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Some will be fostered onto the singles, the rest artificially reared on a shepherdessWhat will you do with the triples from the swales?
Some will be fostered onto the singles, the rest artificially reared on a shepherdessWhat will you do with the triples from the swales?
For the last 5 years anyway my ewes in the autumn have always been BCS 4.5-7 in the autumn as mountains of grass appear, this year it didn’t happen and ewes were 3.5-4.5 at tupping and down a fair bit scanning wiseWill a lot of lowland sheep be in too good condition when they went to the tup and this may be what is lowering peoples scan results. Our fell ewes came in to tup far too fat, I’m expecting either a ridiculous number of lambs or all singles. Don’t think there will be a middle ground.
The weather conditions mid April/early May(ie no Spring to talk of) may have had an effect on results as this is when ewes scanned at the moment would actually start preparing for the next breeding season.Scanned first bunch of ewes yesterday, 24 x3. 235 x 2. 144 x 1 and 34 empty. Would be a very bad scanning for us over 20% down, obviously a lot of empty and less multiples. Very strange sheep had an ideal autumn with a nice bite and were in good condition had been bollused as usual pre tupping. Scannerman said 80% of farms he had been to didn't have great scannings. A headscratcher.
Will a lot of lowland sheep be in too good condition when they went to the tup and this may be what is lowering peoples scan results. Our fell ewes came in to tup far too fat, I’m expecting either a ridiculous number of lambs or all singles. Don’t think there will be a middle ground.
Very true.very consistent sheep. Do you buy in Swales or breed your own.Pure swaledale .
Crossed will the Leicester.
The mule offspring are very good sheep, very prolific, twins and triplets one after the other, couple of lambs at £130 far better than one fancy beltex/texel at £150.
The mule is unrivalled tbh
Yes exactly the same. It’s easier to keep flesh on than try to put it back on so to speak. Having said that last couple of days have been better but they are still eating well. Sometimes they actually perform better here when they are eating though rather than just eating grass with nowt in it. Friday was a bad day!Exactly the same here....i thought ewes werre looking tremendous up till Christmas then they seem to have taken a real hammering since then, 1st load of cake came today, i was just gonna start caking the threes but might end up caking the lot, bit sooner than i wanted to really but cant do much about that.
Theyre eating round bales like theyre going out of fashion!
Bloody hell. Would the mule breeders be on better ground?Well scanned my swales today and it was a massive tail of two halves the half that went to the swale tups ave 183% which I have to say I was pleased with as there daft ewes.
Then I scanned the ewes with the bluefaces the one tupped in first 3 weeks were 153% which was bad enough for me and then the second lot tupped in last 3 weeks was 99% which is a disaster never had as poor a scanning since moving away from draft blackies. Shall be testing all tups next year pre tupping.
They were all tupped on silage ground did not do a second cut so both pures and mules were on pretty much the same ground.Bloody hell. Would the mule breeders be on better ground?
Bad weather?? Bluefaced stood under wall??Well scanned my swales today and it was a massive tail of two halves the half that went to the swale tups ave 183% which I have to say I was pleased with as there daft ewes.
Then I scanned the ewes with the bluefaces the one tupped in first 3 weeks were 153% which was bad enough for me and then the second lot tupped in last 3 weeks was 99% which is a disaster never had as poor a scanning since moving away from draft blackies. Shall be testing all tups next year pre tupping.
I would of said possibly but I use raddle harnesses and all the ewes are keeled and not just slightly either well keeled so still leaning toward tup or tups firing blanks.Bad weather?? Bluefaced stood under wall??
Strange. Points towards tups if all ewes were same.They were all tupped on silage ground did not do a second cut so both pures and mules were on pretty much the same ground.
I put 1 ram in with 150 ewes, first 10 days 120 served and they did 157%, put another ram in on day 11 and the remaining 30 did 131% . All bought off 1 farm which is a closed flock I buy from every year, all had same treatments and all were 1 bunch until the day the rams came out.I would of said possibly but I use raddle harnesses and all the ewes are keeled and not just slightly either well keeled so still leaning toward tup or tups firing blanks.
Yeah. I did an experiment this year after checking bloods for vit min and vet said I was not needing to bolus but had already bought boluses so boluses half and left half unbolused and then split them at pre scanning to see if the boluses made a difference and the was 0% difference between boluses and not bolusedStrange. Points towards tups if all ewes were same.
Yeah sheep you can't fathom them. Well sorry you can when w you think you have everything about spot on they find a new way to ruin your day.I put 1 ram in with 150 ewes, first 10 days 120 served and they did 157%, put another ram in on day 11 and the remaining 30 did 131% . All bought off 1 farm which is a closed flock I buy from every year, all had same treatments and all were 1 bunch until the day the rams came out.