Zwartble

charolais0153

What are they good for. Seen a few today and was curious

IH784man

Milk well and good length to them,good crowd with texel Rams or Charolais

davidk1394

Have them here. The ewes make excellent mother's and have plenty of milk. The lambs come into good weights but are leaner than the traditional breeds

ganmo

They're considered a dual breed milk and meat. Very leggy and throw black lambs.

J.O. Farmer

I'm chancing a couple zwartble cross hoggets this year. They're supposed to be good for milk and prolific and when I've only about 20 ewes it's worth experimenting with something different .
I'm not sure what the mothers are but I'd be thinking they're not far from horny breeding. I'm crossing to a charolais ram.
I like the look of the purebred ewes and if the crossbreds go well I might try the purebred ewes again to the charolaois or whatever ram I have at the time.

Green farmer

Only thing that puts me off them is the fleece. Is black wool worth anything ? Not that white wools worth much more this year either

davidk1394

Green farmer wrote: »

Only thing that puts me off them is the fleece. Is black wool worth anything ? Not that white wools worth much more this year either

It's worth nothing. Also it's very hard to spot maggots in the fleece until there's a bif nest of maggot's

ganmo

Green farmer wrote: »

Only thing that puts me off them is the fleece. Is black wool worth anything ? Not that white wools worth much more this year either

And it's dropped since summer

Green farmer

ganmo wrote: »

And it's dropped since summer

What's is like at moment ? Think I got €1 a kg in summer vs €1-50 last year

gazahayes

Green farmer wrote: »

What's is like at moment ? Think I got €1 a kg in summer vs €1-50 last year

Think it's being pushed down to 90 cent merchants are lucky to have as much sold.