primmiemoo
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- Location
- Devon
Gwan, spin. Y'know it makes sense.
blue de maine ram
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Gwan, spin. Y'know it makes sense.
- Location
- N.Lincs
Well, everybody else has had a go. Might as well wave my flag for breed promotion...................
WARNING ..... your gimmers might end up a bit 'wooly' ....
WARNING ..... your gimmers might end up a bit 'wooly' ....
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I'm not surprised you were impressed, if your previous experience was with the other breed in the photo.
Should lambs with 'get up and go' not be the norm, regardless of breed? Discuss..... well apart from @Agrivator , who will have some daft reason for defending the dopeyness.
The Bleu looks to have a bit of width to him, compared to the breed as was imported back along.
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- N.Lincs
In one of the pens of store lambs I bought last week there was a 'random' lamb that looked like it was by a BdM.The Bleu looks to have a bit of width to him, compared to the breed as was imported back along.
It was the only one that was big enough and fit enough to kill.
Just sayin'. No idea if they'd all had the same treatment or if it was just an oddment that ended up in there to get rid of it
I'm not surprised you were impressed, if your previous experience was with the other breed in the photo.
Should lambs with 'get up and go' not be the norm, regardless of breed? Discuss..... well apart from @Agrivator , who will have some daft reason for defending the dopeyness.
The Bleu looks to have a bit of width to him, compared to the breed as was imported back along.
TBH i don't have a problem with a Suffolk so long as it's not onto a Suffolk type ewe , on the right type aren't bad, I use the Suffolk for a purpose, only goes onto Aberfield X or Texel X cross ewes to give a real nice milky ewe lamb which is very Saleable with Lamb at foot.He has great width and Gigot on him, with fine bone, I usually use a Charollais on ewe lamb, so lets see how he gets on
Dopey lambs are of great benefit to a decrepit shepherd at lambing time.I'm not surprised you were impressed, if your previous experience was with the other breed in the photo.
Should lambs with 'get up and go' not be the norm, regardless of breed? Discuss..... well apart from @Agrivator , who will have some daft reason for defending the dopeyness.
The Bleu looks to have a bit of width to him, compared to the breed as was imported back along.
And after seeing Jeremy Clarkson drawing his fat Suffolk x Mule lambs, why would anyone else on inbye ground want to keep anything else. They would have been a credit to any shepherd. In fact it's the only time I've seen anyone south of Yorkshire produce anything worthwhile.
spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
You have so much fun shearing you possibly couldn’t go down the shedder line.
i like to have the flexibility to sell live and dead and mentioning 'shedders' to often around here could get you tried as a witch
SO some 'interesting suggestions'
...so how about..
thinking back i sent a ram lamb sat that woulda done nicely
As much as I like Suffolk’s I don’t think I can agree with that statement, the novelty of dragging a lamb that won’t suck around a single pen while a mule yearling stands on my head wore off when I was 18, to think about doing that when I’m decrepit doesn’t bare thinking about.
He will struggle to get through the hedge with all that wool and if he does you know where he is with his bell jingling.i like to have the flexibility to sell live and dead and mentioning 'shedders' to often around here could get you tried as a witch
SO some 'interesting suggestions'
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thinking back i sent a ram lamb sat that woulda done nicely
- Location
- East Ayrshire
You might be onto something here. How can they jump fences if they don't know they're there?Well, everybody else has had a go. Might as well wave my flag for breed promotion...................
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cheviot53
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- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Maybe bells of different sizes would be good on the norfolk hurdlers , and then record . youtube sensation ??
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
You could try one of these. Problem is I daren't say what it is or I'll get shot to pieces on herei like to have the flexibility to sell live and dead and mentioning 'shedders' to often around here could get you tried as a witch
SO some 'interesting suggestions'
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thinking back i sent a ram lamb sat that woulda done nicely
spin cycle
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- north norfolk
You could try one of these. Problem is I daren't say what it is or I'll get shot to pieces on here
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well thats no fun
M-J-G
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We had a BDM in the 90s and I liked them ok, ewes off them had plenty of milk
Is that a millennium Bleu?You could try one of these. Problem is I daren't say what it is or I'll get shot to pieces on here
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Aspiring Peasants
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- North Pennines
No I've gone a bit off topic there's no BDM in it
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
Little bit of tup mix, makes them easier to catch later
Got a Texel ram lamb here, late born twin from an embryo donor. She’s 5 years old and never been shorn. Averages over 2 lambs a year (without counting the embryos). You can see her and the twin gimmers she reared last year. Don’t tell anybody else I’m offering him to you mind.