Beltex x Dutch Spotted Sheep

[Eleanor2021]

What's everyone's opinion on Beltex x Dutch Spotted?

 

[Anymulewilldo]

It’s a texel x beltex with black bits?

 

[neilo]

It’s a texel x beltex with black bits?

Not necessarily. The Dutch Spotted sheep isn’t just a spotty Texel, it’s just a spotty sheep from Holland. Zwartbles have played a part in them too!

 

[Skintagain]

Not necessarily. The Dutch Spotted sheep isn’t just a spotty Texel, it’s just a spotty sheep from Holland. Zwartbles have played a part in them too!

Good old zwarbtles. I bet them spotty things look Bonny with their wool off

 

[M-J-G]

Not necessarily. The Dutch Spotted sheep isn’t just a spotty Texel, it’s just a spotty sheep from Holland. Zwartbles have played a part in them too!

Do they milk well?

 

[liammogs]

Find if someone has crossed a zwarble with a beltex you'll get your nearest answer

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Not necessarily. The Dutch Spotted sheep isn’t just a spotty Texel, it’s just a spotty sheep from Holland. Zwartbles have played a part in them too!

I was going too say Jacob 3/4 generations back!

I was reading about the make up of the modern Zwartble the other week. Plenty of texel in them nowadays!

 

[z.man]

I was going too say Jacob 3/4 generations back!

I was reading about the make up of the modern Zwartble the other week. Plenty of texel in them nowadays!

Not enough I would say

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Not enough I would say

I’m warming too them. Bought a ruck of tups and wethers out of Dingwall. (Cheap!) Seen nowt but grass and 3 weeks of turnip tops 51kg £90. Even the blackies don’t pay like that!

 

[Skintagain]

I’m warming too them. Bought a ruck of tups and wethers out of Dingwall. (Cheap!) Seen nowt but grass and 3 weeks of turnip tops 51kg £90. Even the blackies don’t pay like that!

I bet they were tall buggers

 

[z.man]

I bet they were tall buggers

The ones from Dingwall might have been better than some

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I bet they were tall buggers

I had them running with a bunch of Cheviot feeding ewes, it was hilarious really. Little fat pot bellied ewes being dwarfed by lanky Zwartble wethers!

 

[M-J-G]

I was going too say Jacob 3/4 generations back!

I was reading about the make up of the modern Zwartble the other week. Plenty of texel in them nowadays!

Funnily we have a couple of Zwartbles ewes that have the look of a Char about them.
But it mustn't be too much as they still milk well.

 

[Boso]

Do they milk well?

They do. Twins and triplets pretty common. However will need good feed to produce enough milk. Often kept by dairy farmers as a side enterprise to mow behind the cows which means they are used to top notch grass.
Relatively small breed, no large flocks in the motherland that I'm aware of.