Cheers They are good ewes, they are only in the shed as I dosed them after they left the trailer, i don't house them inside.Good pen of ewes in the shed.
Mule gimmer lambs
- Thread starter Swaley
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all my ewes are bf x swale I don’t think you can beat them pure Blackies are getting too soft and overbred and pure Swales don’t have as good a carcass so I find the cross is the way ahead for a good working hill sheep.
I’ve plenty of mules out of the blackie x swale ewe. Don’t keep them myself. I see some cracking ewes coming into Hexham, a proper strong hill ewe. Can see both parents in them well. I’m told they aren’t as hard as a swale but the lambs are worth £££ more, as are the cull ewes.
But what do I know? I’m just a lowland man who buys mule ewe lambs. It’s not as if I’m the target market or anything!!
Aye but all you buggers only buy the pretty ones with dark faces!
only the the right about mind about 75/25% black to white….
Apart from mean they will know what Heather is unlike a lot of Blackies now……
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- Fife
Plenty of swales never see heather either.
That’s true there’s defintely not as many swale breeders with windmills though….
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- Cheshire
Ah ah ah. Most of mine are the white faced ones... I buy on size not colour...Aye but all you buggers only buy the pretty ones with dark faces!
Have you any photos of the ewes
I used to buy wm
I don't, I'm fighting Mr. England for the little white ugly buggers!Aye but all you buggers only buy the pretty ones with dark faces!
sorry not a great picture they were too wild this morning! Bf x Swales with twin lambs born around mid may
I’m the same, so much so that one man has bought all my lambs the last few years, too many reared on dairy farms and creep which never grow on
Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
Pulling at a bit of heather
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- Cheshire
Nice lambs there boss!
They look big lambs for only a month old
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- Fife
pleased with them this year tbh. Some of them might be slightly older this group started lambing on the 10th of May.
Pulling at a bit of heather
the singles are putting twins out our hill is just a disaster they either come back with one half decent one or two sh!t lambs!Look strong yows