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best mules for heathland
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<blockquote data-quote="Ysgythan" data-source="post: 5562516" data-attributes="member: 8724"><p>Not necessarily. We’ve kept Welsh Mules on Grade 5 land for almost 30 years. One lot was reclaimed open cast land, and more recently on poorly drained peaty ground. They will happily live and rear lambs on grass alone provided your stocking rate isn’t too high. We buy ewe lambs and run them on their first winter. When they lamb they’re well and truly used to our system. I wouldn’t fancy buying shearlings that have wintered in Herefordshire.</p><p></p><p>We also wintered them away and lambed indoors though, if that’s not your plan then you may find it more difficult. Not necessarily impossible. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps the obvious is staring us in the face here though, why don’t you buy a BFL tup and make your own? Sell most but keep a small flock of Mules to test your system before deciding whether to switch over to them completely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ysgythan, post: 5562516, member: 8724"] Not necessarily. We’ve kept Welsh Mules on Grade 5 land for almost 30 years. One lot was reclaimed open cast land, and more recently on poorly drained peaty ground. They will happily live and rear lambs on grass alone provided your stocking rate isn’t too high. We buy ewe lambs and run them on their first winter. When they lamb they’re well and truly used to our system. I wouldn’t fancy buying shearlings that have wintered in Herefordshire. We also wintered them away and lambed indoors though, if that’s not your plan then you may find it more difficult. Not necessarily impossible. Perhaps the obvious is staring us in the face here though, why don’t you buy a BFL tup and make your own? Sell most but keep a small flock of Mules to test your system before deciding whether to switch over to them completely. [/QUOTE]
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