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- Montgomeryshire
I think hoggs with twins are worse than triplets, about half mine had twins this year and I pulled 1 off them all except the very last one (due to lazyness of not wanting another pet at the end of 2 months of lambing) she reared them OK for 2 months then got mastitis ? sheep punish you at every opportunity
Since I've been using Beltex rams on my hoggs, I find that plenty can rear twins well, with not a lot of difference between the singles and twins (all on no concs or creep). I put it down to the slower growing Beltex lambs not having such a requirement for feed, so not dragging the hoggs down as much. Any time I've tried it with Charollais lambs on the same system, it's been a disaster. Charollais obviously grow a lot faster and make a better lamb, sooner, but that growth has to come from somewhere of course.