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- Dumfries & Galloway
TexX ewes - which Tup to use?
- Thread starter Nithsdale
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- Welshman living in Nottinghamshire
What age are they now?
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- Dumfries & Galloway
- Location
- Welshman living in Nottinghamshire
Happy with growth rate?
spark_28
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- Western isles
what was the comparison in mortality rates between your breeds?
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- Dumfries & Galloway
Aye, i think so. Hard to tell really. Could do to catch/handle some and see...
They will need to be in soon (maybe next week/10 days) for their first copper cobalt and Selenium drench. Will tell you then what i think
They will need to be in soon (maybe next week/10 days) for their first copper cobalt and Selenium drench. Will tell you then what i think
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- Dumfries & Galloway
Nothing definitive... i don't keep track/records but i would lose less Suffolks than Texel lambs (per 100 lambs born) - but they were lambing slower and i had time to keep on top of them, and issues.
I definitely lost more Lleyns than anything this year. But they had 3 1/2 days which were bloody awful weather. Losses were still minimal, though, and I've ended up with more lambs from same number of ewes.
Bigger lamb crop this year, but to be expected due to more ewes - and over coming abortion issues.
Jesus Wept! This is TFF man! You can't say things like that, there are people literally melting with rage all over the country...
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- North Antrim
He was referring to the length of time they were housed for.Got to try and keep the side up for UK Suffolks!!
@easyram1 will have world domination with his nz Suffolks other wise! On that note, at what point in the generations does the nz Suffolks actually become uk ones?!!
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- Scottish Borders
Good question! I expect Mr Hulme will have the answer for. I expect 1. That's when all the Suffolk breeders buy 1 ram from Easyrams to cross on their ewes and sell all following progeny as nz (U.K.) Suffolks! And I imagine it gets right up his nose!Got to try and keep the side up for UK Suffolks!!
@easyram1 will have world domination with his nz Suffolks other wise! On that note, at what point in the generations does the nz Suffolks actually become uk ones?!!
easyram1
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- North Shropshire
Harsh question particularly when I have "liked" your lambs picture. Answer is probably for as long as we can get away with it or possibly until our type become the majority. If you and others continue to breed functional Suffolks my aim of total world domination goes even further away into the futureGot to try and keep the side up for UK Suffolks!!
@easyram1 will have world domination with his nz Suffolks other wise! On that note, at what point in the generations does the nz Suffolks actually become uk ones?!!
Yes, I'm aware, try putting them out much sooner up here if you like!
Gale force horizontal rain several times a week & ground conditions that resemble paddyfields. It's actually the ground conditions that dictate turnout of all livestock here. This last few years plenty of my suckers have had to stay in till June.
The uk varies so much not only from region to region but within regions.
It's easy to preach from on high about what should be done but the fact of the matter is unless you farm there you just don't know, fully, what it's like.
My tongue was firmly in cheek
toHarsh question particularly when I have "liked" your lambs picture. Answer is probably for as long as we can get away with it or possibly until our type become the majority. If you and others continue to breed functional Suffolks my aim of total world domination goes even further away into the future
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- North Antrim
I wasn't passing judgement at all. I thought you had missed the irony in @Ysgythan 's post. I farm in a hill farming area I'd imagine it's equally bad if not worse
easyram1
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- North Shropshire
Yes you are dead right
that does really irritate even more so than being accused of using a computer rather than stockmanship to breed sheep.I wasn't passing judgement at all. I thought you had missed the irony in @Ysgythan 's post. I farm in a hill farming area I'd imagine it's equally bad if not worse
I suppose the question would then be why lamb in January & in my case it's because it suits. This time of year I'm busy with calving & ploughing/sowing etc. The market up here is predominantly for ram lambs.
Anyway, I have (unintentionally) digressed this thread so I apologise for that!
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- North Antrim
I fully understand, we just got our wires crossed, It's a hazard of this type of communication.
All power to you. I couldn't do it and we're not set up for it, but turning out those types is an art.