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<blockquote data-quote="Dry Rot" data-source="post: 7430228" data-attributes="member: 4505"><p>Yes, done this and had some some success, my problem being that I hate sheep and suddenly found I had a project that had taken off!</p><p></p><p>First, buy the best foundation stock you can afford. These won't be the biggest show winners or necessarily the most expensive, nor the ones that have the best <u>recorded</u> returns, but will be from very successful commercial flocks. It is not the number of sheep you keep or the size of them, but it is the total weight of meat you produce per acre. Aim for ewes that consistently produce twins as multiples waste your time. You have chosen wisely as Lleyns are good sheep. If you have access to professional advice, make a friend of your advisor. The advice you will get here and from other farmers will be variable and (excuse me!) you won't have the experience to be selective. Just listen to it all and choose carefully. I remember being told, "You are lucky, you are starting out with a clean slate and won't be inheriting any of the nonsense believed by previous generations!".</p><p></p><p>Leyns are sometimes tupped as hoggs (in their first year). Don't be afraid to do that and let Nature decide which ones should have a lamb. (I'll get some flak for that!). You can grow your flock very quickly doing this. Just make sure you feed in lamb hoggs for the growing mother <strong><u>and</u></strong> the lambs -- but don't over feed as Leyns can be prone to prolapse. I like the culling method used by some of my Australian pals from college. Make a note of the ear tag number of any sheep you have to put a hand on and why and use those notes to decide what to cull. God handling facilities will save you a lot of time. Learn how to train dogs and get good ones. Thy will be worth their weight in gold.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, find a good psychiatrist. You are going to need one! I don't have sheep any more and they let me out alone so long as I keep taking the medication! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dry Rot, post: 7430228, member: 4505"] Yes, done this and had some some success, my problem being that I hate sheep and suddenly found I had a project that had taken off! First, buy the best foundation stock you can afford. These won't be the biggest show winners or necessarily the most expensive, nor the ones that have the best [U]recorded[/U] returns, but will be from very successful commercial flocks. It is not the number of sheep you keep or the size of them, but it is the total weight of meat you produce per acre. Aim for ewes that consistently produce twins as multiples waste your time. You have chosen wisely as Lleyns are good sheep. If you have access to professional advice, make a friend of your advisor. The advice you will get here and from other farmers will be variable and (excuse me!) you won't have the experience to be selective. Just listen to it all and choose carefully. I remember being told, "You are lucky, you are starting out with a clean slate and won't be inheriting any of the nonsense believed by previous generations!". Leyns are sometimes tupped as hoggs (in their first year). Don't be afraid to do that and let Nature decide which ones should have a lamb. (I'll get some flak for that!). You can grow your flock very quickly doing this. Just make sure you feed in lamb hoggs for the growing mother [B][U]and[/U][/B] the lambs -- but don't over feed as Leyns can be prone to prolapse. I like the culling method used by some of my Australian pals from college. Make a note of the ear tag number of any sheep you have to put a hand on and why and use those notes to decide what to cull. God handling facilities will save you a lot of time. Learn how to train dogs and get good ones. Thy will be worth their weight in gold. Lastly, find a good psychiatrist. You are going to need one! I don't have sheep any more and they let me out alone so long as I keep taking the medication! 😂 [/QUOTE]
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