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Milking sheep?
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how long does a lactation last?.....arn't llyens semi milksheep....perhaps akin to the good old british frieian?
thanks I thinkyou're just such an enigma....but we love you anyway
I never asked the chap
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no I don't think they are lleyn are not in the same league as freisland milk sheep or dorset crosses of them have kept all these . only got lleyn now but remember udders and huge teats and dragging almost on the ground.lleyn are still good milkers tho and they don't show it so obviously.
lactation = 7 to 11 months depending on breed/system etc
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Have you ever had your own milking sheep Tim or worked for someone else? You seem like a fairly sensible, profit driven farmer so I'm sure you've considered milking your own sheep. If so, what put you off the idea? I guess they are milked once a day?
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by your original reply i thought you'd killed lambs from milksheep....but it was an 'aquaintance'....morally or commercially it couldn't make sense....put a beltex or texel on them and suerly lamb must be half decent?....wean at 5 weeks as tim says
biggest drawback i can see is it must take longer to milk litre for litre ?
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Would think adding value yourself would be a key ,liquid may be a problem but something fairly easy like ice cream , or cheese if you have a local artisan dairy . My cousin runs one not sure where he gets his milk though !