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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 4699644" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>Sorry, I'm unconvinced on the Calcium story, and would err more towards genetics. Our Highlanders have very long lasting teeth, despite zero concentrate feeding, living on roots all winter and most lambing as ewe lambs (no concs to those either). On the other hand, when we used to run various mules, fed concentrates for 6-8 weeks pre-lambing, and a few weeks afterwards, and not lambing many hoggs at all, their teeth wouldn't last at all by comparison. Some breeds, Beulahs as an example, have a reputation for losing teeth early, others less so. </p><p></p><p>You say the smaller type lleyns are the ones losing their teeth early. Presumably they are from different genetic lines to the 'mule type' ones? Could it just be co-incidence that they happen to be the most fertile and get in lamb as hoggs as well?<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" /></p><p>Do you have any way of tracing the parentage of those brokers back to a particular sire(s)?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 4699644, member: 348"] Sorry, I'm unconvinced on the Calcium story, and would err more towards genetics. Our Highlanders have very long lasting teeth, despite zero concentrate feeding, living on roots all winter and most lambing as ewe lambs (no concs to those either). On the other hand, when we used to run various mules, fed concentrates for 6-8 weeks pre-lambing, and a few weeks afterwards, and not lambing many hoggs at all, their teeth wouldn't last at all by comparison. Some breeds, Beulahs as an example, have a reputation for losing teeth early, others less so. You say the smaller type lleyns are the ones losing their teeth early. Presumably they are from different genetic lines to the 'mule type' ones? Could it just be co-incidence that they happen to be the most fertile and get in lamb as hoggs as well?:scratchhead: Do you have any way of tracing the parentage of those brokers back to a particular sire(s)? [/QUOTE]
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