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Thinking of changing to shedding sheep. Change my mind.
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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 8021720" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>To be fair, you could have sold a three legged scabby Shetland to advantage last Spring. When numbers are short and demand is on fire, quality really doesn’t matter.</p><p></p><p>Trade was pretty good through Nov & Dec this year, but my Exlana (& crosses) were between five and ten pound behind the Charollais crosses at the same weights.</p><p>I appreciate that they are a maternal breed, and accept/want a poorer carcass from them, but the purebreds are pitiful on that score, from the shoulders right through to the hindquarter. Obviously that lack of shape and width should make for better lambing ease and reduced losses, but there is always a balance to be made economically.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 8021720, member: 348"] To be fair, you could have sold a three legged scabby Shetland to advantage last Spring. When numbers are short and demand is on fire, quality really doesn’t matter. Trade was pretty good through Nov & Dec this year, but my Exlana (& crosses) were between five and ten pound behind the Charollais crosses at the same weights. I appreciate that they are a maternal breed, and accept/want a poorer carcass from them, but the purebreds are pitiful on that score, from the shoulders right through to the hindquarter. Obviously that lack of shape and width should make for better lambing ease and reduced losses, but there is always a balance to be made economically. [/QUOTE]
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