Recent content by Ysgythan

look, I’ll sell you a tup.

no, if I was guessing I’d say the first photo was taken on the Gower, the second on Betws Mountain, the third also on the Gower and the fourth in Rhandirmwyn.

1 Welsh x Hardy Speckle 2 Welsh Mountain 3 Suffolk x Beulah 4 Beulah

In fact I remember some memorable comments on Facebook, what you might called unsolicited opinions, pressing a few buttons :joyful:

not backward in coming forward was he

1. Best concentrate to feed housed Beltex? ratios, quantity etc. bog standard 16% cake and sugar beet 1:1 Singles - high energy lick like Lifeline Twins - 1/2lb per head x2 daily Triplets - 3/4lb per head x2 daily 2. Best supplements, licks etc. for Beltex? lifeline or similar 3. Breeding...

They’re horrendously inbred and have terrible mouths. So the ideal candidate for crossing with a BFL.

On a small run you need high value units. High input, high output. Add value where you can. Probably perigee stock or high end breeding stock at least.

have I stumbled across the Yorkshireman sketch?

In young sheep or first timers there is a bit of slack. Genuine low fertility is hard to hide in older sheep, but there’s too many variables in shearlings to cull automatically in my view. Having said that, we don’t lamb ewe lambs, but they are teased over winter. They’re given an armchair ride...

Bingo!

how long have the tups been out? If you don’t give them a good 30 days you may just be culling late lambers.

That comment is a masterpiece.

they don’t care. They literally couldn’t give a sh!t. Travel stress is a human phenomenon. A few basic requirements and welfare isn’t an issue.

So to stop that (which let’s face it is no skin off our nose) we shoot ourselves in the rubbish? Brilliant...