- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Texel or Charollais but most likely the Charollais
of those two, Charollais have largely managed to avoid the businessman’s hobby inputs, so prices are generally a bit more sensible, but high enough to make it worthwhile.
If your aim is to have a bit of fun in the showring, then I would suggest you will be looking at a very different animal to that which makes a good crossing ram for fat lamb production (ridiculously). Above anything else, you will need style, scale and the genetics to thrive on high concentrate rations. Shearling rams hitting 200 kg inJuly/August are not going to produce a finished lamb off grass at 40-45kg.