You and your unfair advantages, with your September lambingsI had one about 10years ago mid September he was born. Stayed with his mother till he was sold fat for a good price in February/march. He was never dosed, sprayed with pour on or fed anything other than grass or silage. Thinking about him makes me wonder why we don't see more September lambing flocks. Snow and mud come to mind but it would be a cheap time to lamb there's almost always grass in September.
I had one about 10years ago mid September he was born. Stayed with his mother till he was sold fat for a good price in February/march. He was never dosed, sprayed with pour on or fed anything other than grass or silage. Thinking about him makes me wonder why we don't see more September lambing flocks. Snow and mud come to mind but it would be a cheap time to lamb there's almost always grass in September.
We were guessing a Leicester of some sort, I should ring the vendor and find out. Be interesting to see how fast it finishes!Almost looks like an easy care lamb.
Charmoise tup?
That's what I was thinking too. Shame there aren't many dairy farms around hereI keep thinking about it as a way to get better margin out of dairy tack land.
Tell us more please. Breed, systems, when will the lambs be sold?We are flat out lambing outdoors now....
Tell us more please. Breed, systems, when will the lambs be sold?
I've always thought that there was potential in the UK for a highly fecund accelerated lambing flock, something like the flock run at Cornell university.I had one about 10years ago mid September he was born. Stayed with his mother till he was sold fat for a good price in February/march. He was never dosed, sprayed with pour on or fed anything other than grass or silage. Thinking about him makes me wonder why we don't see more September lambing flocks. Snow and mud come to mind but it would be a cheap time to lamb there's almost always grass in September.
So do I but every now and again you would have to lamb in the middle of winter that doesn't sound like much fun to meI've always thought that there was potential in the UK for a highly fecund accelerated lambing flock, something like the flock run at Cornell university.
Very interesting. Keep us posted pleasePretty straight forward really but I’ve not said much on here until we got to grips with it.
Starting with a Dorset base, and hoping to breed up our own composite, currently lambing Dorset Hoggs all to Charmoise rams. Ewe lambs will be retained and go from there.
Ewes have not seen any hard feed and are being Lambed out, currently on hay / haylage ground. At about three - four weeks of age lambs and ewes will go into oats / vetch cover crops to be rotationally grazed through winter. Lambs will hopefully be finished through winter and into early spring.
Ewes will dry off, be tupped in April and then run on the available permanent pasture while dry before repeating.
Hopefully makes better use of available land and staffing and avoids such issues as worms, fly strike etc.
We shall see, it’s been a total punt in the dark but we spent a lot of time sourcing the right genetics to start so that’s helped. Like they say, watch this space, it’s currently all theory!
I had one about 10years ago mid September he was born. Stayed with his mother till he was sold fat for a good price in February/march. He was never dosed, sprayed with pour on or fed anything other than grass or silage. Thinking about him makes me wonder why we don't see more September lambing flocks. Snow and mud come to mind but it would be a cheap time to lamb there's almost always grass in September.