Skintagain
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sorry I couldn’t resist,!No more than anything else. They all struggle when they’re soaking wet, standing in a cold wind, myself included.
Biggest issues with pure Charollais turned out into this weather, is the utter lack of maternal instinct in the ewes. They stand in the middle of a windswept field with their lambs, rather than seeking shelter under a hedge.
I picked two dead pure lambs up today, in a field with a 30’ tall wood along one side and hedges around the other sides and a few trees dotted about too. The dead ones were right out in the middle, with their mothers stood over them.
We have kept turning out but overdone it on some lower away land will cause a problem later we will have to shed some off somehow or put creep in to ease pressure
not having any pure Charley tups atm has helped. I know you say there Is no difference but having half texel half Charley has certainly got some wool back on the lambs. still have the vigour from The Charley though which we would miss if not present