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High speed lead injection is the best way.
Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts
- Thread starter Anymulewilldo
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Got to have them, they been here since the churches where built.
Skintagain
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and they still aren’t fat crikey
Cotswold need 2 summers really. Suppose no one has ever tried to improve them, wouldn’t matter if it 5 years to get fat if you had a high value wool every year.
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I know. It's the price you pay for being part of an estate.
Each one has it's foibles.
When my own go I’m going to make it my hobby to get them better. Problem is for 50 years one one has given a dam about them
We had a few pet cotswolds as pets for the kids.
I used to shear the lambs in July with the ewes, that did them no end of good.
They do just go fat though.
Try and sneak a charolais tup in there with a wig on? That would do them some good!!
I’m going to breed half to texel or Suffolk.
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- Scot Borders
Be like Merinos in Oz. Can live off next to nothing and produce great wool, but will never flesh up. They do taste fantastic at 3/4 yo though, although not a lot of eating on a chop
Skintagain
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Wish I was that way flesh up way too easy and don’t grow much wool on headBe like Merinos in Oz. Can live off next to nothing and produce great wool, but will never flesh up. They do taste fantastic at 3/4 yo though, although not a lot of eating on a chop
ritchiekirkland
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Guess there’s no point on pushing them on roots and hoppers the first winter really if they haven’t got it in them .
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- North Yorkshire
Are you saying the wool is still high value or used to be?
Are you going to be allowed to breed in some texel/Suffolk or do they have to look traditional?
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- Northumberland
There might be a few of us with more Angus characteristics - pot bellied and fatten readily.
Skintagain
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Not pot belly just built like a Charley bull
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I'm glad my mugshot was not part of the 'we three kings' ensemble, or a merge with the infamous Angus likeness would be embarrassing.
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Hilly
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Sell all mine live and happy with trade.
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Had one yesterday, about 8 hours old, had definitely sucked, but seriously chilled. In tiny holding field with good shelter until taking them inside at 6 pm. Was looking fine at last round, inside and in hot box. Gone this morning.
All 1 and 2 day olds are in to yard and big shed at night. Found a similar one this morning, seemed to have no interest in mother so bottled him. Looking on the mend at 10, then at 2 he's flat and temperature down , in the hot box now.
I am a bit suspicious that they are after one of the cross beltex's and the mothers a similar breeding.
ritchiekirkland
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Neighbour has two sheep, one was yeld, one expecting triplets of course. Can anyone guess which one managed to choke itself to death between his tractor wheel and step ???
Hilly
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I doubt the nz type romneys will make them kill out better more like worse , ive ised them both and much prefer the British genetics , all that nz stuff is just marketing garbage for punting plain sheep
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Neighbour has two sheep, one was yeld, one expecting triplets of course. Can anyone guess which one managed to choke itself to death between his tractor wheel and step ???