Ram advice
- Thread starter emilyanne
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Woolless
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- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
I'm glad we're not on lambing up here today: Wet, cold and very windy. Even the dogs didn't really fancy it this morning!
- Location
- Scot Borders
Freshly clipped ewehoggs fancied it even less
Thankfully not near as much rain as was forecast here but fudging cold
ianlucasshearing
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- Location
- Kent
Do you remember what I said as to why we started using the South downs in the first place.
Devil's advocate
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- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
Would the Charollais breed benefit from an inclusion of more Southdown blood? Or even vice versa, they are related of course.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
To what end?
Thankfully, there’s still enough variety in the Charollais breed that you can choose a type to suit your system.
To add a bit more fluff on their heads perhaps ?To what end?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
To add a bit more fluff on their heads perhaps ?
As above, you can always pick one with a bit more cover on their heads already, if that’s your thing. I’ve even seen a few with fluff, but nowhere near as much as on a Southdown, thankfully.
CopperBeech
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- A Welsh man lost in England
CopperBeech
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- Location
- A Welsh man lost in England
Im a little confused.
When do you lamb your sheep? You say you are selling in April, does that mean you lamb outside really really early (winter?) or are you running your lambs around for a year until the following spring to sell. If the latter is the case, and you're struggling for most to make 40/45 kg then . . . . . . you have a greater issue than what breed of ram to use. If you are selling them in April of same year that they are born outside, then you are doing extremely well and I'd stick with what you are doing.
When folk do these threads, a greater introduction to the farming system they use and its ins and outs is a pretty important factor in offering advice!
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- East Ayrshire
I think there should be a full stop after 45kg.
Making "lamb in April" a separate sentence.
Might be wrong though
Devil's advocate
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- Posh side of Barnsley
To what end?
For even easier lambing than Charollais, hardier lamb & much better finished lamb than Southdown. Could be just a small proportion of Southdown
Do younmonestly think theyre selling lamb born outside to romney in april ?
And If its true, boy those southdowns must go some....
Hi we lamb in April and lambs start going off to market in beginning of November finished on turnips
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- Montgomeryshire
A ram customer sent me a photo of his Charollais lambs off his Romney hoggs. I'll just leave it here.....
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
What’s a “teg”? Really wish people would avoid regionalisms on an international forum.
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- Fife
Agreed. Ewe lamb, 2 tooth, 4 tooth, 6 tooth, full mouth, broker is the best way I feel.
primmiemoo
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- Devon
[Sigh] no wonder Brits don't do forrin languages when they aren't willing to revel in the diversity of their own [sigh]
A ram customer sent me a photo of his Charollais lambs off his Romney hoggs. I'll just leave it here.....
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Love it when you get a nice bit of feedback. Was on a farm in Aberdeenshire with a bus full of Cumbrians/Borderers a fortnight ago. Guy producing Beltex, BFL and some crossers. He had no clue who we were. He had Charolais and Charolais/Beltex put to a Texel. Turns out he used a tup we sold his Texel breeder neighbour five years ago and was quite proud to announce the fact. Makes it all worthwhile sometimes.