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Maternal tup for Texels
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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 6921373" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>My Highlander ewes, and those on several local farms, are bred up from strong Texel x ewes, and moved away from that breeding for the same reason. I lamb outside with minimal intervention now, which would have been unthinkable with the Texels. Ewe size has reduced at the same time, allowing higher stocking rates but lower growth rates & cull ewe value.</p><p></p><p>One of those local flocks has since started using NZ Romney on them, which would make for bigger ewes, but all that wool!</p><p>I hate to say it, but plenty of others get on well with an injection of Lleyn blood on Texel X ewes, but I guess you’d need to avoid the more ‘Texely’ of them.</p><p></p><p>If you get on well with the Texels otherwise, could you not just choose to use a Texel with a more functional structure, such as from a Peter Baber or [USER=731]@easyram1[/USER] ? </p><p></p><p>Whichever way you go, you will have to compromise slightly on lamb conformation ime.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 6921373, member: 348"] My Highlander ewes, and those on several local farms, are bred up from strong Texel x ewes, and moved away from that breeding for the same reason. I lamb outside with minimal intervention now, which would have been unthinkable with the Texels. Ewe size has reduced at the same time, allowing higher stocking rates but lower growth rates & cull ewe value. One of those local flocks has since started using NZ Romney on them, which would make for bigger ewes, but all that wool! I hate to say it, but plenty of others get on well with an injection of Lleyn blood on Texel X ewes, but I guess you’d need to avoid the more ‘Texely’ of them. If you get on well with the Texels otherwise, could you not just choose to use a Texel with a more functional structure, such as from a Peter Baber or [USER=731]@easyram1[/USER] ? Whichever way you go, you will have to compromise slightly on lamb conformation ime. [/QUOTE]
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