mule ewe lambs

390kid

Hello I've bought some mule ewe lambs, swaledale and suffolk of the blueface Leicester. There around the 35kg mark and as it's my first time with these type of sheep I'm wondering could I put them in lamb this year or is it safer to wait until there hoggets? Any other tips on them would also be greatly appreciated

weatherbyfoxer

Would always try get ewe lambs as close to 50kg as possible before putting them to the ram here...getting a 35kg ewe lambs to mating weight this time of year would bit hard...better id leave them off till next year if they were mine

Future Farmer

Depends, if you did them really well and let the ram to them in December, when do you do your main lambing?

Buford T. Justice XIX

Hi guys and gals, I moved this thread from the general farming forum to here to get a better response.

Work away:)

390kid

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Hi guys and gals, I moved this thread from the general farming forum to here to get a better response.

Work away:)

Still tryingto get the hang of this

390kid

Future Farmer wrote: »

Depends, if you did them really well and let the ram to them in December, when do you do your main lambing?

I start around March so it would stretch it a bit. Would you be inclined to give a good bit of feeding to them

J.O. Farmer

In my opinion they're a bit light for this year. They're probably young enough too. I think you're better to leave them this year and have decent hoggets next year. Lambing them next may would mean that you would probably end up with lambs and ewes not good enough this time next year.
As weatherbyfox said you'd want to get them close to 50kg and they are just too far away at this stage. They'd want to be over the 40kg probably over 45kg at this stage.

eorna

We stopped breeding ewe lambs here.. Lambing was too stretched and they do need extra attention specially if they have doubles ( which happened a lot even if i wanted one!) or ypu'll end up with small sheep and smaller crop in the next years..
I suppose if you farm full time is different story as you b around a lot but for us as part time just suits better to let them off and keep them ticking over the winter time and end up with decent hoggets..

390kid

Ah well I'm in the part time club aswell. Ye I'm thinking of just letting them lie on just to be on the safe side, like yourself in hadn't intended on any ewe lambs just these caught my eye

390kid

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

In my opinion they're a bit light for this year. They're probably young enough too. I think you're better to leave them this year and have decent hoggets next year. Lambing them next may would mean that you would probably end up with lambs and ewes not good enough this time next year.
As weatherbyfox said you'd want to get them close to 50kg and they are just too far away at this stage. They'd want to be over the 40kg probably over 45kg at this stage.

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

In my opinion they're a bit light for this year. They're probably young enough too. I think you're better to leave them this year and have decent hoggets next year. Lambing them next may would mean that you would probably end up with lambs and ewes not good enough this time next year.
As weatherbyfox said you'd want to get them close to 50kg and they are just too far away at this stage. They'd want to be over the 40kg probably over 45kg at this stage.

Ye I think your right better play it safe with them and have something good out of it

weatherbyfoxer

All depends on your setup up...have had small batches of 40 or 50 ewe lambs lambing here in April the odd year and found them easy enough to lamb if you use an easy lambing ram,feed the right and shear them before mating....that said it nice to be finished lambing when the main flock is done too!

390kid

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

All depends on your setup up...have had small batches of 40 or 50 ewe lambs lambing here in April the odd year and found them easy enough to lamb if you use an easy lambing ram,feed the right and shear them before mating....that said it nice to be finished lambing when the main flock is done too!

Wat room would you use on yours

weatherbyfoxer

Charlaois usually but will put a new zealand suffolk on them this year..bit tuffer than the baldy charlaois on turnout

Siamsa Sessions

We've ewe lambs that will be approx. 45kg when the ram goes to them in mid-October.

Using a Llyen ram so hopefully that'll help.

I'm guessing 35kg might be a little bit light alright.

charolais0153

I've kept 6 of my best ewe lambs to tip this year. They are 55kg now with one 62kg (she was 45 in may ) I'm going to let them out 3 weeks after the main ewes to the charollais ram . i wodnt like to let lambs out under 47-⁴8 kgs

rangler1

charolais0153 wrote: »

I've kept 6 of my best ewe lambs to tip this year. They are 55kg now with one 62kg (she was 45 in may ) I'm going to let them out 3 weeks after the main ewes to the charollais ram . i wodnt like to let lambs out under 47-⁴8 kgs

A good guide is to have them 60% of their mature weight, our tex/lleyns are 65 - 70kg mature so we breed the ewe lambs once they are over 40kgs

charolais0153

rangler1 wrote: »

A good guide is to have them 60% of their mature weight, our tex/lleyns are 65 - 70kg mature so we breed the ewe lambs once they are over 40kgs

What do u cross them with again. ,vendeen?

rangler1

charolais0153 wrote: »

What do u cross them with again. ,vendeen?

Yea vendeen, very few problems, would have an odd ceaserean, wouldn't even be one a year out of 120 ewelambs

stantheman1979

We mate ewe lambs at around 45kgs here. Put a Char or beltex ram on them. Start lambing from 1st April. Never a problem. Look after them over the winter and they'll be grand.