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The Swiss god awful Black Noses have been exported to NZ already, haven't they?
I think the Kiwis aren't as smart, as we thought
I expect there are plenty of 'good lifers' in NZ too.
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The Swiss god awful Black Noses have been exported to NZ already, haven't they?
I think the Kiwis aren't as smart, as we thought
Not bad if you could screw casters on, I'd imagineWonder what a Suffolk x Dorper lamb would be like??
A friend of mine told me thats how charollais and ile de france came to be in nz. People were blaming the sheep they had for their problems and not their own managment so someone saw an opportunity to market a new breed over there. He is doing very well apparently. This is secondhand info to me so i tske it and give it here with a large pinch of saltI suspect someone is importing that UK breed into NZ to try and make a killing from 'something different' & exotic. I also suspect they won't be taking over the kiwi sheep industry.
I'd compare it with the UK imports of those Swiss black nose things. A small number will make a killing out of the small number of folk that fancy trying something different, however uneconomic and impractical they might be.
Too right, I see it all the time when talking to the farmers around here, always something else's fault for poor performance- always their own good management on a good year thoughA friend of mine told me thats how charollais and ile de france came to be in nz. People were blaming the sheep they had for their problems and not their own managment so someone saw an opportunity to market a new breed over there. He is doing very well apparently. This is secondhand info to me so i tske it and give it here with a large pinch of salt
Not too far off the markI expect there are plenty of 'good lifers' in NZ too.
Are you sure they've improved the Texel? as if its not now a texel but a Lleyn, then its not the carcase breed that originally went there, stock from NZ are currently the fashion, it'll pass. I know some one who uses a bit of NZ Jersey semen on his milkers, but he says each generation give a drop less milk than the lastIf anyone can make a breed better than it is then NZ can. In 10 years time there not going to look like the pigs that cant breathe we have over here. Look at what they call a texel it basically what we call a Lleyn.
Not sure everyone is slating the breed. No one would deny the carcass traits they bring. The point being ridiculed was 'they wean heavier lambs than the other UK breeds.'From what i read on the fg last week its all about them pushing for a higher ko % they imported texels years ago rasing cracass ko from 40 to 48% but they now want to rasie it more this is why they are now looking at the beltex breed!!
Like how everyone slates the breed!! Same as every breed there are some breeders going to extemes etc spoiling the breed!! I cant fault them as a breed and keep them pure, they eat a lot less to start with!! I could keep 2 beltex ewes to what some people keep 1 big suffolks and texels!
They have a 2th Dorper over them this year for lambing ease (plus he was free) so it will be interesting to see what drops in October
I just hope they all come forwards at this stagePerformance?
JOKE! JOKE!
I think you would need a microscope to notice tbph.Be interesting what effect it will have on early lamb produces in a few years time when there's lots of lean charollais type or shapely double muscled beltex type lambs flooding the Easter market from NZ.
If anyone can make a breed better than it is then NZ can. In 10 years time there not going to look like the pigs that cant breathe we have over here. Look at what they call a texel it basically what we call a Lleyn.
That is exactly what they will do. All good in my opinion.All they can do, really - IMO - is breed the Beltex to look like the 'BeltexXTexel' we have here already... Slightly less muscle as a typical Beltex, but easy lambing and a bigger size/frame for faster growth rates.
That is exactly what they will do. All good in my opinion.