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Terminal female conundrum
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<blockquote data-quote="CopperBeech" data-source="post: 8082269" data-attributes="member: 8925"><p>Ok so probably a stupid question.....</p><p></p><p>I keep a flock of terminal ewes to breed rams from, Charmoise as it happens. I keep about 100-120 ewes lamb them outside, treat them hard and produce and sell shearling rams and some ram lambs off farm. Usually aim to sell about 20-25 rams a year.</p><p></p><p>Obviously the rams which I don’t think are going to be good enough, I kill.</p><p></p><p>However, I’m now producing quite a large number of real smart ewe lambs each year. I often get asked to sell a small group of ewe lambs or ewes, and a ram or two to people...... who want to breed rams from them.</p><p></p><p>Up until now I’ve refused abs either kept them in the Cham flock, put them to something else or killed them, which is a bit of a shame.</p><p></p><p>The issue is, if I sell a number of people brewing flocks of Cham, based upon my genetics and hard work, I’m reducing my market for rams and increasing competition.......</p><p></p><p>At the moment people travel from all over and I’ve sold rams throughout England and Wales.</p><p></p><p>It’s getting to the point where it’s pointless increasing the ewe flock too much as I simply don’t want to be trying to sell massive numbers of the rams or running 300 terminal ewes etc.</p><p></p><p>So what do others do with good quality surplus females ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CopperBeech, post: 8082269, member: 8925"] Ok so probably a stupid question..... I keep a flock of terminal ewes to breed rams from, Charmoise as it happens. I keep about 100-120 ewes lamb them outside, treat them hard and produce and sell shearling rams and some ram lambs off farm. Usually aim to sell about 20-25 rams a year. Obviously the rams which I don’t think are going to be good enough, I kill. However, I’m now producing quite a large number of real smart ewe lambs each year. I often get asked to sell a small group of ewe lambs or ewes, and a ram or two to people...... who want to breed rams from them. Up until now I’ve refused abs either kept them in the Cham flock, put them to something else or killed them, which is a bit of a shame. The issue is, if I sell a number of people brewing flocks of Cham, based upon my genetics and hard work, I’m reducing my market for rams and increasing competition....... At the moment people travel from all over and I’ve sold rams throughout England and Wales. It’s getting to the point where it’s pointless increasing the ewe flock too much as I simply don’t want to be trying to sell massive numbers of the rams or running 300 terminal ewes etc. So what do others do with good quality surplus females ? [/QUOTE]
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