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<blockquote data-quote="NZDan" data-source="post: 8094116" data-attributes="member: 1037"><p>There are shedders and there are shedders, we bought some Wiltshire's last year as they're the main shedding breed here in NZ, they supposedly had good genetics being based on ewes from a large farm near me and rams from there and another well respect flock. They scanned alright, 175%, but lambed terribly 113% of the 50 we bought, only 32 are left and 9 of them went to a Texel this mating due to lameness. Lamb weaning weights were the same as the lambs from my own shedding ewes. My own shedding ewes weaned 197% and even my ewe hoggets weaned 148%. And haven't had the same ewe losses. We've persevered with the Wiltshire ewes for another year but I things will have to change dramatically for them to stay after that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NZDan, post: 8094116, member: 1037"] There are shedders and there are shedders, we bought some Wiltshire's last year as they're the main shedding breed here in NZ, they supposedly had good genetics being based on ewes from a large farm near me and rams from there and another well respect flock. They scanned alright, 175%, but lambed terribly 113% of the 50 we bought, only 32 are left and 9 of them went to a Texel this mating due to lameness. Lamb weaning weights were the same as the lambs from my own shedding ewes. My own shedding ewes weaned 197% and even my ewe hoggets weaned 148%. And haven't had the same ewe losses. We've persevered with the Wiltshire ewes for another year but I things will have to change dramatically for them to stay after that. [/QUOTE]
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