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<blockquote data-quote="SteveHants" data-source="post: 6736391" data-attributes="member: 3380"><p>Isn't that the "hobby flock" effect?</p><p>Got a few sheep, give 'em names and coddle them so much they are commercially pointless.</p><p></p><p>I never tailed or balled (early wean for the rams and away to a different farm). </p><p>I ran two main flocks (possibly to make it interesting for myself) - my GP flock producing replacements and my commercial flock. The GP flock ewes (wasn't interested in rams, because I wasn't breeding them - I bought in rams) were tagged at birth so I knew from whence they'd come. The commercial flock sheep were first touched at the first time I needed to get the flock in (might have been weaning in some years). </p><p>It was an evolving process - I'd started off tagging/spraying/dipping navels in the commercial flock.</p><p>I found that the less I did, the higher both the survival and growth rate became.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SteveHants, post: 6736391, member: 3380"] Isn't that the "hobby flock" effect? Got a few sheep, give 'em names and coddle them so much they are commercially pointless. I never tailed or balled (early wean for the rams and away to a different farm). I ran two main flocks (possibly to make it interesting for myself) - my GP flock producing replacements and my commercial flock. The GP flock ewes (wasn't interested in rams, because I wasn't breeding them - I bought in rams) were tagged at birth so I knew from whence they'd come. The commercial flock sheep were first touched at the first time I needed to get the flock in (might have been weaning in some years). It was an evolving process - I'd started off tagging/spraying/dipping navels in the commercial flock. I found that the less I did, the higher both the survival and growth rate became. [/QUOTE]
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