oddjobjen
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Hi.
so after several years of buying in various types of tups to put on my mules, I really struggle to keep any condition on the tups after they’ve done their job.. until an accident happened.. a blue textel we‘d been given had a Tup lamb off a beltex x charolais Tup. We didn’t give it any feed other than it’s mothers milk and grass.. it grew into a beaut. My son persuaded me to use it. He fathered lots of lambs and didnt lose an ounce of weight. Lambs were ok but not brilliant. So I am now thinking of buying a couple of really good quality ewes and breeding my own Tups. At least this way I will know they’ve not been drip fed corn from birth, incapable of surviving 1000ft hill farm.
I am thinking a cross between Charolais and beltex or something similar..
thoughts please.. also which way round? What breed should the ewe be etc?
sorry for the long winded description. Thought itd be better to explain my train of thought..
so after several years of buying in various types of tups to put on my mules, I really struggle to keep any condition on the tups after they’ve done their job.. until an accident happened.. a blue textel we‘d been given had a Tup lamb off a beltex x charolais Tup. We didn’t give it any feed other than it’s mothers milk and grass.. it grew into a beaut. My son persuaded me to use it. He fathered lots of lambs and didnt lose an ounce of weight. Lambs were ok but not brilliant. So I am now thinking of buying a couple of really good quality ewes and breeding my own Tups. At least this way I will know they’ve not been drip fed corn from birth, incapable of surviving 1000ft hill farm.
I am thinking a cross between Charolais and beltex or something similar..
thoughts please.. also which way round? What breed should the ewe be etc?
sorry for the long winded description. Thought itd be better to explain my train of thought..