Very clean around the backend there schollard, good fleshy lambs.
A lot cleaner than my lambs... this weather has took its toll on them
Here are some charmoise off tex x hoggs.
Suffolks and another pen of suffolks were sold privately yesterday, shipped today. The charmoise, few texels and bad udder ewes are going to thainstone today as well for sale on Friday.grand looking stock.. you have them well turned out..
whats the plan for them... and the suff lambs?
Last one, these are texel off Shetland x cheviot ewes. We keep all their sisters.
We buy in the cheviot ewe lambs so I don't have any wethers to sell.They look very well for something which is 25% Shetland. How do the Shetland X Cheviot wethers perform?
We buy in the cheviot ewe lambs
Private deal so you'll have to mind your own business on that one I'm afraid!How much do they cost you?
Private deal so you'll have to mind your own business on that one I'm afraid!
At the breeding sales you'd spend about £65 to £70 for decent ewe lambs.
Why not keep making Chev X Lleyns?So...
After last year's experiment, I hinted at another this year.
Well here they are
View attachment 578352NCC Park type bought at Lockerbie on Wednesday.
I decided to go with the Park, and not Hill, type as I want to keep some size and more importantly length in my ewes... Not that the Hill type is short, but I felt they wouldn't add as much to my ewes as the Park should.
The plan is a 1-off cross onto my Lleyn ewes, then breed back to the Lleyn... just to 'lift' the flock. I have Park X lleyn ewes running from a Park visitor a few years ago, and I do like them and their Texel lambs. The Cheviot blood is easy to see, the lambs weigh and fleshen very easily.
Look nice clean lengthy powerful tupsSo...
After last year's experiment, I hinted at another this year.
Well here they are
View attachment 578352NCC Park type bought at Lockerbie on Wednesday.
I decided to go with the Park, and not Hill, type as I want to keep some size and more importantly length in my ewes... Not that the Hill type is short, but I felt they wouldn't add as much to my ewes as the Park should.
The plan is a 1-off cross onto my Lleyn ewes, then breed back to the Lleyn... just to 'lift' the flock. I have Park X lleyn ewes running from a Park visitor a few years ago, and I do like them and their Texel lambs. The Cheviot blood is easy to see, the lambs weigh and fleshen very easily.
Why not keep making Chev X Lleyns?
Just out of interest?
Look nice clean lengthy powerful tups
Great plan that man
If this next chapter is half as entertaining as the last one , you ( and your avid readers) will be on to a winner!
Please give us due warning when you plan to " remove " your tups !