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Pedigree Lleyns?
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<blockquote data-quote="DrDunc" data-source="post: 6908249" data-attributes="member: 615"><p>Overrated?</p><p></p><p>Aye indeed</p><p></p><p>I've 600 lleyns outside lambing</p><p></p><p>Been a good spring. Had to pull just over a dozen hung singles, been inside 3 ewes with a guddle of legs and heads, twinned on about half a dozen.</p><p></p><p>Had 2 bags of dead lambs, and 2 dead ewes, one of which was rotten lambs</p><p></p><p>One ewe has had mastitis this year so far. I bought a tup years ago that bred ewes which were bad for it. Tup got culled, along with all his offspring.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The policy here for years has been to notch the ear for culling of anything that gives trouble, and cull their offspring.</p><p></p><p>Vast majority not kept for breeding are finished off grass or forage rape/kale hybrid. Tried suftex terminal sire last year. They did finish a little earlier and I'm repeating the experiment this year, but it's not a huge step change improvement.</p><p></p><p>There are many types of lleyns, with many outcrosses still being sold as pure. Listen to the advice already posted here if you want good commercial ewes that look after themselves and their young.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrDunc, post: 6908249, member: 615"] Overrated? Aye indeed I've 600 lleyns outside lambing Been a good spring. Had to pull just over a dozen hung singles, been inside 3 ewes with a guddle of legs and heads, twinned on about half a dozen. Had 2 bags of dead lambs, and 2 dead ewes, one of which was rotten lambs One ewe has had mastitis this year so far. I bought a tup years ago that bred ewes which were bad for it. Tup got culled, along with all his offspring. The policy here for years has been to notch the ear for culling of anything that gives trouble, and cull their offspring. Vast majority not kept for breeding are finished off grass or forage rape/kale hybrid. Tried suftex terminal sire last year. They did finish a little earlier and I'm repeating the experiment this year, but it's not a huge step change improvement. There are many types of lleyns, with many outcrosses still being sold as pure. Listen to the advice already posted here if you want good commercial ewes that look after themselves and their young. [/QUOTE]
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