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Lambing ease gestation length
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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 8097708" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>Not at all. There are plenty of breeders trying very hard to f**k the Charollais up, as happens in every breed in the UK when the silly feckers chase sale ring size above all else. It's all driven by the daft buggers that bid up for them of course, sending signals to 'ram breeders' that predominantly don't run commercial flocks. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></p><p></p><p>I'm not convinced that Charollais are necessarily having longer gestation periods though, more that many breeders are selecting for mature size, which is pushing up birth weights.</p><p>I have seen, when we have AI'ed big bunches, there is definitely a difference in gestation length between sires. We very often had the majority of lambs off one sire born first, all from a single service date. See the same in embryo lambs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 8097708, member: 348"] Not at all. There are plenty of breeders trying very hard to f**k the Charollais up, as happens in every breed in the UK when the silly feckers chase sale ring size above all else. It's all driven by the daft buggers that bid up for them of course, sending signals to 'ram breeders' that predominantly don't run commercial flocks. :banghead: I'm not convinced that Charollais are necessarily having longer gestation periods though, more that many breeders are selecting for mature size, which is pushing up birth weights. I have seen, when we have AI'ed big bunches, there is definitely a difference in gestation length between sires. We very often had the majority of lambs off one sire born first, all from a single service date. See the same in embryo lambs. [/QUOTE]
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