He said NATIVERouge,, but in door lambing only .
She (I think) ........He said NATIVE
You live in Nottinghamshire. There’s more distance in geography, history and culture between your place and Caithness than there is between it and Holland. NCC is less native than Texel would be, by many measures.
But the NCC isn't native to Caithness. It originally came from the Scotland/Northumberland Border, which is possibly as close to Nottingham as it is to Thurso.You live in Nottinghamshire. There’s more distance in geography, history and culture between your place and Caithness than there is between it and Holland. NCC is less native than Texel would be, by many measures.
Need a hell of a shed for 1500 ewes!@Nithsdale Farmer here is your chance to convert another member to the Suffolk fraternity
If you were to start a large commercial fat lamb producing flock from scratch (1,500+) but had to chose a native tup to sire the fat lambs ( I am not going to go into reason why, so don’t ask ) what would you chose and why?
Obviously first which came to mind was the Suffolk, however I am not a Suffolk fan at all and I would always go for continental tups, so finding this one hard
Also I am still unable to work at the moment and I am bored so I don’t care how many cans of worms this may open
Thanks
Need a hell of a shed for 1500 ewes!
Why??
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Beast from the East last year, -5 at nights for a week and 0 through the day. The Suffolks never needed to come in.
Don't use them anymore but I always found half cross Suffolk lambs to be very good. It was when you went to 3/4 Suffolk we started to get suffolkey problemsWhy??
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Beast from the East last year, -5 at nights for a week and 0 through the day. The Suffolks never needed to come in.
Not specific to breed of ewe, could be mule/lleyn/Romney
In or out, I guess what tup would you use on a large flock regardless of in or out, just asking what native tups are most commonly used or considered on a large flock
Other information is not important at this time
From my experience I just prefer a continental or white faced tup, due to many reasons, it would take an awful lot of research to find one I liked before going back to a suffolk but I am open to anything anyway
I've used Hampshire tups on my Easycares as a terminal sire for the past four years. Pretty easy lambing and tough lambs that want to get up and suck. Carcass weights won't be as heavy as Texel x lambs and possibly Suffolks but my reasoning is that you get more lambs to compensate and less work. There is a small discount for store sales. I am careful to buy from a select group of commercially-focused breeders.Woolly heads not a problem, do Hampshire’s mature at lighter weights than say a Suffolk?
I do know that Southdowns tend to mature on the lighter side just due to overall mature size being smaller
I honestly don’t know an awful lot about Dorset Downs, what are they like compared to a Hampshire?
Basically looking for a breed that could be a little bit special, but still 100% commercially viable and able to produce a mainstream saleable product, whilst being able to carry a little bit of a “story” and be native without going as far as into rare breeds.....
Do many use a NCC as a terminal? In a hill flock I am guessing so, and yes I have seen lleyns and lambed lleyns who could basically be dual registered
southdowns i use bud. But the market often puts them through as dorsets. I know a guy using dosets tho he sells alot store as there hard to finish.