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Easy Ram Texel on Swale or Blackface
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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 7056135" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>I would suggest that’s more a reflection on the rearing & selection systems used by the flocks of origin, rather than which country the genetics came from.</p><p>When I used to buy Texels, I only bought from top end of the (then) Sire Reference Scheme. I’ve had a couple of NZ Texels since, and I wouldn’t say that growth rate was in any way spectacular. Nice enough sheep and no complaints on their maternal abilities as mature ewes, but then (aside from increasing lambing issues as they got more pure) I always found the progeny of my UK Texels to be attentive & milky mothers too.</p><p></p><p>I suspect the performance of NZ Texels would likely be similar to those here that have undergone selection based on recording and CT scanning, and have been reared on forage diets. Their are several doing just that with UK Texel genetics too, but they tend to sell from home so need a bit more searching out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 7056135, member: 348"] I would suggest that’s more a reflection on the rearing & selection systems used by the flocks of origin, rather than which country the genetics came from. When I used to buy Texels, I only bought from top end of the (then) Sire Reference Scheme. I’ve had a couple of NZ Texels since, and I wouldn’t say that growth rate was in any way spectacular. Nice enough sheep and no complaints on their maternal abilities as mature ewes, but then (aside from increasing lambing issues as they got more pure) I always found the progeny of my UK Texels to be attentive & milky mothers too. I suspect the performance of NZ Texels would likely be similar to those here that have undergone selection based on recording and CT scanning, and have been reared on forage diets. Their are several doing just that with UK Texel genetics too, but they tend to sell from home so need a bit more searching out. [/QUOTE]
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