- Location
- Cumbria
Three ways to loose money; Women the most fun, horses the fastest and fattening cattle the most certain.What was it? women, horses and fattening cattle. Sure ways to lose
livestock 1
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Or as a well known Cumbrian farmer says “there’s easier ways to loose money than farming”
Yes,my wife sold them and handed you it at the ringside,don’t forget her next time.Hope u left me some luck for the two I bought
harperfarmer
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I was always told it phrased as "the easiest way to lose money; fast women, slow horses and fattening cattle "
- Location
- East Sussex
Much less now than there was, but they are still on the small side.
They were for a long time too prolific and too woolly.
They have got better in size recently and I am told you get less triplets.
This is a proper Romney in the picture!!
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Where’s the greet big tuft of wool on its head at?!
- Location
- East Sussex
We try not to breed from those with big woolly tufts on the head!!!
I remember many years ago in NZ Eye Wigging Romney Lambs. That taught me you don't need woolly heads.
Woolless
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- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
Eye wigging? Is that cutting off the top knot so they can see?
- Location
- East Sussex
No just cutting the wool off the eyes so they aren't wool blind.
I remember going to one farm where I was dagging and eye wigging and started to do both eyes, the old farmer told me to just do one!!
kfpben
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- Location
- Mid Hampshire
I had some of @Frank-the-Wool ‘s Romney’s on turnips here last year and they seemed great sheep. Very impressed by them.
I would be slightly worried by the low scanning rate for my system (grass leys and stubble turnips in the arable rotation) but if I had plenty of permanent pasture Romney’s would be the way to go.
I would be slightly worried by the low scanning rate for my system (grass leys and stubble turnips in the arable rotation) but if I had plenty of permanent pasture Romney’s would be the way to go.
- Location
- South shropshire
what do you consider a low scanning rate ? Romneys here this year scanned over 1.8 ave, 1.9 for a big mob tupped on clover leys…… under 2% empties, lambing now, super lambs. Ewes came home from CC too fat but can cope well if we have a dry spell like last year and grass growth drops….
Horses for courses …..
kfpben
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- Location
- Mid Hampshire
Fair play- I always thought Romneys were normally in the region of 1.5-1.6?
Perhaps I’m wrong?
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
sedgemore highlights today , (we had £127 for store late born good shaped ram lambs today )
Saturday 2nd April 2022
Dairy Cattle (75) Sold to £2140
Store Cattle (776)
Steers sold to £1660 Heifers sold to £1635
Stirks (452)
Steers sold to £1095 Heifers sold to £1035
Bulls sold to £1100
Calves (351)
Bulls sold to £445 Heifers sold to £345
Sheep (2334)
Store Lambs (933) sold to £130 av £98.92
Killing Ewes (836) sold to £242
Goats (43) sold to £155
Orphan Lambs (83) sold to £56
Breeding Ewes (126) sold to £180
Couples (323) sold to £194 (singles) £295 (doubles)
Saturday 2nd April 2022
Dairy Cattle (75) Sold to £2140
Store Cattle (776)
Steers sold to £1660 Heifers sold to £1635
Stirks (452)
Steers sold to £1095 Heifers sold to £1035
Bulls sold to £1100
Calves (351)
Bulls sold to £445 Heifers sold to £345
Sheep (2334)
Store Lambs (933) sold to £130 av £98.92
Killing Ewes (836) sold to £242
Goats (43) sold to £155
Orphan Lambs (83) sold to £56
Breeding Ewes (126) sold to £180
Couples (323) sold to £194 (singles) £295 (doubles)
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Which ones guthrey….did he buy that over priced goat….sedgemore highlights today , (we had £127 for store late born good shaped ram lambs today )
Saturday 2nd April 2022
Dairy Cattle (75) Sold to £2140
Store Cattle (776)
Steers sold to £1660 Heifers sold to £1635
Stirks (452)
Steers sold to £1095 Heifers sold to £1035
Bulls sold to £1100
Calves (351)
Bulls sold to £445 Heifers sold to £345
Sheep (2334)
Store Lambs (933) sold to £130 av £98.92
Killing Ewes (836) sold to £242
Goats (43) sold to £155
Orphan Lambs (83) sold to £56
Breeding Ewes (126) sold to £180
Couples (323) sold to £194 (singles) £295 (doubles)
- Location
- North Yorkshire
- Location
- East Sussex
On an all outdoor system around 160% is the ideal number, providing triplet numbers are very low.
We would be on around 2% triplets and 2.5% empties so scanning at low 160% is perfect.
Best I have ever had was 169% on a thousand ewes with 9 empties and 9 triplets!