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All depends what you view as quality, i.e a smaller maternal ewe that weans her own bodyweight and looks after herself or near terminal...

If you want to keep females from your own mules, you'd be far better off with a Texel (especially a more maternal/less extreme type)...

A low input self replacing maternal female. Exactly what breed (or combination) and what it looks like is entirely down to you...

what would you recommend buying / breeding to make a quality commercial flock, I’ve worked with sheep for a long time but only just...

They will certainly be big strong sheep, but compared to their dams, they will have bigger appetites, poorer maternal abilities and...

Breeding pedigree stock can be one continuous run of disappointments. And unless you have friends and neighbours at the tup sales to...

Thank you the Charolais mule ewe lambs from this year are looking like they will make big strong sheep so I was thinking of keeping them...

I run a few Charollais ewes, selling yearling tups, and have done for (scarily) 31 years. They do alright financially, but up and down...

^^^^^ Some useful answers. I think with "pedigree" breeding you do really have to have a real interest in the breed you`ve chosen and a...

👆🏻 What he said.

Selling Rams is a competitive market, especially terminal sires, people that don’t know you don’t bid on your rams those first 5 years...

isn't pedigree breeding....1/3 stock 2/3 blarney bulls**t

If you don't pay the society their reg' fees it is a bit harsh to try to sell 'Pedigree sheep'..... Pedigree registered sheep takes a...

I totally agree with the above.

Fat lambs, you’ll sell more lambs than you will good rams!! As in, not every male lamb born makes a ram and not every ram sells for big...