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Aberfield cross highlander
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<blockquote data-quote="Sosb79" data-source="post: 6997973" data-attributes="member: 149310"><p>We swapped onto Highlanders in 2012, first we were buying in draft ewes from a big local flock, but have recently switched to breeding our own highlander replacements. Whilst we are not a hill farm we use the sheep to graze poor quality pasture and scrub that is not suitable for my Dad's dairy cows. Having made the switch we would not swap back, we have found them to be efficient grass converters that require minimal shepherding, we lamb some indoors early and some outdoors later on, and pretty much always manage to produce above 1.75 lambs off each ewe. They also handle well in races and pens. We cannot claim that they are completely free of problems, at the end of the day they are sheep! All being said we are glad we made the switch, the Highlanders have increased the productivity of our poorer quality pasture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sosb79, post: 6997973, member: 149310"] We swapped onto Highlanders in 2012, first we were buying in draft ewes from a big local flock, but have recently switched to breeding our own highlander replacements. Whilst we are not a hill farm we use the sheep to graze poor quality pasture and scrub that is not suitable for my Dad's dairy cows. Having made the switch we would not swap back, we have found them to be efficient grass converters that require minimal shepherding, we lamb some indoors early and some outdoors later on, and pretty much always manage to produce above 1.75 lambs off each ewe. They also handle well in races and pens. We cannot claim that they are completely free of problems, at the end of the day they are sheep! All being said we are glad we made the switch, the Highlanders have increased the productivity of our poorer quality pasture. [/QUOTE]
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