The Beltex is supreme.

[M-J-G]

I know the Beltex is a bit ridiculous and prone to die.

But at a store sale, well-shaped Beltex cross lambs can make £15 more than most other crosses.

What ewes do you mate to Beltex?

 

[bean]

Anyone wishing to dip there toes in the pond, got 7 yearling beltex ewes for welshpool Monday 23rd

Any pictures of ewes?

 

[Agrivator]

What ewes do you mate to Beltex?

Texel x Mule, or Suffolk X (Texel x Mule).

What I don't understand is that while (quite rightly) Beltex-tup breeders and buyers pay a lot of attention to the head, those with a blue tint seem to attract special attention.

Someone on here will know!!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Texel x Mule, or Suffolk X (Texel x Mule).

What I don't understand is that while (quite rightly) Beltex-tup breeders and buyers pay a lot of attention to the head, those with a blue tint seem to attract special attention.

Someone on here will know!!

I’d imagine because the ones which have bluer heads are more true to type

 

[liammogs]

Any pictures of ewes?

 

[M-J-G]

Texel x Mule, or Suffolk X (Texel x Mule).

What I don't understand is that while (quite rightly) Beltex-tup breeders and buyers pay a lot of attention to the head, those with a blue tint seem to attract special attention.

Someone on here will know!!

As a rule it tends to take a big ewe to compliment a Beltex.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

I'm needing 5 tups, but lm going to buy 2 pure and 3 beltex x texel to see if the lmbs of them are abit bigger than the pure at lmbing time. And if the buggers live longer, haha.

 

[Agrivator]

As a rule it tends to take a big ewe to compliment a Beltex.

There is a long-held belief that:

''If you want confirmation in the offspring, the mature size of the Sire should be lower than the mature size of the Dam''.

 

[Agrivator]

I'm needing 5 tups, but lm going to buy 2 pure and 3 beltex x texel to see if the lmbs of them are abit bigger than the pure at lmbing time. And if the buggers live longer, haha.

Is there such a thing as a pure Beltex?

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Well they do advertise them as tex x beltex

Is there such a thing as a pure Beltex?

 

[neilo]

As a rule it tends to take a big ewe to compliment a Beltex.

Keeping a big ewe to put a small ram over makes so much sense….

Someone will post soon how they are using a Dexter bull over their Simmental cows no doubt.

 

[Nithsdale]

Keeping a big ewe to put a small ram over makes so much sense….

Someone will post soon how they are using a Dexter bull over their Simmental cows no doubt.

You'll be hard pushed to find a ewe smaller than a Beltex though


Maybe Shetlands. And to be fair, the lambs are still crackers! (As in quality... but also still wild pricks like their momma's )

 

[M-J-G]

I've had my fill of big hungry ewes, I'm currently pulling down the mature size of our ewes.
I'm not really interested in late finishing lambs though, so I'm not expecting it to be a particularly easy balance to strike.

I don't see the Beltex fitting in anywhere with that.

 

[sheepwise]

I'm needing 5 tups, but lm going to buy 2 pure and 3 beltex x texel to see if the lmbs of them are abit bigger than the pure at lmbing time. And if the buggers live longer, haha.

Try a Beltex x Charollais and you won't compromise lambing ease

 

[Greythundercloudys]

A neighbour beltex x char got in my gimmer a couple of years ago and tuped afew, great lmbs, l bought a char x beltex, didn't like the lmbs it was the wrong x a think.

Try a Beltex x Charollais and you won't compromise lambing ease

 

[unlacedgecko]

I've had my fill of big hungry ewes, I'm currently pulling down the mature size of our ewes.
I'm not really interested in late finishing lambs though, so I'm not expecting it to be a particularly easy balance to strike.

I don't see the Beltex fitting in anywhere with that.

200 gimmers ideal for you in the for sale section

 

[Hilly]

I'm not really interested in late finishing lambs though, so I'm not expecting it to be a particularly easy balance to strike.

I don't see the Beltex fitting in anywhere with that.

What’s big and what’s small .

 

[M-J-G]

What’s big and what’s small .

True, it's a bit like beauty, in that it's in the eye of the beholder really.
The fact that most lambs only need to get to 45kg is a starting point I suppose.

We bought a few Lleyn gimmers and as an average they weaned 12kg over their own tupping weight.
I appreciate that eventually lamb growth may be compromised, but I'm happy to inject some of this into the female side of things.
Personally I'd like to see ewes in the autumn around 70kg at BCS 3.5
That's maybe big enough to some, but it will be tiny compared to a SuffolkXMule.

 

[Hilly]

True, it's a bit like beauty, in that it's in the eye of the beholder really.
The fact that most lambs only need to get to 45kg is a starting point I suppose.

We bought a few Lleyn gimmers and as an average they weaned 12kg over their own tupping weight.
I appreciate that eventually lamb growth may be compromised, but I'm happy to inject some of this into the female side of things.
Personally I'd like to see ewes in the autumn around 70kg at BCS 3.5
That's maybe big enough to some, but it will be tiny compared to a SuffolkXMule.

Same with cows you see them geeet fat cows over a ton it’s like wtf

 

[M-J-G]

Same with cows you see them geeet fat cows over a ton it’s like wtf

A cow at even close to a ton is much too big, but the fat animal at 650kg is around a cows weight, I can appreciate that particularly in a closed herd situation.

A 100kg ewe is producing lambs that will be gone fat before they are half her weight, so I don't see the point.