Bleu du Maine Sheep

Green farmer

A breed of sheep I haven't stumbled across before. Any opinions or experience of these sheep. Rams or ewes ?

serfspup

like a lot of things when they are good they are very good but when they are bad they are terrible.

really is a 'female breed'. Ewes are prolific and very easily lambed and milk themselves to and early grave

in a mixed stocking grazing situation off 1 cow to 1 sheep bleu cross ewes are hard to beat but in and intensive sheep system they do not last the competion (without serious meal inputs)

a bleu ram on ewe lambs particularly texel or cheviot produces easily born lambs that are very lively.

lambs tend to be a little bare on a par with charollais and you wouldnt want to put a blue on a charollais or a rouge comes bare as a wavin pipe and too fine in bone and skin

bleu X lambs are harder finished than texels but will grow bigger if fed

bleu X hoggets bred off texel ewe lambs
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sea12

I have w few ewes. Very good mothers but they are also very wild in shed.

jmrc

as stated already, very milky, light bone, and put great size into stock. good as females,

Donegalforever

I had a little bit of experience of Bleu ewes quite a few years ago.

Their lambs tend to have little wool, so in my limited experience Bleu ewes are only suitable to lamb indoor.