Charmoise the product

[scholland]

Quick background as I've written on here about it before. Bought our first charmoise tup from @b12mct and used him on hoggs. Got 41 in lamb. We sold all the best lambs (average £55 store) and kept 3 little ones for our own use. I am very impressed with the carcase so thought I'd share it!
The 3 weighed 22, 18 and 17kg, born in may and just on grass. The 22kg one pictured and stats below.
Meat yield. Lamb in 6 bits no trimming. Legs 6.5kg, middle 7.2kg, shdr 6.6kg, neck 0.5kg.

Freezer ready. Legs 5.4kg, chops 4.3kg, shdr 4.1kg, shank 0.8kg.

Charmoise % of good cuts. Leg 39%, shdr 29%, chops 31% that's with trim, belly etc off.

We will be eating some tomorrow so i hope it tastes good.

 

[Great In Grass]

Certainly looks good, if you need a second opinion you know my address.

 

[Forever Fendt]

What breed of ewes have you put the tups on

 

[Bwcho]

Quick background as I've written on here about it before. Bought our first charmoise tup from @b12mct and used him on hoggs. Got 41 in lamb. We sold all the best lambs (average £55 store) and kept 3 little ones for our own use. I am very impressed with the carcase so thought I'd share it!
The 3 weighed 22, 18 and 17kg, born in may and just on grass. The 22kg one pictured and stats below.
Meat yield. Lamb in 6 bits no trimming. Legs 6.5kg, middle 7.2kg, shdr 6.6kg, neck 0.5kg.

Freezer ready. Legs 5.4kg, chops 4.3kg, shdr 4.1kg, shank 0.8kg.

Charmoise % of good cuts. Leg 39%, shdr 29%, chops 31% that's with trim, belly etc off.

We will be eating some tomorrow so i hope it tastes good.

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Have you got a picture of the chap himself?

P.S. The ram not @b12mct

 

[Jackson4]

Nice bit of intramuscular fat What weight were they live out of interest? Did you sell the others store cause they were light weights or weren't finished?

 

[scholland]

Certainly looks good, if you need a second opinion you know my address.

You'll be lucky!

 

[scholland]

What breed of ewes have you put the tups on

Shetland/cheviot x texel hoggs.

 

[scholland]

Nice bit of intramuscular fat What weight were they live out of interest? Did you sell the others store cause they were light weights or weren't finished?

We sell the vast majority of ours store. Location, work load and autumn grass being the main reasons. We sold all the best ones in September and kept these 3 back.

 

[scholland]

Have you got a picture of the chap himself?

P.S. The ram not @b12mct

This is the second one we bought, I'll need to look back to find the older one.

 

[Woolless]

Looks very tasty @scholland, nice eye muscle on the chops as well. Very satisfying tucking in to your own produce!

 

[Man_in_black]

@neilo

 

[scholland]

@neilo

Oh dear hahaha!

 

[Bwcho]

This is the second one we bought, I'll need to look back to find the older one. View attachment 429534

 

[b12mct]

looks great! thanks for the farming forum for getting us in touch! I lamb at about xmas with dorset/charmoise/texel ewes.

attached are the carcase sheets from lambs sent to Morrisons in May and also the stock tup. simple to lamb...

 

[Bwcho]

looks great! thanks for the farming forum for getting us in touch! I lamb at about xmas with dorset/charmoise/texel ewes.
View attachment 429724attached are the carcase sheets from lambs sent to Morrisons in May and also the stock tup. simple to lamb...

I really like your ram on the left.

 

[scholland]

I really like your ram on the left.

I think that is the grandad of the chops.

 

[b12mct]

Sure is! I think he was champion at the welsh show a few years ago, or something like that!

 

[Keepers]

Sure is! I think he was champion at the welsh show a few years ago, or something like that!

He is a spitting image to one of my old stock rams who I think is coming up to 5 years old, putting him out with the ewes hopefully today or Thursday
Will try find a photo somewhere


@scholland great thread very interesting to see the results cut up!
Decent amount of eye muscle, specially coming from shetland influenced ewes

 

[Keepers]

Not the best photos but here he is, looks more like your boy in the flesh
Been very happy with the ram lambs he is throwing

 

[yellowbelly]

attached are the carcase sheets from lambs sent to Morrisons in May

Impressive kill sheet
Is that a mix of crosses, ie Cham x Dorset, Cham x Texel etc or are your ewes a mixture of all 3 breeds?