Scanning 2021
- Thread starter Jerry
- Start date
Pistonbroke
Member
Did 180 last weekend,two empty one of which was tupping yesterday. Market this afternoon for her, she's had the chance since September. Other will get a second chance with the main lot
sticky
Member
- Location
- Near Stratford upon Avon
When you say hoggets do you mean ewe lambs? If so what breed are they? and will you make them rear their doubles? So many ?s
No not ewe lambs - they are yearlings. Mixture of Texel Mule cross and Mules.
hillman
Member
- Location
- Wicklow Ireland
What is crack with dividing up into shearlings and remainder ?
To me they are a one flock what am I missing
?
To me they are a one flock what am I missing
?
- Location
- West Wales
No idea I don’t get it either but I lamb my ewe lambs separately but once they’ve lambed they join the ewe flocks….What is crack with dividing up into shearlings and remainder ?
To me they are a one flock what am I missing
- Location
- central scotland
We lamb our ewe lambs and they stay in that management group until lambing the following year as gimmers let’s me be a little kinder to them, possibly should keep them away from mature ewes until weaning as gimmers but don’t , a lot of these sheep will have worked very hard for me need to give them a little chanceWhat is crack with dividing up into shearlings and remainder ?
To me they are a one flock what am I missing
- Location
- The North
same here,
you all lamb to early that's the problem! mine dont get scanned for another month at least!
- Location
- The North
id be happy with that 'most' of them twins where you wanna be really tripplets are a pain if you have to many.
- Location
- West Wales
Main lot get scanned early January and ewe lambs and brokers end of January
primmiemoo
Member
- Location
- Devon
First flock came in at 185%, which is OK. Some of the 2tooths have come up from the second flock after rearing good singles as hoggs, and there are some old ewes with excellent track records scanned singles, which just want a ewe lamb from by the present best ram.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
What is crack with dividing up into shearlings and remainder ?
To me they are a one flock what am I missing
Presumably they just happened to be running as a separate mob on scanning day?
I go through all mine recording scan data against their EID, then I can analyse performance on ages, breeds, tupping groups, dry shearlings vs lambed, etc (if I feel the urge).
Some will always quote their scan results after they've taken the barreners out, so I suppose taking the shearlings out could be the next step on pub figures? I just quote the figures from my twin bearing ewes and be done with it.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I'm coming round to thinking I'd sooner see higher scanning %age. In an outdoor lambing flock a triplet can have one lifted to become a twin, but it's a challenge to foster on to a single from a ewe with strong maternal instincts ime. I'd sooner have extra triplets, at the expense of singles, to get the maximum number rearing two. With lamb prices where they are, the triplets certainly pay for rearing artificially. I've not sold a cade below ÂŁ100 this year, and they've cost around ÂŁ50 in rearing.
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CopperBeech
Member
- Location
- A Welsh man lost in England
Twinning % is probably more telling
62% twins here is that good or bad. Can only tupping twin born ewe lambs improve this?
CopperBeech
Member
- Location
- A Welsh man lost in England
I was once told anything over 70% is considered smashing it out of the park.
What is crack with dividing up into shearlings and remainder ?
To me they are a one flock what am I missing
The shearlings have ran separate all year, so just scanned them separately but they’re all together now.
Anything over 60% is extremely good, had up to 66% twins here in previous years, seen a lot of more prolific flocks have maybe less than 50% twins but 30% triplets