BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 26, 2023 Report Share Posted January 26, 2023 We kicked off this week 23 down, 308 to go!! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,455 Posted January 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2023 Mine not due till mid April, think am going to lamb then then sell the ewes with lambs at foot as am losing some feilds I use to building unfortunately Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 26, 2023 Report Share Posted January 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, vfr400boy said: Mine not due till mid April, think am going to lamb then then sell the ewes with lambs at foot as am losing some feilds I use to building unfortunately Always fetch a Good price that way mate (so long as you have sensible breed!) People love someone else doing the lambing bit for them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trigger2 3,146 Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 26/01/2023 at 19:12, vfr400boy said: Mine not due till mid April, think am going to lamb then then sell the ewes with lambs at foot as am losing some feilds I use to building unfortunately I am going to start lambing end of February. Just hope i haven't slipped up and the weather is bad has I lamb outdoors. I've gone for pure beltex and a charollais x beltex tups this time around. Hopefully have a nice easy lambing. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 37 minutes ago, trigger2 said: I am going to start lambing end of February. Just hope i haven't slipped up and the weather is bad has I lamb outdoors. I've gone for pure beltex and a charollais x beltex tups this time around. Hopefully have a nice easy lambing. What ewes pal? When I had my own flock I lambed outdoors. With the right ewes is a beautiful thing.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trigger2 3,146 Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 13 hours ago, BenBhoy said: What ewes pal? When I had my own flock I lambed outdoors. With the right ewes is a beautiful thing.... I got 6 Dorsetshire which are 5 year old and are going this year as I am changing over breeds. I've got 2 texel x llyens yearlings 2 texel x white face Welsh mules which are yearlings too, and 3 of last years ewes lambs out of them which are 3/4 texel 1/4 white face mule. I am going to stay down the texal cross route and use the same breed of tups each year. I only had the Dorsets last year and brought the others in a month or so before tupping I am lucky with the tups as there's a farmer just down the road who breeds some top glass sheep and he hired me the tups. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 They sound like handy sheep. Im a big fan of lleyn. Just watch adding too much tex into replacement ewes, affecting ease of lambing & amount of available milk, especially lambing outdoors. All the best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trigger2 3,146 Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 41 minutes ago, BenBhoy said: They sound like handy sheep. Im a big fan of lleyn. Just watch adding too much tex into replacement ewes, affecting ease of lambing & amount of available milk, especially lambing outdoors. All the best. That's the idea of having the beltex over the ewes. It keeps the lamb size down a little and they fetch a bit better price from the butcher. I will eventually go get around to keeping the llyen cross. High lambing percentages then. Texel x mule they are big exceptionally long ewes 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trigger2 3,146 Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Llyen x smaller but nice shaped. That's 1 of last years lambs to the left.much nicer sheep than the Dorsets. Much calmer and easier to work with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Yeah lleyn as close to perfect ewes as you can get imo. I used to have a lleyn tup that threw lambs better than some texel! Like everything with sheep though it's a compromise, and reason we've never gone beltex is the pisś poor growth rate/weeks to killing. But having some charollais in there should help you with that, sounds a handy mix that for a tup. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,455 Posted April 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 That time of year again, first lambs on the ground, zwartble cross texel 2 strong ewe lambs 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BenBhoy 4,706 Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 How are they as ewes mate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,455 Posted April 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2023 9 hours ago, BenBhoy said: How are they as ewes mate? Spot on friendly easy to deal with, loads of milk , a lad I know uses them to implant with his pedigree blue texel things , 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,455 Posted April 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2023 One more a massive ewe lamb 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryaldinhio 4,694 Posted September 22, 2023 Report Share Posted September 22, 2023 On 12/04/2023 at 19:10, vfr400boy said: One more a massive ewe lamb How's the sheep doing pal? Still at it with em? I'm considering a couple of spring24 lambs to grow on and fill the freezer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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