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Wasn't my sheep to shoot.Why do you put back a Shetland prolapse surely it deserves to be shot
Anything prolapsing in my flock would be shot.
Wasn't my sheep to shoot.Why do you put back a Shetland prolapse surely it deserves to be shot
She's got much smaller hands, and is a hell of a lamber. She got this one out alive, without killing the ewe.That’s why he said his mrs has smaller hands… she puts it back in before he comes round the corner and shoots it
That was my take on the matter. They just seem a bit less "delicate" from my modest experience ,and from speaking with far more experienced folks...They are the same as any sheep really, need to udder and teeth check before tupping and anything that is struggling for condition at tupping time is a risk to keep, irrespective of age.
They definitely seem to last longer though as the whole lambing process seems to be a lot easier on them.
I’m not sure if I quite explained what I meant.It is sometimes a useful tool to get people to get people to springboard off your confidence though and give them the reassurance to try (and hopefully be successful).
The best way I can illustrate this was in a conversation I watched on a fishing programme years ago, some very old name in the angling writing world was talking to the interviewer about kids taking up fishing. He was explaining that a lad had written to him to ask where he could catch a chub. He'd written back, describing a stretch of the local river that had always looked like it should contain them, but he'd never managed to catch one there, after repeated trying.
Time passed and the youngster wrote back saying he'd caught a huge chub, first cast.
The old writer called that "fishing off someone else's confidence".
Ridgeline? As it that awful plastic sh!t?With that, I’m off to buy a Ridgeline smock and cuddle my collies… well, two of them, I’m a little afraid of the third.
Mine have just started shedding, I wish my hoggs were as big as yours, definitely need gimmered to be big enough for my liking.F1 ewe hogg with an F2 myomax lamb by @Woolless ram. Born unassisted, licked up and sucked. That's the kind of lambing I like
Mine are first cross Shetland x easycare. They're 35kg lw tops.Mine have just started shedding, I wish my hoggs were as big as yours, definitely need gimmered to be big enough for my liking.
I've got lambs sired by a smart Beltex/Texel tup this time. Really pleased with them so far.Beltex sired single out of this easycare ewe lamb this morning
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Beltex sired single out of this easycare ewe lamb this morning
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First year having easycares and outdoor lambing. Didn't want to go buying tups so just used a beltex and a Charollais as it's what we had. Beltex lambs have a lot of get up and go. Charollais are a bit weaker and wool cover is poorWhat's the thinking with the beltex? Easy lambed slow growing lamb for hoggs?
Because Beltexes have a reputation for being shall we say "delicate" as mature sheep (and rightly so) , people are often surprised how much get up and go the Beltex sired lambs have irrespective of the mothers breedingFirst year having easycares and outdoor lambing. Didn't want to go buying tups so just used a beltex and a Charollais as it's what we had. Beltex lambs have a lot of get up and go. Charollais are a bit weaker and wool cover is poor
Looking well.Charmoise x lambs out of hoggs has been hassle free so far, hoggs are nice and quiet when ringing lambs, less skittish than their mothers, I had 70 odd of the group used as training sheep on a young bitch I was training post weaning, almost certain that made a difference in regard to their temperament .
Looking well.
The ewes look quite woolly. Did you grade up?
Speak to the easycare society. They will probably have members in Ireland.Will possibly be in the market for 250 to 300 pure easycare ewes/ewelambs this summer, any of you breeders over there advise me on the best way to go about this? Based in southern Ireland, do I go Wales England or Scotland? Is there much involved bring them over? Are many flocks mv accredited?
Will possibly be in the market for 250 to 300 pure easycare ewes/ewelambs this summer, any of you breeders over there advise me on the best way to go about this? Based in southern Ireland, do I go Wales England or Scotland? Is there much involved bring them over? Are many flocks mv accredited?