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<blockquote data-quote="yellowbelly" data-source="post: 9268949" data-attributes="member: 42308"><p>That's what they did in the old days - the wool was the main product, the meat was the byproduct back then.</p><p></p><p>If they're anything like Lincolns (and they are) nothing has been done to improve the breed since Robert Bakewell's time.</p><p>I've a little 'crossbred' flock of Lincolns that I'm putting the myostatin gene in.</p><p></p><p>Reading the Texel breed society handbook, it says something like, "The Texel breed was founded on the island of Texel in such and such year using this breed, that breed, another breed but mainly a Lincoln."</p><p></p><p>This got me thinking I might use an outcross to a Texel to get some myomax.</p><p>These are a set of twins I'm using as stock tups by a Lincoln out of a Texel x Lincoln ewe....</p><p></p><p>As lambs[ATTACH=full]1177019[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177018[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>As sheatlings...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177023[/ATTACH]</p><p>Both carry one copy of the myostatin gene.</p><p>When I get a tup lamb with 2 copies, I'll be sure all his progeny carry one.</p><p>Blood tested the best tup lambs last week <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤞" title="Crossed fingers :fingers_crossed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f91e.png" data-shortname=":fingers_crossed:" /></p><p>This is my best crossbred Lincoln gimmer this year....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177026[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]1177027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1177028[/ATTACH]</p><p>The myostatin gene will shift the grades from R to U ... or maybe in the Cotswold case from O to R <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scratchhead.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratchhead:" title="Scratchead :scratchhead:" data-shortname=":scratchhead:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yellowbelly, post: 9268949, member: 42308"] That's what they did in the old days - the wool was the main product, the meat was the byproduct back then. If they're anything like Lincolns (and they are) nothing has been done to improve the breed since Robert Bakewell's time. I've a little 'crossbred' flock of Lincolns that I'm putting the myostatin gene in. Reading the Texel breed society handbook, it says something like, "The Texel breed was founded on the island of Texel in such and such year using this breed, that breed, another breed but mainly a Lincoln." This got me thinking I might use an outcross to a Texel to get some myomax. These are a set of twins I'm using as stock tups by a Lincoln out of a Texel x Lincoln ewe.... As lambs[ATTACH type="full"]1177019[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]1177018[/ATTACH] As sheatlings... [ATTACH type="full"]1177023[/ATTACH] Both carry one copy of the myostatin gene. When I get a tup lamb with 2 copies, I'll be sure all his progeny carry one. Blood tested the best tup lambs last week 🤞 This is my best crossbred Lincoln gimmer this year.... [ATTACH type="full"]1177026[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1177027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1177028[/ATTACH] The myostatin gene will shift the grades from R to U ... or maybe in the Cotswold case from O to R :scratchhead: [/QUOTE]
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