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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 4823678" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>480 Highlanders and their crosses scanned on Friday morning:</p><p>barren: 20</p><p>single: 103</p><p>twin: 303</p><p>triplets: 54</p><p>overall: 182%</p><p></p><p>Overall very happy with that, it's up 25-30% on last year (which was down) and back to 'normal'. The only thing I've done differently is given a Mayo 5-in-1 bolus (95p) a month before tupping, instead of a drench and Mayo lamb bolus (35p total), and have just given another 5-in-1 bolus now to cover late pregnancy/lactation, so extra cost of around 60p/ewe looks to have been well worth it. Too many empties, but 10 of those in the shearlings that were empty as ewe lambs and given the benefit of the doubt. Shearlings are all a bit leaner than I'd like, so I'm after blood testing a few for TE's to check on longevity of boluses.</p><p></p><p>Have recorded all onto Shearwell Farmworks as I bolused and jabbed them, so that I can analyse the results by groups, breed, age, etc.</p><p>Shearlings let the side down, averaging 163%. Shearlings that had reared lambs as ewe lambs averaged 167%, whilst surprisingly those that ran empty last year averaged 154%.</p><p>The 3 groups of ewes that ran with the maternal rams (a Highlander, a Lleyn and a smaller group to an NZ Texel) all averaged 200%, having been generally stronger and fitter at tupping. The rest averaged 170%.</p><p>Amongst the 3 yr olds, the group of NZ SufftexT x Highlanders (bigger ewes) averaged 178% and the straight Highlanders born the same year averaged 194%.</p><p>Amongst the shearlings, the group of NZ Texel (different ram to above) x Highlanders averaged 173%, the straight Highlanders 165% and a handful of pure Lleyns averaged 163%.</p><p></p><p>Just the ewe lambs left to scan next week now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 4823678, member: 348"] 480 Highlanders and their crosses scanned on Friday morning: barren: 20 single: 103 twin: 303 triplets: 54 overall: 182% Overall very happy with that, it's up 25-30% on last year (which was down) and back to 'normal'. The only thing I've done differently is given a Mayo 5-in-1 bolus (95p) a month before tupping, instead of a drench and Mayo lamb bolus (35p total), and have just given another 5-in-1 bolus now to cover late pregnancy/lactation, so extra cost of around 60p/ewe looks to have been well worth it. Too many empties, but 10 of those in the shearlings that were empty as ewe lambs and given the benefit of the doubt. Shearlings are all a bit leaner than I'd like, so I'm after blood testing a few for TE's to check on longevity of boluses. Have recorded all onto Shearwell Farmworks as I bolused and jabbed them, so that I can analyse the results by groups, breed, age, etc. Shearlings let the side down, averaging 163%. Shearlings that had reared lambs as ewe lambs averaged 167%, whilst surprisingly those that ran empty last year averaged 154%. The 3 groups of ewes that ran with the maternal rams (a Highlander, a Lleyn and a smaller group to an NZ Texel) all averaged 200%, having been generally stronger and fitter at tupping. The rest averaged 170%. Amongst the 3 yr olds, the group of NZ SufftexT x Highlanders (bigger ewes) averaged 178% and the straight Highlanders born the same year averaged 194%. Amongst the shearlings, the group of NZ Texel (different ram to above) x Highlanders averaged 173%, the straight Highlanders 165% and a handful of pure Lleyns averaged 163%. Just the ewe lambs left to scan next week now. [/QUOTE]
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