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Thinking of changing to shedding sheep. Change my mind.
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<blockquote data-quote="hendrebc" data-source="post: 6966507" data-attributes="member: 70166"><p>Starting with the right stock to start with makes a huge difference. The reason I've had to cull so hard and have so many b flock ewes is because when I came home to farm in 2008 the only selection criteria had been size and nothing else. If a ewe had teeth and was likely to live to rear a lamb she would be kept another year. There were good ewes there but finding them has been a long old slog. Not helped by less than honest ram breeders <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite14" alt=":cautious:" title="Cautious :cautious:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cautious:" /> </p><p>But I had to start with what I had and we are getting there now. </p><p></p><p>Edit: Don't judge my dad too harshly for breeding crappy sheep. Most sheep farmers do what he did and have no selection criteria at all. You would be surprised how many just pick on size. He ran a flying flock for a long time and don't think really understood breeding or the smoke and mirrors that made the rams he bought look good. I think he hadn't realised how bad things had gotten with the ewes. A bit like boiling frogs where it gets gradually worse and worse and you don't realise. If he'd bought those poorer ewes I doubt he wouldn't have bought any more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hendrebc, post: 6966507, member: 70166"] Starting with the right stock to start with makes a huge difference. The reason I've had to cull so hard and have so many b flock ewes is because when I came home to farm in 2008 the only selection criteria had been size and nothing else. If a ewe had teeth and was likely to live to rear a lamb she would be kept another year. There were good ewes there but finding them has been a long old slog. Not helped by less than honest ram breeders :cautious: But I had to start with what I had and we are getting there now. Edit: Don't judge my dad too harshly for breeding crappy sheep. Most sheep farmers do what he did and have no selection criteria at all. You would be surprised how many just pick on size. He ran a flying flock for a long time and don't think really understood breeding or the smoke and mirrors that made the rams he bought look good. I think he hadn't realised how bad things had gotten with the ewes. A bit like boiling frogs where it gets gradually worse and worse and you don't realise. If he'd bought those poorer ewes I doubt he wouldn't have bought any more. [/QUOTE]
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