Guess the cross

[Bill dog]

Char x Dorset ?

 

[Spuddler]

That was my next guess

Scotch halfbred x Charlie (touch of Suffolk mule in there too)

 

[Al R]

Beltex x Charolais

 

[Old Tip]

BFL - Border Leicester.

No, but of for a bath now so to put you all out of your misery its a BFL x Ryland

Who would of thought it, never in a million years did i think you could breed anything decent from a Ryland, but it does look like a Charolais, just longer and has more wool and as @neilo will tell you they were bred from the old Dishly Leicester cross South Down

 

[Old Tip]

Night all, off to check the ewes and then bath and bed till two

 

[Gulli]

That was my next guess

 

[jemski]

Phew. I can go to bed now!

 

[Old Tip]

That was my next guess

As if

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I'm exhausted

 

[Gulli]

As if

thought it would have more wool from that x

 

[neilo]

No, but of for a bath now so to put you all out of your misery its a BFL x Ryland

Who would of thought it, never in a million years did i think you could breed anything decent from a Ryland, but it does look like a Charolais, just longer and has more wool and as @neilo will tell you they were bred from the old Dishly Leicester cross South Down

Don't blame me, it's @andybk that refers to that origin. Personally, I think that's so long ago it's nearing irrelevant.
My vote would have been for BFLx Charollais (which I didn't post as already dismissed), as it has a Charollais cross' head markings with a BFL's horribly fine features.

So what are you calling this new hybrid? A 'Mongymule' maybe?

 

[Bones]

Bfl X charmoise

That wouldn't be a bad move.

 

[Jackson4]

Don't blame me, it's @andybk that refers to that origin. Personally, I think that's so long ago it's nearing irrelevant.
My vote would have been for BFLx Charollais (which I didn't post as already dismissed), as it has a Charollais cross' head markings with a BFL's horribly fine features.

So what are you calling this new hybrid? A 'Mongymule' maybe?

when someone said bfl x charollias first reply i thought that was it, good guess, end of that one.. twisty wool of the bfl with more downy charollais than lustre, copper head etc.. eyelashes you'd see on any mule (or mule x dorset).. oh ryland, not a fluff head though. Is it guess the cross night, i'll take me phone out with me.

 

[Man_in_black]

What the hells a gingermong

Have you been living under a rock man??!!

 

[Jackson4]

Having looked again, i just scanned through this thread, if that isnt a charollais x bfl then it shows to me that the charollais has been used to improve the BFL like i thought!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Have you been living under a rock man??!!

I must of been!

 

[Cowgirl]

So what are the lambs in the photo Old Tip? Or have I missed that somewhere?
I like Rylands.

 

[yellowbelly]

Arrived late at this thread and started to try and catch up.............
...........is it this?........no!
...........is it that?.......no!
...........is it the other?......no!
By the time I got somewhere half way down page 3, I couldn't remember what guesses had gone before so had to back track to see what it wasn't
By the time I got back to page 3 there were loads more guesses - more confusion Struggled on down pages 4 and 5 and just about to stick my 'sixpenneth' in (wrong anyway) and then at post #104 there's the answer

Great thread @Old Tip
TFF is so entertaining - bloody hell, I'd almost pay to be a member

 

[Ysgythan]

No, but of for a bath now so to put you all out of your misery its a BFL x Ryland

Who would of thought it, never in a million years did i think you could breed anything decent from a Ryland, but it does look like a Charolais, just longer and has more wool and as @neilo will tell you they were bred from the old Dishly Leicester cross South Down

Amazing. Never would have guessed. Your BFL has done well to get rid of the top knot. I've seen Texel x Ryelands which were good lambs - like a decent shaped Romney.

 

[BELOWAVERAGE]

Having looked again, i just scanned through this thread, if that isnt a charollais x bfl then it shows to me that the charollais has been used to improve the BFL like i thought!

Na, they've been using the BFL to improve the charollais.