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Easycare sheep experiment
- Thread starter SR7
- Start date
- Location
- Devon
Think I could manage a bit earlier as I don't have many outdoor lambing ewes yet so plenty of ground to run them on at that time of year when cattle aren't out yet, weather could be the issue rather than grass. Wasn't much grass on field when they went in a week before lambing, maybe should have been more bare.
Does that one shed its wool?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
The tighter the better ime. Mine (single ewes and all hoggs) are close to double that at the beginning, then I draft off to better grass covers as they lamb (usually after a few days, if they’re near the gate). As there was still a bit of grass there when they went in, we still had a few big lambs. Now, you can see the sheep muck on the ground.
Drafting bigger numbers off now, as they’ve got it down, running another 40 out yesterday.
CopperBeech
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- Location
- A Welsh man lost in England
To be fair after I put the photo up I did think..... why did she have to be a skanky old gummer who’s doing a terrible job of shedding
in her defence she’s about ten year old and was carrying triplets 
And had to be lambed.To be fair after I put the photo up I did think..... why did she have to be a skanky old gummer who’s doing a terrible job of shedding
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
To be fair after I put the photo up I did think..... why did she have to be a skanky old gummer who’s doing a terrible job of shedding
Ah, that explains it. She’s too old & knackered to bugger off into the distance…
CopperBeech
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- Location
- A Welsh man lost in England
With regard to singles -
CopperBeech
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- Location
- A Welsh man lost in England
Second lamb was breech and jamming third one behind it.
The wool will fly off her now rearing those 3!To be fair after I put the photo up I did think..... why did she have to be a skanky old gummer who’s doing a terrible job of shedding
- Location
- North wales
They can bugger off to the distance as far as they want if they do a decent job rearing.
- Location
- leics/warks border
It looks like they are trying to burrow their way out to bugger off a bit further 
Nah... the ewe will have some fencing pliers handy to make a hole... big enough for the lambs to bugger off and leave her behind!It looks like they are trying to burrow their way out to bugger off a bit further
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- Fife
@neilo has described them as "like goats" in teh past, an apt description I feel... I saw this from a fair way off as can be seen by the pic. The lamb was 7-8ft up the damn tree. Probably why there is a lamb limping this morning after going through Para training....
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He obviously forgot to tuck and roll on landing.
- Location
- North wales
Nice lambs...
Careful though the EC Police will notice the tail docking on the ewe...
all senior ewes were bought in from the original flock, I wonder if they would change their minds about docking and crossing with texels if they knew the family that established the breed did this?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PAQT34FjbzMiSGqg9
One of present aims is to breed shorter/cleaner tails ---(by short i mean 20 to 30cm in adults)
This is done by the usual measure and select process we all use for every other trait want
Here's one of the shorter tailed lambs showing up at the moment
One of present aims is to breed shorter/cleaner tails ---(by short i mean 20 to 30cm in adults)
This is done by the usual measure and select process we all use for every other trait want
Here's one of the shorter tailed lambs showing up at the moment
- Location
- Scottish Borders