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What to do when time is the scarcest commodity? (1p sheep enterprise)
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<blockquote data-quote="Boso" data-source="post: 5759126" data-attributes="member: 111874"><p>The shedders have a lot of Barbados Blackbelly blood. They are naturally aseasonal.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't my goal to make it an excellerated lambing thread. I'd like your help and insight how you'd use the ground/farm given the context. I'm not matried tot excellerated lambing☺</p><p>Would you do things different?</p><p></p><p>The sheep look just fine. If used in an excellerated way I do not breed them as ewe lambs but give them some extra time to grow. After that four years of excellerated breeding after that back to once every 12 months.</p><p></p><p>Like I said, not married to a certain approach. If a less prolific breed would be a better fit I don't mind. I don't think trying to achieve maximum efficiency within any given context is bad publicity, it's the biggest challenge for our industry. However maximum achievable efficiency will of course vary in every enterprise given the available time, land etc.</p><p>When time and forage quality are your biggest restraints what would you do? </p><p></p><p>Since a lot of you have experience with Hill breeds which perform well on the type of land I have I'm really interested in your approach.</p><p></p><p>Btw this is not a no care enterprise, check them daily, move them every two days on average.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your input!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boso, post: 5759126, member: 111874"] The shedders have a lot of Barbados Blackbelly blood. They are naturally aseasonal. It wasn't my goal to make it an excellerated lambing thread. I'd like your help and insight how you'd use the ground/farm given the context. I'm not matried tot excellerated lambing☺ Would you do things different? The sheep look just fine. If used in an excellerated way I do not breed them as ewe lambs but give them some extra time to grow. After that four years of excellerated breeding after that back to once every 12 months. Like I said, not married to a certain approach. If a less prolific breed would be a better fit I don't mind. I don't think trying to achieve maximum efficiency within any given context is bad publicity, it's the biggest challenge for our industry. However maximum achievable efficiency will of course vary in every enterprise given the available time, land etc. When time and forage quality are your biggest restraints what would you do? Since a lot of you have experience with Hill breeds which perform well on the type of land I have I'm really interested in your approach. Btw this is not a no care enterprise, check them daily, move them every two days on average. Thanks for your input! [/QUOTE]
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