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breed fat lambs or pedigree flock
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<blockquote data-quote="Longlowdog" data-source="post: 8187859" data-attributes="member: 395"><p>If you don't pay the society their reg' fees it is a bit harsh to try to sell 'Pedigree sheep'.....</p><p> Pedigree registered sheep takes a lot of thought if you want to make money from them rather than have a hobby. </p><p> A.I and E.T work cost a pretty penny, even synchronising for early lambing to put you on a parallel but not necessarily level playing field with the big boys costs a fair bit more in early feed and creep feed etc till the good grass comes. </p><p> Are you free to lamb on Christmas day? Others make themselves free.</p><p> Are you content to sell equally well bred sheep for 1/10th of what a big name can sell identical embryos for till you get a better name or repeat customers? Are you able to process that the offspring of a 10 grand tup and a five grand ewe can still be worth minimum upset if you don't have a name in the game? Can you watch a big name sell a crap animal with a dipped back and down on it fetlocks for a small fortune because they have a name when your pride and joy has just sold for 400 quid?</p><p> Ask why I know the above...been there got the t-shirt. Still got the sheep but I just dialed down the expectations, stopped chasing the names and started keeping what I liked and enjoyed looking at my stock and accepting what I got paid was what others thought they were worth. They cover their costs and not a lot more if I'm honest.</p><p> If you'd like to make money at some point in the future bear in mind its a long game, if you need to make a wee bit money this time next year grow fat lambs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Longlowdog, post: 8187859, member: 395"] If you don't pay the society their reg' fees it is a bit harsh to try to sell 'Pedigree sheep'..... Pedigree registered sheep takes a lot of thought if you want to make money from them rather than have a hobby. A.I and E.T work cost a pretty penny, even synchronising for early lambing to put you on a parallel but not necessarily level playing field with the big boys costs a fair bit more in early feed and creep feed etc till the good grass comes. Are you free to lamb on Christmas day? Others make themselves free. Are you content to sell equally well bred sheep for 1/10th of what a big name can sell identical embryos for till you get a better name or repeat customers? Are you able to process that the offspring of a 10 grand tup and a five grand ewe can still be worth minimum upset if you don't have a name in the game? Can you watch a big name sell a crap animal with a dipped back and down on it fetlocks for a small fortune because they have a name when your pride and joy has just sold for 400 quid? Ask why I know the above...been there got the t-shirt. Still got the sheep but I just dialed down the expectations, stopped chasing the names and started keeping what I liked and enjoyed looking at my stock and accepting what I got paid was what others thought they were worth. They cover their costs and not a lot more if I'm honest. If you'd like to make money at some point in the future bear in mind its a long game, if you need to make a wee bit money this time next year grow fat lambs. [/QUOTE]
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