Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[hill shepherd]

That’s where the NCM has gone wrong, chasing colour and lacking conformation, Breeders need to remember the head goes in the bin and the arse on the plate !

Its not the breeders that need to remember this its the buyers, we breed what makes us the most money and that seems to be lambs with bony heads

 

[Hilly]

Everything needs a standard and coloured faces are one of the standards of a mule no big deal if you ask me , if you want to breed them to high standard do it if you don’t don’t same with buying them.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I agree...milk like crazy and get 2 r/u grade lambs away off grass...what more could you want!

Can get that out of a texel x and grade u

 

[muleman]

Can get that out of a texel x and grade u

Mebby just 1.5 lambs of a texel x and a trip to the vets thrown in!

 

[mghley]

Its not the breeders that need to remember this its the buyers, we breed what makes us the most money and that seems to be lambs with bony heads

Your are correct and in my opinion that is why the NCM is loosing ground to the Cheviot mule and the NCM is increasingly used to breed texel cross breeding ewe rather than being the first choice breeding ewe itself.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Mebby just 1.5 lambs of a texel x and a trip to the vets thrown in!

Only vet job is the cross after that

 

[Skintagain]

Mebby just 1.5 lambs of a texel x and a trip to the vets thrown in!

1.9

 

[muleman]

1.9

A texelxmule ewe will lift the lambing % considerably but the more shapey beltex/ texel ewe loses lamb numbers fast and loses growth aswell,
Im not knocking anyone that wants to breed the quality sale topping lambs, we all need a bit of pride, its what keeps us going. . ...but maybe that type isnt as far ahead of the North of England mule type as first appears!

 

[Northern territory]

A texelxmule ewe will lift the lambing % considerably but the more shapey beltex/ texel ewe loses lamb numbers fast and loses growth aswell,
Im not knocking anyone that wants to breed the quality sale topping lambs, we all need a bit of pride, its what keeps us going. . ...but maybe that type isnt as far ahead of the North of England mule type as first appears!

I think you are right, we haven’t bought any mules for a good few years and percentage dropping as we get nearer the texel.

 

[thorpe]

is this thread only about feckin sheep?

 

[muleman]

is this thread only about feckin sheep?

Yes. Well sometimes range rovers too!

 

[thorpe]

i could have a new range rover tom rrow but ill stick with the hi lux and mrs thorpes megane sport , i luv all 3 of them!

 

[muleman]

i could have a new range rover tom rrow but ill stick with the hi lux and mrs thorpes megane sport , i luv all 3 of them!

Have none of them given you any trouble yet?

 

[Skintagain]

A texelxmule ewe will lift the lambing % considerably but the more shapey beltex/ texel ewe loses lamb numbers fast and loses growth aswell,
Im not knocking anyone that wants to breed the quality sale topping lambs, we all need a bit of pride, its what keeps us going. . ...but maybe that type isnt as far ahead of the North of England mule type as first appears!

I think you can go 2 generations towards texel from a lot of mules nowadays without too many problems. Yours look to have good body so I would say only one generation in.

texel x mule is a super sheep imo. Just have to watch the bags

 

[thorpe]

not a lot and mrs thorpe goes back 43 years , the megane is 07hi lux is 65 reg the worst its had is air bag recall.

 

[thorpe]

im a very very lucky man espc to have mrs thorpe , the megane not bad tho!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

i could have a new range rover tom rrow

Thought there was no money finishing cattle

 

[thorpe]

i dont get out much!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

i dont get out much!

You won’t need a Range Rover then

 

[thorpe]

no , if i wanna go far ill take mrs thorpes megane i absolutly luv it! did goe to the outer hebradies a couple of years ago it loved those roads on harriis!