Hey, isn't this statement almost decrying the practice of dressing tups for sale though?
You obviously haven’t enjoyed the premium that it brings!!
i Only buy off farm these days , from a flock(s) / flockmaster(s) that i know / about all seen in the field untampered with,then brought into the yard and figures checked and closer looked to see what i fancy.Hey, isn't this statement almost decrying the practice of dressing tups for sale though?
Nooooo no no no, dressing a good tup is a joy, for the record any that make it to the dressing stage have only made it that far by being correct enough to have been kept that long, and used at home as shearlings and bred well. You take an undressed tup to any Cheviot sale and you are making an idiot of yourself, end of. Selling privately is a different story, but to make any decent money at that you need to have a decent reputation…..which is normally gained by selling good tups at sales!Hey, isn't this statement almost decrying the practice of dressing tups for sale though?
To save me wading through one hundred pages of the price tracker thread, from what you saw at Lairg, what's your verdict on the coming store trade please?
I did consider starting my own thread to decry the practice, but actually it doesn't offend me much, I'm not knocking it really, a well dressed tup is a thing of beauty. Sadly though, I've seen many spectacular looking tups that are barely recognisable as the same animal once their wool has grown in a bit and they're back in their 'working clothes'. Dressing can hide or play down conformation flaws. None of my tups suffer from this of course, as I never bought a well dressed decent looking tup yet... But thankfully you report that smaller lambs are still doing well so seems like I've got away with it for another year....
It’s certainly a risk, but there’s not much worth having in life that doesn’t come with a degree of risk.
Chindale® Rams
Buyer demand outstrips supply!!
Just like machinery and pretty much everything else - delivery dates and prices are hard to pin down!**
Wire me 1 billion dollars today and you could own a Chindale® Ram!! Guaranteed delivery before the end of this century
**just like the big oil companies - Ram prices are subject to market forces and will go up, but not come down
Do you think you’ll be able to make them pretty, maybe with some dark wool, or better still, with spots?
Ooh I like it. An opportunity to get into the next great pyramid scheme before it’s even started.
Have you thought of a slogan yet? How about ‘Texels, but slower getting there’?
Chindale® Rams ~ Born to Breed, Bred to Thrive. Everything you wish a Charollais was.
I see you’ve not had the Beltex long then?
Ah... long enough for 1 tup to be dead tonight
Thankfully not the tup who is part of Project TexeBel®
Bugger. They’re heartbreakers alright ime. Absolute peaches, until they drop dead for no reason.
nothin drops dead for no reason so what is it with them and their bad rep ?Bugger. They’re heartbreakers alright ime. Absolute peaches, until they drop dead for no reason.
nothin drops dead for no reason so what is it with them and their bad rep ?
I fancy a Chartex this season tbh.
That's why it's a good idea to try and breed some of your own.
Whats Texe throat?
Science answer
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
www.fwi.co.uk
Laryngeal chondritis,
and quite likely more common but a bit less reported would be slowly killing them with a partially restricted airway and also making them more susceptible to Pneumonia types.Science answer
Anatomy and Pathology of the Texel Sheep Larynx
Laryngeal chondritis, or “Texel throat”, is a disease affecting the upper respiratory tract of sheep with breeds like the Texel appearing to be predisposed. Previous work suggests the conformation of these breeds of sheep may be predisposing ...
Shorter answer
Post-mortem stats reveal high 'Texel throat' risk in rams - Farmers Weekly
Sheep farmers and breeders are being urged to watch for signs of breathing difficulty in rams in the wake of new data showing it is the number-one cause
Short answer
Texel and beltex predisposed to a disease which makes lesions form on their larynx, restricting their airway and quickly killing them.
gonna have to get the violins out ina minuteI did, reared without concentrates and culling anything with an issue of any kind. It didn't leave many to sell and certainly not enough to leave a profit.
feeding surely
