Get a ram from @Woolless and put 1/4-1/8 in your maternal line.
Buy blind on figures.that would a hell of a long way to go for a tup…
Buy blind on figures.
Aye but are they shedders? 1 cross will give you the bare belly and breech you're seeking.I use figures, and also have a very very good breeder about an hour away
Literally anything.Hello all
What would be the best ram to use on texel and texel crossewes we are looking for good carcus and easyish lambing
The lleyn cross's I have got that where breed out of Marcus Bullock's tups have no belly, neck or crutch wool. All theaves scanned yesterday at over just 180% with no triplet and empty's, they are in perfect condition for living on some very poor ex pony paddocks all winter. I never thought that I would end up going down the lleyn route but atm they are winning for me.Aye but are they shedders? 1 cross will give you the bare belly and breech you're seeking.
I've a fair few lleyns in the flock now.my lambing % has dropped an the pures are nothing like what they used to be.I'm starting to think its the breed so maybe time for a change.strange thing is the pures I put to a texel scanned @197% an have done 3 years in a row.
I've done everything I can think of to try increase the % but coming to the conclusion its the sheep.next problem what is the next breed to go forYou wouldn’t be alone in that observation. I know of several large flocks that saw the same gradual reduction in scanning percentage, eventually leading them to change breeds.
I've done everything I can think of to try increase the % but coming to the conclusion its the sheep.next problem what is the next breed to go for
Friends of ours have pure Lleyns and they scan around 200% on one cycle.I've done everything I can think of to try increase the % but coming to the conclusion its the sheep.next problem what is the next breed to go for
What's your flock average? Are you lambing in or out?Friends of ours have pure Lleyns and they scan around 200% on one cycle.
We bought a handful from them last year and they have scanned 195%, which is slightly below our flock average but still plenty IMO
I've done everything I can think of to try increase the % but coming to the conclusion its the sheep.next problem what is the next breed to go for
Friends of ours have pure Lleyns and they scan around 200% on one cycle.
We bought a handful from them last year and they have scanned 195%, which is slightly below our flock average but still plenty IMO
A couple of those I mentioned went to NZ Romneys and seem happy enough, although one did reckon the Lleyn x Romney was better than either purebred. They would be outdoor lambing, forage fed sheep though.
You do have to be prepared to look at them though.
I just add up what the scanner man tells meNone of my sheep can ride a bike!! Although one or two dead ones get a ride on the back of the quad.
I think it was Mark Twain, when talking to come sheep farmers somewhere North of the Mississippi Delta. who said:
''whilst I grant your honesty. I question your arithmetic''.
i was thinking that…What do you mean today?
TBH it doesn’t surprise me that the Welshman’s method of breed identification is too stroke her ears… “ehh, there’s a luvly girl look you”I didn't pay any attention to their ears, that's maybe where I went wrong
As has been said by others, Lleyns seem to be like marmite, you either love them or you don't. I quite like marmite but I wouldn't want any Lleyns again