TexX ewes - which Tup to use?

[AftonShepherd]

First lambs in the TexX ewes could appear any time after tomorrow, but nothing looks that ready to drop... official date is 1st March.

Inbye and hill ewes don't start til 14th March

Soon enough in a year like this

 

[Nithsdale]

Soon enough in a year like this

It'll be what it'll be. Lambed through worse and know my ewes (and new born lambs) can handle it

 

[Bill dog]

Are you looking down towards mousald and various Lleyn breeding relations of mine from that view. And what a view , belter !
Beats this view, bloody fed up with it !

 

[Nithsdale]

Are you looking down towards mousald and various Lleyn breeding relations of mine from that view. And what a view , belter !
Beats this view, bloody fed up with it !View attachment 940859

The view in this pic, Mouswald will be just in from the right side of the picture - I'm looking South East in that view (Carlisle could be just to the right of centre and Lockerbie will be centre)

If you want a view...

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Top of the hill

 

[AftonShepherd]

Are you looking down towards mousald and various Lleyn breeding relations of mine from that view. And what a view , belter !
Beats this view, bloody fed up with it !View attachment 940859

I didn't know they were relatives of yours

 

[Bill dog]

I didn't know they were relatives of yours

My dad is a cousin of Jim.
We are from the shallow end of the gene pool !

 

[Nithsdale]

Me say nathing....

 

[Bill dog]

Continuing my stalking of Nithy Towers. You won’t be to far away from the Linns. I’m guessing Michael Kyle is still there block milking his jersey cows?

 

[Nithsdale]

Continuing my stalking of Nithy Towers. You won’t be to far away from the Linns. I’m guessing Michael Kyle is still there block milking his jersey cows?

I'm close as in it's just outside Dumfries aye
The Linns is at Torthorwald to the East of Dumfries (other side of the a75 from Mouswald really). I'm up the a76 North of Dumfries...

Still milking Jerseys as far as I'm aware. Not sure if he's still doing the outdoors though. The hill Linns sits on is bloody exposed, not a good site for out wintering cattle. He had outdoor cubicles - basically just a shed with no roof but the running joke the first few years was he had installed a conveyor belt straight to Dundas (fallen stock) for the dead cattle... I'm not really sure how he is getting on now though

 

[Nithsdale]

No snow last night (thank feck!). A lot warmer today and rainy... ewes still content on the hill at feeding this morning though

 

[Nithsdale]

Had the ewe hoggs in for a fluke dose.

They're not looking as well as last year, I have been feeling a bit disappointed with them but this is the first time I've had them in since September and I was actually very pleased with their condition - bugger all grass up at the windfarm with all this frost and bit snow. They've only been getting hard feed once a week.



F**k up fortnight is in full swing, too. I've lost 2 triplet ewes to rotten lambs - both have shown no signs and I've found them flat out very sick and passed away within minutes of me finding them. I've had 2 twins die with prolapses and another twin carrying ewe keeled over beside the burn after feeding bloody scunner of a week so far

 

[Boydvalley]

I hate the lead up, you know it’s coming but it still p***** you off. Been dagging vac and wormer last couple of days. Been doing them quietly 2 at a time in a small pen. Convinced some of the early problems are to do with handling before and however careful you are they manage to knock themselves killing the odd lamb.

Good luck with lambing, whatever happens it won’t be your fault you seem to cover most bases.

 

[bendigeidfran]

Had the ewe hoggs in for a fluke dose.

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They're not looking as well as last year, I have been feeling a bit disappointed with them but this is the first time I've had them in since September and I was actually very pleased with their condition - bugger all grass up at the windfarm with all this frost and bit snow. They've only been getting hard feed once a week.



F**k up fortnight is in full swing, too. I've lost 2 triplet ewes to rotten lambs - both have shown no signs and I've found them flat out very sick and passed away within minutes of me finding them. I've had 2 twins die with prolapses and another twin carrying ewe keeled over beside the burn after feeding bloody scunner of a week so far

It reminds me of asking my friend have you started lambing yet?
Not yet but it must be geting closer, the ewes have started to die.
Still anoying even though it hapens most years

 

[sticky]

Are you glad you didn't tup the lambs now?

 

[Nithsdale]

Was glad I decided not to tup them by mid November. It's not been a kind winter

 

[Nithsdale]

Not wanting to rub noses, but

Remember this picture from a week past on Friday (12th Feb)

Well just to illustrate why I can lamb earlier than many in most 'normal' years, this is it today at 4pm. Just 9 days later

The fields which had muck in January have really responded and are looking good.

Mother Nature doing her best to turn it around, just in a nick of time.

7 days to go.

 

[bobajob]

You didn't take a pic at 4pm yesterday .! Geez we had some rain.

 

[Nithsdale]

You didn't take a pic at 4pm yesterday .! Geez we had some rain.

The grass was under water yesterday. It was a hell of a 48hrs...

 

[firther]

lets hope you you get plenty of that weather when lambing starts, and it continues(been a long long winter this). good luck with your lambing mate

 

[Gator]

Mother Nature doing her best to turn it around, just in a nick of time.

And God looks down on the righteous



Amen