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Which ram to use?

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  • 20-08-2012 1:09am
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    whitetail
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭


    Hi, just wondering what would be the best ram for Suffolk hoggets.


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    Cran
    Registered Users Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭Cran


    Probably Charollais


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    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    [MOD]
    Thread moved to main F&F forum, more likely to be seen by the sheep experts there.
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    metalwood
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭metalwood


    Last year I used a Vendeen Ram on my hoggets and had to handle only 1 in 15 so I was very happy with him.

    This year im experimenting with a Belclare on the hoggets.


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    Arrow in the Knee
    Registered Users Posts: 956 ✭✭✭Arrow in the Knee


    Use a Suffolk cause you'll have nice black lambs.

    They grow like mushrooms!!!


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    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,862 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    I use charolais myself, but with the cold last April i found them a bit soft and had to be kept in for ages which was no help to the hoggets who needed grass for milk. I am tempted this year to use a cheviot , lambs would be small and hardy, may not be worth as much as charolais cross but less hassle at lambing, hoggets are lleyn texel cross


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    Cran
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    where are you based Tabby I lamb charollais in April, and find them well hardy


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    tabby aspreme
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    Kildare ,but land faces south east and can be bleak in April with east wind blowing


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    whitetail
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭whitetail


    Thanks for the info everyone might go with the Charolais


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