Grass quality and lambs

[neilo]

Perhaps my grandad told me wrong. But green patches sign of potash shortage View attachment 889387

or Nitrogen, or Sulphur.....especially in a dry time. Pee patches.

 

[will6910]

Soil sample for field in question is circled

 

[dunk999]

ime severe copper deficiency (from a molybdenum lock up) led to a light brown scour. Iodine deficiency seems to cause a dark ‘wormy looking’ scour, so much so that I originally doubted my worm counting and drenched them anyway (it made no difference...).

I don't suppose you have before and after bolus/trace element drench photos or weight records from when you found out you had a problem?

 

[neilo]

I don't suppose you have before and after bolus/trace element drench photos or weight records from when you found out you had a problem?

No, but they stopped dieing. Then they started thriving again, and putting flesh on their backs.

 

[dunk999]

Sounds like a grand response you got!! No questions about that.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

or Nitrogen, or Sulphur.....especially in a dry time. Pee patches.

But I did educate you

?

 

[will6910]

What’s the opinions on keeping ewe lambs from breeding that arent pleasing me. Weighed the ewe lambs I notched at lambing for keeping. 14 of them weighed as 2 weren’t worth weighing. The 14 average weight was 30kgs and average age is 14 weeks

 

[Global ovine]

Not being rude but your land looks low on potash

Potash (K) is essential for cellulose production (the stiffening stuff that strengthens cell walls), it does not affect colour (chlorophyll) or cell contents.
The easiest recognisable deficiency symptom in mixed species pasture is the presence of tears radiating outwards in clover leaves. This is where the weaker leaf cells have let go because of the fast growth rate of the clover.

Excessive K can be very detrimental to animal health/performance, especially in winter when ewes are in late pregnancy.

 

[Al R]

What’s the opinions on keeping ewe lambs from breeding that arent pleasing me. Weighed the ewe lambs I notched at lambing for keeping. 14 of them weighed as 2 weren’t worth weighing. The 14 average weight was 30kgs and average age is 14 weeks

Killable before or at weaning at the least.
This doesn’t apply to the mules which need to be 35kg minimum and the pure hill breeds being 30kg.

 

[will6910]

Mine are texel lambs out of Suffolk Cheviot ewes mostly

 

[will6910]

Suggested to that if ewe lambs can’t grow fast themself if they kept for ewes they will pass that issue on to their lambs ? I don’t know what is left to try to be honest

 

[glensman]

Suggested to that if ewe lambs can’t grow fast themself if they kept for ewes they will pass that issue on to their lambs ? I don’t know what is left to try to be honest

Could you post a pic of the tup/tups they are bred of.

 

[will6910]

Pure non registered texel and Charolais shearling. Charolais Hurt leg start clipping that’s why standing funny. The Charolais has produced best lamb this year but that’s only 1 lamb. Charolais was with ewe lambs only

 

[will6910]

And some of the ewes

 

[Jackov Altraids]

You seem to have been extremely proficient so I'm inclined to think that the failing to finish quickly is due to the Texel tup.
Whether it is certain lines, or the breed as a whole, my experience with texels is that they are good at getting to R2 @ 40kg but then take at least a month to be a U3 @ 43kg.

 

[will6910]

You seem to have been extremely proficient so I'm inclined to think that the failing to finish quickly is due to the Texel tup.
Whether it is certain lines, or the breed as a whole, my experience with texels is that they are good at getting to R2 @ 40kg but then take at least a month to be a U3 @ 43kg.

Texel ram on the Suffolk Cheviot ewes usually be a good match and have been in past but somethings goijg on. For a twin ewe lambs to gain no weight what so ever in 6 weeks and still look good and strong and fully healthy

 

[MDL POWERUP]

I found texels go 'storey' around now and those weights then kick on later on

 

[will6910]

Not sure what else to try. Idea was always to mix and match the Suffolk and texel crosses back to Suffolk or texel rams to stop them getting to extreme one way or the other

 

[glensman]

Not sure what else to try. Idea was always to mix and match the Suffolk and texel crosses back to Suffolk or texel rams to stop them getting to extreme one way or the other

Were the charollais lambs out of the ewe lambs generally better lambs than the texels out of the ewes?

 

[clod hopper]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned it but are sure your scales right? I know it sounds obvious but . . . You never know!