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<blockquote data-quote="Devil's advocate" data-source="post: 243626" data-attributes="member: 1504"><p>I started the thread, because of the thread on Beltex, chap who fancied keeping pure Beltex.</p><p></p><p>But, I like ewes to be 50% terminal blood 50% Maternal blood. Partly for the better price, also when lamb is difficult to sell, still a demand for the best lambs, I see the larger ewes as more efficent on an arable farm with better teeth to eat root crops with, it might be just me but small maternal type ewes struggle to winter on very bulky poor qualty rations but breeds like Suffolk thrive on them, terminal breeds easier to keep fenced in & roundup if no dog is available, quicker finishing lambs if early lambing. On good grass I do see the argument for small efficent ewes, but prefer to make my good grass into horse hay, graze sheep on the rubbish.</p><p></p><p>Even I, think over 75% terminal blood in the ewe starts to be hard work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Devil's advocate, post: 243626, member: 1504"] I started the thread, because of the thread on Beltex, chap who fancied keeping pure Beltex. But, I like ewes to be 50% terminal blood 50% Maternal blood. Partly for the better price, also when lamb is difficult to sell, still a demand for the best lambs, I see the larger ewes as more efficent on an arable farm with better teeth to eat root crops with, it might be just me but small maternal type ewes struggle to winter on very bulky poor qualty rations but breeds like Suffolk thrive on them, terminal breeds easier to keep fenced in & roundup if no dog is available, quicker finishing lambs if early lambing. On good grass I do see the argument for small efficent ewes, but prefer to make my good grass into horse hay, graze sheep on the rubbish. Even I, think over 75% terminal blood in the ewe starts to be hard work. [/QUOTE]
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