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I’d got big ideas on the best of those Dutch texels. I was only £400 out…See those Dutch texels sold well and texel beltex also at Bentham. What's a Dutch texel.
I’d got big ideas on the best of those Dutch texels. I was only £400 out…See those Dutch texels sold well and texel beltex also at Bentham. What's a Dutch texel.
As a breeder and keeper of beltex, I think they do need a little more 'care' than a hill or tougher breed, but I do believe many a people do abuse tups (not just this breed) over work them pull them out of the ewes chuck them all back together then there not seen untill following year! Iv always got stock tups at 3 shear but I do look after them, they do get a little Molly coddling but when he is half your flock why not?
Haha, winters inside with the tups yes!Does he live inside with the Leicester’s??
But when your investing that much money in too a single sheep surely you should? Or is it just me being tight hahaI think the point is, you shouldn’t NEED to.
If you buy a Beltex to treat like a tup whose main selling point is he doesn't need looking after then you're missing the point. A Beltex is bred to produce a quality export spec lamb that consistently earns a premium of £20 to £25. For that you have to put in a bit more effort.I think the point is, you shouldn’t NEED to.
I meant it as a joke but if it works!!!Haha, winters inside with the tups yes!
We got him that year when mule gimmer lambs were a bad trade to tup some that we kept, he does a real job .....the lad we got it off cant believe it hasnt deed yet....an he was sayin that couple of years back!
My understanding is (but I'm prepared to be corrected). They all started out the same but bred in different direction. The texel is bred the biggest, fastest growth but lacking the shape of a beltex or Dutch. The beltex is more muscular but smaller than the texel and the Dutch texel is even smaller, shorter in length and height but even more extreme in shape.What's a Dutch texel.
Do you know her?Does her surname start with the letter R?
20 to 25 quid premium, over what?If you buy a Beltex to treat like a tup whose main selling point is he doesn't need looking after then you're missing the point. A Beltex is bred to produce a quality export spec lamb that consistently earns a premium of £20 to £25. For that you have to put in a bit more effort.
The fact that the prices for both tups and gimmers with Beltex blood in them keeps rising shows there is an increasing demand so they must be doing something right!
My understanding is (but I'm prepared to be corrected). They all started out the same but bred in different direction. The texel is bred the biggest, fastest growth but lacking the shape of a beltex or Dutch. The beltex is more muscular but smaller than the texel and the Dutch texel is even smaller, shorter in length and height but even more extreme in shape.
If you buy a Beltex to treat like a tup whose main selling point is he doesn't need looking after then you're missing the point. A Beltex is bred to produce a quality export spec lamb that consistently earns a premium of £20 to £25. For that you have to put in a bit more effort.
The fact that the prices for both tups and gimmers with Beltex blood in them keeps rising shows there is an increasing demand so they must be doing something right!
The first post of this thread is amusing. So you made the effort to go to a sale (with what I assume is already a negative opinion of Beltex), noticed how good the atmosphere was and probably how well everyone gets on, seen there was a good trade...but then slate the breed on a public forum. I don’t get why Beltex get such a bad rep on here, every breed has horror stories, there is not doubt the breed needs work but also no doubt that in the last 15 years it has improved dramatically. Farming loves a negative headline whether it’s vs BBC or against each other. Texels, Suffolks and Charollais all have issues and feed like crazy for sales.
Wouldn’t be a bad shout just to say good sale, great atmosphere, sheep were well turned out
f**king customers, eh?Carlisle today - about 700 shearling rams averaged £1500, with a top price of 30,000 gns.
I can't remember being at a sale with as much buzz and enthusiasm.
And the same will happen next year after about a third of the purchases have died.
Okay I accept that figures such this are to an extent anecdotal but they reflect my own experience. It's hard to find data on breed averages for commercial lambs, but some do show them. Last week these were at Kirkby. The Suffolks were a very good pen. There were no Charrolais20 to 25 quid premium, over what?