What non-farming business does Auldhouseburn have??
Eggs (which is farming of course).
What non-farming business does Auldhouseburn have??
Just stand closer to the handbasin, cheaper stillWhy? To look good in front of the other market goers?
Get a penis enlargement, itl be cheaper
not what we have found , up until a certain point (35-40kg) there is not a lot of difference in small and big ones regard growth rates , given the same nutrition , what tends to be critical is finish , where bigger ones need to be higher weights to finish properly .i have some (for the breed) quite small rams that will grow at 400gpd + ,Weight gain is a function of mature weight though, which is one of the reasons that terminal sires exist. It is not, however linear, it tends to be approaching exponential until a certain percentage of mature weight is reached, at which point it flattens out.
Its hard to describe in words, if only I could draw a graph into the post....
See posts #17 and #24 aboveSo... anyone going to let on what's REALLY going on here?
Is this the same money going round and round within the breeders circles?
Lets say Sportsmans sell 15 sons next year for 8k average that makes 120k and the following year they sell say 15 daughters at 3k average and that makes 45k and next year sell 100straws at 100quid that makes 10k.thats 175k.if he turns out well theyl use him for a second season and get good money on him again. or they might just sell 1tup for 100k next year and theyll break even straight away.they sold a tup for 130k 2 years ago so definitely possible
Theres 100s of ppl dreaming of topping Lanark.not many do!!!its the dream that keeps the money flowing!!??Easy, I can’t see why everyone isn’t doing it. All you need is 15 people to believe in it the next year, and away you go.?
Cannot like enough.That’s exactly why anyone should look at individual trait ebvs, not just an overal index........ as has always been the case.
A bigger issue than indexes, is the continued push towards bigger and bigger sheep, as rewarded by the show and sale ring. Shearling rams hitting the show rings at close to 200kg (whatever their feeding level) just aren’t going to be producing lambs that fatten off forage at 40-45kg. Huge mature weights inevitably mean later maturing animals, which is just the opposite of what the commercial farmer needs.
Blaming poorly selected ‘high index’ sheep is a complete red herring.
I wonder if someone bought 3 or of those 8k sons and put with one group of commercial ewes and bought 3 or 4 decent tups for say 500 quid and put with another group if there would really be much difference in the lambsLets say Sportsmans sell 15 sons next year for 8k average that makes 120k and the following year they sell say 15 daughters at 3k average and that makes 45k and next year sell 100straws at 100quid that makes 10k.thats 175k.if he turns out well theyl use him for a second season and get good money on him again. or they might just sell 1tup for 100k next year and theyll break even straight away.they sold a tup for 130k 2 years ago so definitely possible
I wonder if someone bought 3 or of those 8k sons and put with one group of commercial ewes and bought 3 or 4 decent tups for say 500 quid and put with another group if there would really be much difference in the lambs
If he doesnt breed owt next year he might be running with mules in 2yrs time!!
I have always found Texel brutally hard to finish , I find them soft they suffer lameness everthing going , I find native bred sheep much easier in all respects and more profitable than Texel s but that’s just me and my findings others obviously find other wise Ginny by the popularity of the breed .If you speak to commercial farmers then you will find the jury is still out on high index texels with many saying they have lost their natural fleshing and are too hard to finish. Interestingly the texel breeder featured in the Scottish Farmer this week alluded to the same thing.
I have always found Texel brutally hard to finish , I find them soft they suffer lameness everthing going , I find native bred sheep much easier in all respects and more profitable than Texel s but that’s just me and my findings others obviously find other wise Ginny by the popularity of the breed .
All depends what he produces next year.That boy (unknown to him... he's just a sheep) is the chosen one and is now THE sheep of the moment. Every other breeder chasing the dream will want a piece of him. Give it 3 years his blood will be well spread over the society catalogues.
Trust me, he won't be pushed down to commercial breeding. Poor boy will be the father to hundreds - and grsnd-daddy to thousands, but will never serve a sheep.