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<blockquote data-quote="CopperBeech" data-source="post: 5568096" data-attributes="member: 8925"><p>Pretty straight forward really but I’ve not said much on here until we got to grips with it.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Ewes will dry off, be tupped in April and then run on the available permanent pasture while dry before repeating.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully makes better use of available land and staffing and avoids such issues as worms, fly strike etc.</p><p></p><p>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!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CopperBeech, post: 5568096, member: 8925"] Pretty 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! [/QUOTE]
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