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Highlander x mule for breeding replacements?

RobP

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Location
Herts/Beds/Bucks
We have kept back our best dozen Highlander ram lambs to run on & sell this Autumn.
We reduced our Highlander numbers to concentrate on our Primera/Focus Prime flock.
Feel free to get in touch & come & have a look round. The ewes are at St Albans & I'm sure I can bore you rigid telling you how well they perform!!
 

Bones

Member
Location
n Ireland
Thinking about buying a Highlander ram to put on some mules for breeding replacements.
Want to start breeding my own replacements and stop buying in mules. I like what I have heard/read about the highlanders, Just wondering what experiences people have had with them?

Any info/advice would be great!
Would you consider putting a cheviot ram on your mules ,and leave it at that .it makes cracking ewes .
 

Bones

Member
Location
n Ireland
Are they a bit wild though?
Don't see much differences between them and straight mules ,probably depend on the ram , they are a better shape than the mules ,and every bit as birthy,and touch wood I never had to put my hand on one at laming time , good sheep to keep replacements from , I'd never want to stray away to far from hill sheep ,blackie or cheviot .
 

Newby

Member
Location
East Yorkshire
Don't see much differences between them and straight mules ,probably depend on the ram , they are a better shape than the mules ,and every bit as birthy,and touch wood I never had to put my hand on one at laming time , good sheep to keep replacements from , I'd never want to stray away to far from hill sheep ,blackie or cheviot .
What do you lamb the chev x to @Bones ?
 

Fencer90

Member
Location
West Sussex
We have kept back our best dozen Highlander ram lambs to run on & sell this Autumn.
We reduced our Highlander numbers to concentrate on our Primera/Focus Prime flock.
Feel free to get in touch & come & have a look round. The ewes are at St Albans & I'm sure I can bore you rigid telling you how well they perform!!
I would be keen to come up and see how your system works and have a look at the rams. I have got mate who's interested in trying a highlander ram so I'm sure he will be keen come up as well. Are get in contact sooner the time.
 

Bones

Member
Location
n Ireland
Never had any thing to do with them, you don't really see them down here.
You rate them then?
Some one told me once that they are bloody good at mis mothering?
Never had that problem, the reason I use a cheviot on scotch mule ewes is to keep the hardness in the replacements.I do run some pure Cheviots ,but would rate the cheviot x scotch mule ewe far better .
 

Bones

Member
Location
n Ireland
Never had any thing to do with them, you don't really see them down here.
You rate them then?
Some one told me once that they are bloody good at mis mothering?
Meby your mistaken what I'm breeding, with the likes of cheviot mules__ cheviot x border/blue Leicester, the ewes that I have are all home bred ,don't think you could buy them anywhere.
 
Never had that problem, the reason I use a cheviot on scotch mule ewes is to keep the hardness in the replacements.I do run some pure Cheviots ,but would rate the cheviot x scotch mule ewe far better .
Never did it , but I would imagine the Scotch Mule ewe crossed with the Cheviot would lift the maternal traits considerably from a pure Cheviot ewe. My only experience of pure Cheviots highlighted their maternal shortcomings - they were pretty careless at looking after two lambs.
 

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