Easycare sheep experiment

[Woolless]

Easy cares do not mean easy or good it’s just a term slapped on all wool shedding sheep. Unless you buy Exlanas from a breeder like @Tim W that are thoroughly recorded you may as well stick with mules.

Easycare is, ofcourse, a breed.

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This is where I make the point that there are recorded Easycare flocks, as run by myself, @Johngee, @wee man and a few others. As with Exlanas, the idea is to keep the labour saving advantages and improve performance.

 

[steveR]

Cade’s should never be kept on, I used to find 2-3 cades even in November in a bunch of 100 lambs would cause havoc for the dogs and us when handling the last 2 years I had any because of a school learning program they were killed regardless of weight at 12 weeks when weaned.

Personally, I do not have any argument with your viewpoint!! Maybe you should swing by for a brew and impart your knowledge to Herself... She likes them for pet ewes as they are easy to gather and handle, as we have no dog.... other than shooting Labs

Normally though, they are kept away from commercials.

 

[dave mountain]

This is where I make the point that there are recorded Easycare flocks, as run by myself, @Johngee, @wee man and a few others. As with Exlanas, the idea is to keep the labour saving advantages and improve performance.

i dont really see how it can work when the best ewes are a 1st cross. cheviot beulah is my personal choice for hill sheep. is the idea you use a blueface ram and breed easycare mules? but then you dont have the wool shedding? doesnt make sense to me

 

[Forkdriver]

easycare are not easy to care for. if there was an easycare breed its welsh mountains, they do take some killing

And catching

 

[Al R]

And catching

And gathering

@Mc115reed found out that welsh love to duck and play dead the other day

 

[Forkdriver]

Just watching the show jumping. We have a few that would give them a run

 

[dave mountain]

And catching

very true. i had 2 in lamb ewes escape out onto the open moor and didnt get them back until 18 months later they were found them with their now 2 tooth lambs still at foot.
the only time EID tags have ever helped me, otherwise i wouldn't have had a clue where they came from

 

[Bury the Trash]

This is where I make the point that there are recorded Easycare flocks, as run by myself, @Johngee, @wee man and a few others. As with Exlanas, the idea is to keep the labour saving advantages and improve performance.

not the first time its been mentioned but a new breed name would help.
especially for what sounds like an 'elite group' for want of a better way of putting it of yours.

 

[dogandstick]

Exlana, easycare, buy a Texel if you dare,
Aberdoesitallitself, better leave it on the shelf,
Logie Durno, Lowerye, which one do I buy?
So many breeds to choose from, which one should I really try?
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.

Charollais, lambed in May, grows 400gms a day,
Suffolk lambs from Easyrams, no need to lend a hand
Blufaced Leicester, Bleu du Maine, some say they’re just the same
Charmoise, Rouge du la Oest, which one really is the best?
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.

Highlander, Lowlander or best buy a Freelander?
Beltex meat isn’t sweet, Berrichon have bad feet.
Crossbred rams on any dams, always breed the best lambs.
Not recorded, it’s such a shame that I’m not educated.
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.

Lyrics copyright Dogandstick.
(Credit to Billy Joel for the music)

 

[steveR]

And gathering

@Mc115reed found out that welsh love to duck and play dead the other day

????

 

[steveR]

Exlana, easycare, buy a Texel if you dare,
Aberdoesitallitself, better leave it on the shelf,
Logie Durno, Lowerye, which one do I buy?
So many breeds to choose from, which one shall I try?
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.

Charollais, lambed in May, grows 400gms a day,
Suffolk lambs from Easyrams, no need to lend a hand
Blufaced Leicester, Bleu du Maine, some say they’re just the same
Charmoise, Rouge du la Oest, which one really is the best?
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.

Highlander, Lowlander or best buy a Freelander?
Beltex meat isn’t sweet, Berrichon have bad feet.
Crossbred rams on any dams, always breed the best lambs.
Not recorded, what a shame I’m not educated.
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.
We didn’t start these breeds off, they were always breeding,
They were always breeding.

(Credit to Billy Joel for the music)

We await the audio version shortly......

 

[Al R]

????

Welsh are famous for dropping to the floor and pretending their dead so they don’t need gathering Most of mine are fine at 8mph, you go to 10mph running them and they’ll drop from stubbornness

 

[dave mountain]

Welsh are famous for dropping to the floor and pretending their dead so they don’t need gathering Most of mine are fine at 8mph, you go to 10mph running them and they’ll drop from stubbornness

unless you are trying to catch one, then theyll do 75mph

 

[dogandstick]

We await the audio version shortly......

Don’t hold your breath

 

[steveR]

Don’t hold your breath

Have to get one of the Welsh lads with a nice Tenor to do it justice...

Nice soundtrack for him... ;-)

 

[Mc115reed]

And gathering

@Mc115reed found out that welsh love to duck and play dead the other day

f**king things seen nout like it 3 of them laying down in a line like I’d took a machine gun too the flock

 

[neilo]

easycare are not easy to care for. if there was an easycare breed its welsh mountains, they do take some killing

An ‘Easycare’ is just a Welsh Mountain crossed with a Wiltshire Horn, or it was originally a way. So basically a Welshy that sheds.

An Exlana is mostly a Lleyn x Wiltshire Horn, with a few other bits & pieces crisscrossed, and the progeny selected on recorded performance.

They are all feral pillocks that (mostly) don’t need shearing.

 

[Bury the Trash]

but they (usefully) (and surprisingly you might say) have wool at birth unlike Charolais lambs

 

[dave mountain]

but they (usefully) (and surprisingly you might say) have wool at birth unlike Charolais lambs

one cross that i liked was blueface x greyfaced dartmoor. got over £20 per fleece a few years ago from the wool board. they werent very tough though.
beats the wool shedding types

 

[dave mountain]

An ‘Easycare’ is just a Welsh Mountain crossed with a Wiltshire Horn, or it was originally a way. So basically a Welshy that sheds.

An Exlana is mostly a Lleyn x Wiltshire Horn, with a few other bits & pieces crisscrossed, and the progeny selected on recorded performance.

They are all feral pillocks that (mostly) don’t need shearing.

so they are trying to compete with north england mules and they start with welshies? wouldnt fancy my chances on that one