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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpit Farm" data-source="post: 7013716" data-attributes="member: 1646"><p>Maybe not in this sample size of two. It’s so difficult to make judgements like this. I guess my point is, are you judging the tups at what their lambs look like? If so, it just isn’t good enough. You have to measure and properly compare. were they single sire mated? If so and the top 1% animal is crap, you should cull him but make sure some of his progeny are recorded so his ranking becomes correct.</p><p></p><p>I was involved in a Swaledale trial a few years ago and the top 10% index tup looked no different to the below average tup in the trial. However the lambs from the top 10 tup were 5% heavier at 8 weeks old. That was after one round of recording. Both rams looked the same really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sandpit Farm, post: 7013716, member: 1646"] Maybe not in this sample size of two. It’s so difficult to make judgements like this. I guess my point is, are you judging the tups at what their lambs look like? If so, it just isn’t good enough. You have to measure and properly compare. were they single sire mated? If so and the top 1% animal is crap, you should cull him but make sure some of his progeny are recorded so his ranking becomes correct. I was involved in a Swaledale trial a few years ago and the top 10% index tup looked no different to the below average tup in the trial. However the lambs from the top 10 tup were 5% heavier at 8 weeks old. That was after one round of recording. Both rams looked the same really. [/QUOTE]
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