Sheep question

[Machinery_nut]

Silly question perhaps but is there any breed which is less likely to produce triplets?

I'm relatively new to lambing and three years ago I bought Belclare ewe lambs , used a Charolais ram ,lovely stock from a well regarded breeder but they are not for newbies, far too many triplets

Is there any particular breed where triplets are quite rare ?

 

[delilah]

Portland. You wont even get twins

 

[Machinery_nut]

Portland. You wont even get twins

Seriously?

 

[delilah]

Seriously?

What, seriously they never have twins, or seriously I am suggesting you get some Portlands ?

 

[Machinery_nut]

What, seriously they never have twins, or seriously I am suggesting you get some Portlands ?

I wasn't aware that any sheep breed only produces one lamb

Seems they are a very rare breed anyway and certainly unavailable in Ireland

 

[delilah]

I wasn't aware that any sheep breed only produces one lamb

Portlands don't. Well, a lady told me she has had twins but I suspect there must have been some crossing gone on. If you don't want many lambs, they are the breed for you .

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I used to get 350 sets of triplets a year from mules ,i sold the lot and bought DINAS MAWDDWY Welsh , never saw one again , Suffolk xWelsh is a good ewe ,

 

[Machinery_nut]

Portlands don't. Well, a lady told me she has had twins but I suspect there must have been some crossing gone on. If you don't want many lambs, they are the breed for you .

Not available over here and numbers appear relatively small in the UK?

 

[puppet]

A lot of my triplets only have 1 lamb,

 

[Rich_ard]

Sell any spare lambs. Leave the ewe with what she can cope with.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Sell the ewe after scanning

 

[BAF]

Primitive breeds are less likely to have multiple births but also tend to be wild as f**k and awkward to deal with. Something like a Southdown would probably do you. Theyre fat and lazy and although will occasionally have 3 they haven't been bred to have large litters. They're good sheep for a beginner

 

[Estate fencing.]

Suffolk xWelsh is a good ewe

I got 100 of them, would have 10/15 triplets a year out of them.

 

[Man_in_black]

Hill breed with negative flush pre tupping. I'm assuming your happy with twins just the trips you don't like? Welsh mountain

 

[Machinery_nut]

Hill breed with negative flush pre tupping. I'm assuming your happy with twins just the trips you don't like? Welsh mountain

Yes

 

[goodevans]

Thats what britmix machines are for,lambs going out at £130 plus presently

 

[neilo]

Silly question perhaps but is there any breed which is less likely to produce triplets?

I'm relatively new to lambing and three years ago I bought Belclare ewe lambs , used a Charolais ram ,lovely stock from a well regarded breeder but they are not for newbies, far too many triplets

Is there any particular breed where triplets are quite rare ?

Tbh, pretty much every breed will have less triplets than a Belclare won’t it? They are bred to be prolific.

 

[ford4000]

Any ewe I've had with cheviot blood in them, like halfbreds or mules, would have less lambs than Welsh mountain or beulah bred ones, so I've always thought cheviots wouldn't be very prolific

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Romney provided they are not of High Country origin, although even they have got better apparently.