- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I’ve only had 2 lambing seasons with my few so far, but I can honestly say that I’ve not found them particularly difficult to lamb. I have avoided the ranger, plainer types too (which you would think would be easier) as I don’t see the point of a Beltex without an extreme carcass, that's just a poor Texel surely?
Having taken advice of several breeders, mine are just run with my Charollais on roots & mud all winter, then separate 2-3 weeks pre-lambing and house on clean straw, a Lifeline bucket, and a small handful (literally) of ewe rolls each thrown in the straw each day for the last week or so. They are all bolused mid-pregnancy (with the rest) to cover on-farm deficiencies. Lambs have all come out at around 4kg and ewes haven’t been overfat, and the ewes have all been great maternally and milked for a lot longer than the Charollais do.
@Beltexnewbie , if you’re used to pedigree Suffolks, you might want to mount a tractor weight on your lamb weigher for later on, or you might be disappointed with the growth rates.....
Having taken advice of several breeders, mine are just run with my Charollais on roots & mud all winter, then separate 2-3 weeks pre-lambing and house on clean straw, a Lifeline bucket, and a small handful (literally) of ewe rolls each thrown in the straw each day for the last week or so. They are all bolused mid-pregnancy (with the rest) to cover on-farm deficiencies. Lambs have all come out at around 4kg and ewes haven’t been overfat, and the ewes have all been great maternally and milked for a lot longer than the Charollais do.
@Beltexnewbie , if you’re used to pedigree Suffolks, you might want to mount a tractor weight on your lamb weigher for later on, or you might be disappointed with the growth rates.....