- Location
- Montgomeryshire
That’s about where we used to be with the Texel x Cambridge ewes. It did mean that we only ever had about half a dozen ewes turned out to rear singles each year (usually 1 quartered ewes that had been missed, or sick ewes), but the downside was up to 100 on a machine too!
Tbh, I wouldn’t be too concerned about getting back there again, but without so much Texel blood meaning we had to assist so many lambings. To be fair, a good few of the assists were due to tangled up multiples though.
500ewes selling/retaining over 1000 lambs? That sort of output pays for some inputs in terms of lambing labour & milk powder maybe?