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<blockquote data-quote="focussed" data-source="post: 2954056" data-attributes="member: 17752"><p>The 4 British texels are not that great - 1 superb one, 1 good one and 2 average to poor ones. They were the first Rams I ever bought and I have learnt a lot about sheep etc since then. </p><p></p><p>The 2 NZ texels came from easy ram this year and are shearlings. </p><p></p><p>The 122 with the British are all four tooth or six tooth. They are made up of the worse NCM (as in ones I wouldn't keep ewe lambs from) and a random selection of suf x. </p><p></p><p>The 178 with the NZ ones are made up of the best NCM, 100 suf x theaves that haven't lambed and topped up with a random selection four/six tooth suf x. </p><p></p><p>Currently both groups are coming to the end of being flushed. Rams are in neighbouring field to their respective groups and have been for a week. Tomorrow they are going out. </p><p></p><p>When I split the groups all tags were scanned and recorded. They will remain separate for as long as possible and maybe even all the way through - including during lambing. </p><p></p><p>My intention is to breed NZ Tex x NCM replacements or to sell them as breeding sheep. Everything else will go fat - will probably creep feed all twins/trips, singles won't be. Any of the NZ Tex x NCM that have ewe lambs that look ok I'll mark and keep separate - then not creep them either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="focussed, post: 2954056, member: 17752"] The 4 British texels are not that great - 1 superb one, 1 good one and 2 average to poor ones. They were the first Rams I ever bought and I have learnt a lot about sheep etc since then. The 2 NZ texels came from easy ram this year and are shearlings. The 122 with the British are all four tooth or six tooth. They are made up of the worse NCM (as in ones I wouldn't keep ewe lambs from) and a random selection of suf x. The 178 with the NZ ones are made up of the best NCM, 100 suf x theaves that haven't lambed and topped up with a random selection four/six tooth suf x. Currently both groups are coming to the end of being flushed. Rams are in neighbouring field to their respective groups and have been for a week. Tomorrow they are going out. When I split the groups all tags were scanned and recorded. They will remain separate for as long as possible and maybe even all the way through - including during lambing. My intention is to breed NZ Tex x NCM replacements or to sell them as breeding sheep. Everything else will go fat - will probably creep feed all twins/trips, singles won't be. Any of the NZ Tex x NCM that have ewe lambs that look ok I'll mark and keep separate - then not creep them either. [/QUOTE]
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