Hi my first post ....I 've kept some shapely 3/4 texel lambs just had them sheared and they look quite smart .I m wondering if I should keep them to breed with or given they are much of a texel and they could be a hassle to lamb?.i was thinking of a charollais tup on them
Three quarter texels
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
What tups have you got?
What do you want the lambs for? Fat? Keeping?
A texel X Charlie lamb will be a real nice fat lamb.
All our first time texel ewes go to an easier lambing tup (charmoise), then to whatever we want after that.
What do you want the lambs for? Fat? Keeping?
A texel X Charlie lamb will be a real nice fat lamb.
All our first time texel ewes go to an easier lambing tup (charmoise), then to whatever we want after that.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
The more texel the more hassle. The more money for your lambs out of them but usually not as many lambs.
I usually find sheep to all average out the same by time you have done, it all depends on what you want to look at and work with and how much work you want with them.
They will be sound to a Charley have a few here that I have kept.
I usually find sheep to all average out the same by time you have done, it all depends on what you want to look at and work with and how much work you want with them.
They will be sound to a Charley have a few here that I have kept.
- Location
- Scottish Borders
My tuppence worth - always keep the leggier less shapely ones. Doesn’t matter if they’re 3/4 7/8 or more. As to the tup you could literally put anything on them and get a result.
M-J-G
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What a the other quarter?
If it's something less terminal like a Lleyn or Mule, they'll be fine.
If the other quarter is Char or Beltex I'd sell them.
If you're on an exposed farm, more Texel in your ewe could lead to more mastitis.
If it's something less terminal like a Lleyn or Mule, they'll be fine.
If the other quarter is Char or Beltex I'd sell them.
If you're on an exposed farm, more Texel in your ewe could lead to more mastitis.
- Location
- Galloway
Depends how many you have 50 or so and plenty time no problem 500 forget it too much work
The other quarter is a mule type and I 've only 40 and lamb them indoors with a reasonable amount of time to dedicate to them
Woolless
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- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
M-J-G
Member
Great idea!!What about a Hampshire?
- Location
- North wales
go for it , if managed properly they’ll be good ewes don't treat them to kind pre lambing and They’l do a fantastic job for you
Thanks for the replies I feeling more confident about keeping them...I think!
scan and feed to the scan also a good idea.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Charollais on a Texel is one of those magic crosses that just works, whichever way round you do it.?
As to the 3/4 Texel ewes, lots of people run Texel x ewes locally and the common observation is that the first cross (usually out of various mules) is a great ewe. By the time you get to a second cross, the lambing %age starts to drop off, the lambing work/losses steadily increase, but obviously market price goes up slightly too.
Unless you can put a value on the pride of having a pen of cracking lambs in the market, I would suggest you need to consider how all of the above factors effect your bottom line. Of course your personal circumstances might well mean that the bottom line is less important than that pride, but it’s still sensible to be aware of that when you make decisions.
Having run a flock of 7/8 & 15/16 Texels producing market topping lambs (by a Charollais) in a former life, I can understand the appeal. I can also say that more profit can be made from lower inputs and slightly lower lamb prices. Each to their own though.?
It’s about selection and management. Multiple crosses of Texel on a mule mean that as long as you select the ones showing most mule in each successive generation, and only keep multiple born replacements, the knock to lambing % and ease is manageable. They’re in your management system from day one which also helps. Get the right Charolais and they’ll go off grass alone.
- Location
- central scotland
They’re not for me but maybe I’m lazy or just to busy, can’t decide at times , they will undoubtedly produce great quality lambs though 
- Location
- North Pennines
We lamb a lot of 3/4 texel/beltex originally bred from mules and up to nearly pures as well. I would say the the two most important things are not overfeeding pre-lambing and tup selection. You don't want a tup with a big head and shoulders. Use Beltexes here, Charollais almost a rare breed in these parts so I don't know how they would do. Give them time when they start lambing but be prepared to intervene if presentation is wrong. We lamb some outside (twins only). Once you have them lambed they are very easy sheep to shepherd, no jumping out of pens or over walls and easily manageable by our elderly dog who would struggle with say a flock of mules. They are more prone to getting cast though.
Do you get many with mastitis?
- Location
- North Pennines
I always think we get to many but we've actually had more in the half texels out of mules and some older Lleyns which were on their last year anyway.
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