TexX ewes - which Tup to use?

[scottish-lleyn]

Its not a disaster is it? You bought the texel because you liked him at least the weak lambs are preparing you for the suffolks to come. sorry.

 

[Ysgythan]

Oof! I'm no Suffolk fan, but I hope he proves you wrong for that

 

[Nithsdale]

Its not a disaster is it? You bought the texel because you liked him at least the weak lambs are preparing you for the suffolks to come. sorry.

Nah, no disaster at all I do want as many as possible to have Suffolk lambs though


I'm telling ya, this thread is going to start a dark faced revival

 

[Man_in_black]

I'm telling ya, this thread is going to start a dark faced revival

Either that or extinction of Suffolk on TFF.

#allornothing

 

[Nithsdale]

Either that or extinction of Suffolk on TFF.

#allornothing

The weight of responsibility not to feck this up is getting too much


The name will always survive. If this fails, next year itl be a NZ Suffolk

 

[scottish-lleyn]

Nah, no disaster at all I do want as many as possible to have Suffolk lambs though


I'm telling ya, this thread is going to start a dark faced revival

thought you had maybe took the pet when you hadnt replied.. I am only joking as always and i hope your suffolks are a success to prove us all wrong.

 

[jamesy]

My Suffolks finished lambing on 28th Jan, started on 13th Jan. All born keen to suckle with plenty of ooomph. Easiest lambing in all my time working with Suffolks. No NZ genetics were used (or harmed) in the process!

 

[Nithsdale]

thought you had maybe took the pet when you hadnt replied.. I am only joking as always and i hope your suffolks are a success to prove us all wrong.

Nah I was too busy fixing a rope to the rafters

Win, lose or draw - you guys will all hear about it

 

[Bill dog]

Skoda breeds the tups himself - Lleyns and Suffolk's. From what I remember (on the old forum) he is very much in the progressive/easy lamber category - breeding for functionality.

It's a shame he never joined this forum - he would happily answer all you want to know, himself.


As for face colouring... "Quality always sells" as they say.
Clean heads, very good skins, smart lambs with shape - there is no reason why those lambs in the pictures I posted should struggle to sell in any live ring. It would be a disgrace, and an insult to our industry, if buyers were to turn their noses up at them because of the colour on their face.

 

[Bill dog]

As a relative newbie to this ff lark, it's great to hear from another Suffolk enthusiast in the sunny south of Scotland ( or the grim wastes of the north if ur in England/Walesshire!)
With this balmy weather hopefully all your lambs will get a good start. And yes I have lost 2 days of my life catching up on this thread!

 

[Ysgythan]

None of them get any better Willy

 

[yellowbelly]

And yes I have lost 2 days of my life catching up on this thread!

It's very easy to loose a lot of time on TFF - but often very entertaining and sometimes very educational

 

[Roy_H]

Didn't know you could get that...

I don't go into TESCO on principle.

Morrisons do it too. Not forgetting Boots and Superdrug (Pharmacies) if you don't like Supermarkets.

 

[Ysgythan]

It's very easy to loose a lot of time on TFF - but often very entertaining and sometimes very educational

News just in, inspection shows we're a failing school...

 

[Bill dog]

It's very easy to loose a lot of time on TFF - but often very entertaining and sometimes very educational

Woke up the poor wife snorting with laughter last night at the " pulled off my tups" quote!! Gold mr Nithsdale farmer, gold !!

 

[Nithsdale]

As a relative newbie to this ff lark, it's great to hear from another Suffolk enthusiast in the sunny south of Scotland ( or the grim wastes of the north if ur in England/Walesshire!)
With this balmy weather hopefully all your lambs will get a good start. And yes I have lost 2 days of my life catching up on this thread!

Welcome to the forum!

Not sure I'd call myself a Suffolk enthusiast, with these tups being the first on the farm since 2000... but I am liking them, and am actually quite excited to get the lambs on the ground.

Are you in D&G yourself? Where abouts?

 

[Bill dog]

Welcome to the forum!

Not sure I'd call myself a Suffolk enthusiast, with these tups being the first on the farm since 2000... but I am liking them, and am actually quite excited to get the lambs on the ground.

Are you in D&G yourself? Where abouts?

Not in D &G, close enough though, I'm nr Maybole . I also got fed up with "Kelso " suffolks years ago, vowed never to use them again etc etc. Then I spoke to a fellow from Thornhill who was already brainwashed by Mr Easyrams , so took a punt on a couple of his suffloks. They do everything the old ones didn't. Straight forward functional sheep , no dirty bums, good growthy lambs who survive outdoor lambing. No reason to doubt ur suffolks won't do the same. I know not easyrams, but good sheep is good sheep!! What part of D n G you in?

 

[Man_in_black]

Dumfries & Galloway! Got it before having to ask, get in!!

 

[MJT]

Dumfries & Galloway! Got it before having to ask, get in!!

Here was me wondering why they were going on about Dolce and Gabana

 

[Man_in_black]

Here was me wondering why they were going on about Dolce and Gabana

You're letting your missus spend too much on her handbags if that was first thought!