Sheep Scanning

[muleman]

Kind of meant the swale carrying the lambs.

The swale probably spends a lot of time in the lowlands during winter as a young sheep nowadays before we buy them as 2 and 3 crops
, ewes have been removed from the fells havnt they.
We put some tremendous big swale ewes through the scanning crate, i said to the scanning lad 'these are off helvellyn '.... he said , 'they might have loooked at helvellyn '

 

[Estate fencing.]

The swale probably spends a lot of time in the lowlands during winter as a young sheep nowadays before we buy them as 2 and 3 crops
, ewes have been removed from the fells havnt they.
We put some tremendous big swale ewes through the scanning crate, i said to the scanning lad 'these are off helvellyn '.... he said , 'they might have loooked at helvellyn '

Where do you buy your ewes?

 

[muleman]

Where do you buy your ewes?

All over really, Middleton in teesdale, kirkby stephen, bentham, hawes, penrith

 

[Northern territory]

The swale probably spends a lot of time in the lowlands during winter as a young sheep nowadays before we buy them as 2 and 3 crops
, ewes have been removed from the fells havnt they.
We put some tremendous big swale ewes through the scanning crate, i said to the scanning lad 'these are off helvellyn '.... he said , 'they might have loooked at helvellyn '

Suppose any fell ewes are also a lot lower stocked than they once were as well.

 

[muleman]

Suppose any fell ewes are also a lot lower stocked than they once were as well.

Twenty years ago they used to be eaten into the wick, bare as a concrete yard....now they have 3 or 4 inch off rough grass on them.
Ive often had a walk up these fells and hills these last few years, more grass on them than the inbye land now, sheep are few and far between.
Just the type of land we are short of for fothering on in these wet winters.

 

[Estate fencing.]

All over really, Middleton in teesdale, kirkby stephen, bentham, hawes, penrith

I found the draft ewe sale at hawes very interesting. Not that I know what I’m like looking at.

 

[Northern territory]

Twenty years ago they used to be eaten into the wick, bare as a concrete yard....now they have 3 or 4 inch off rough grass on them.
Ive often had a walk up these fells and hills these last few years, more grass on them than the inbye land now, sheep are few and far between.
Just the type of land we are short of for fothering on in these wet winters.

Exactly that’s what my dad always says, nice dry going with no water under your feet

 

[muleman]

I found the draft ewe sale at hawes very interesting. Not that I know what I’m like looking at.

We dont buy many there, hardly ever really, its more the 'fancy ones' at that sale for pure breeding.
The ones with the right type of hair and right shade of black!

 

[muleman]

I found the draft ewe sale at hawes very interesting. Not that I know what I’m like looking at.

You should try the tup sale!

 

[Estate fencing.]

You should try the tup sale!

Nah I don’t fancy that. Might go up for the gimmer lambs next year. My new job they buy 3500 and I really want the job of buying them.

 

[hill shepherd]

You should try the tup sale!

Now, that will confuse him

 

[hill shepherd]

Nah I don’t fancy that. Might go up for the gimmer lambs next year. My new job they buy 3500 and I really want the job of buying them.

LAZONBY

 

[muleman]

Nah I don’t fancy that. Might go up for the gimmer lambs next year. My new job they buy 3500 and I really want the job of buying them.

1750 kirkby and 1750 bentham be your best bet!

 

[Estate fencing.]

LAZONBY

They get 900 out of there most years (but not this year)

 

[JohnAC]

Mule and nz Suffolk x easycare ewes
1 empty
8 singles
48 doubles
23 triplets
1 quad
213%

Easycares
2 empty
22 singles
57 twins
29 triplets
201%

 

[neilo]

Scanned our Charollais ewes this morning, and just crunched the numbers.

18 empty!
40 singles
65 doubles
12 triplets
153%

40 pedigree ewe lambs too (including a few that I wasn't sure where marked):

10 empty
17 singles
13 doubles
108%

22 Highlander ET recipients running with them:

all in lamb (inc 4 returns), and 80% conception rate to implanted embryos (mostly frozen).

Too many empty ewes (a few of which were given another chance last year ), but always get a lot more in the pedigree ewes for some reason. Ewes in far better condition than last year, despite looking equally miserable on muddy beet fields. Hopefully on top of heamonchus and various trace element problems that have done for them in recent years.
Scanning %age (inc barrens) 20% up on last year's disaster anyway.

 

[ringi]

That's a very good rate for frozen ET, anything interesting going in?

 

[neilo]

That's a very good rate for frozen ET, anything interesting going in?

I obviously think so, but not bought-in embryos and not using bought-in semen.

 

[steveR]

Mule and nz Suffolk x easycare ewes
1 empty
8 singles
48 doubles
23 triplets
1 quad
213%

Easycares
2 empty
22 singles
57 twins
29 triplets
201%

Tups? EC?

 

[GSJC1960]

Scanned today,

Lanarks

1 empty
14 singles
50 doubles
11 trips

Cheviots

6 empty
25 singles
50 doubles
15 trips

Chev Mules scanned at 230% also

Happy with percentages but always seem to get too many triples for some reason