Co grazing tup lambs and wether lambs

[unlacedgecko]

Any issue grazing a mixed mob of the above? Will the tup lambs f**k to death the smaller wethers?

 

[SteveHants]

Never had any issue having them in with a mob of ram lambs, but didn't castrate so no idea about wethers.......

 

[unlacedgecko]

Never had any issue having them in with a mob of ram lambs, but didn't castrate so no idea about wethers.......

Not breeding tups. Just tup lambs and wether lambs.

 

[SteveHants]

Not breeding tups. Just tup lambs and wether lambs.

In that case can see even less of an issue really.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Tup lambs f each other if there is no other option , but defo don't mix tup lambs with ewe lambs

 

[DanM]

Any issue grazing a mixed mob of the above? Will the tup lambs f**k to death the smaller wethers?

No issue. We do it regularly.

 

[Woolless]

I've got a mixed mob (tups/wethers) grazing together at the moment with no issues. TBH, the tup lambs seem keener to fight or bum each other rather than harass the wethers. They're coming into the shed onto hoppers at the weekend, so hopefully close confinement doesn't lead to problems.

I did once miss a ewe lamb in the tup lamb group. The poor thing was gang banged mercilessly until I noticed

 

[neilo]

They will pick out one patsy, who they will all bugger mercilessly. I am told that large studs in NZ often have a ‘sacrifice’ ram in their ram mob, one that would normally have been culled, so that a valuable ram doesn’t become everyone’s friend.

 

[Al R]

Tup lambs f each other if there is no other option , but defo don't mix tup lambs with ewe lambs

I have mixed tup lambs with ewe lambs destined for killing 2 weeks pre killing and feeling them today they havnt lost an ounce of weight yet they did run around for a few days chasing but settled down then

 

[ShooTa]

got some whethers in with my tup group - therye certainly getting getting excercise running about avoiding them... more macho stuff is keeping them safe though.