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<blockquote data-quote="JD-Kid" data-source="post: 1880386" data-attributes="member: 479"><p>it think it maybe along the lines of what you wrote </p><p>The "type' is factored in by allowing (what I think is a generous) 15%(just dropped from 10% recently). Bearing in mind that in a 500 ewe flock weaning 135%,(most would be weaning over 150%) then 15% of the rams is 50. A 500 ewe flock is probably using 3 or 4 new rams per year. Selecting 3 or 4 rams from 50 should be pretty damn easy.</p><p>They are also allowed to bring in out side genetics as long as they back cross to Coopworth sires twice, many breeders have at some stage added a little Texel, Finn, East Freisian or Romney to there flocks, while maintaining the core Coopworth type. I beleive 40% of Coopworths carry Myomax/T+.</p><p>guts of what i was picking up was the off types in there etc etc almost like saying the breed has probs and needs outside geans to make it worth while </p><p>like me and you talked about the corries if there is an outside gean in there just sell them as a 1/2 or 3/4 breed and be open about it instead of hideing it or useing it as a marketing lever</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JD-Kid, post: 1880386, member: 479"] it think it maybe along the lines of what you wrote The "type' is factored in by allowing (what I think is a generous) 15%(just dropped from 10% recently). Bearing in mind that in a 500 ewe flock weaning 135%,(most would be weaning over 150%) then 15% of the rams is 50. A 500 ewe flock is probably using 3 or 4 new rams per year. Selecting 3 or 4 rams from 50 should be pretty damn easy. They are also allowed to bring in out side genetics as long as they back cross to Coopworth sires twice, many breeders have at some stage added a little Texel, Finn, East Freisian or Romney to there flocks, while maintaining the core Coopworth type. I beleive 40% of Coopworths carry Myomax/T+. guts of what i was picking up was the off types in there etc etc almost like saying the breed has probs and needs outside geans to make it worth while like me and you talked about the corries if there is an outside gean in there just sell them as a 1/2 or 3/4 breed and be open about it instead of hideing it or useing it as a marketing lever [/QUOTE]
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