What breeds to you keep and why?

DJ98

Ewes and rams.

charolais0153

Suffolk ewes (as black as I can get them)and texel ewes (speckled of suffilolk sheep) . we have a texel and charrollais ram for the black head sheep and a Suffolk for texel x's. . the lambs of these sheep are really terminal but can still be sold as replacements except for the charrollais .they're lovely to work with and look at and are good mothers for the most part

Cran

charolais0153 wrote: »

Suffolk ewes (as black as I can get them)and texel ewes (speckled of suffilolk sheep) . we have a texel and charrollais ram for the black head sheep and a Suffolk for texel x's. . the lambs of these sheep are really terminal but can still be sold as replacements except for the charrollais .they're lovely to work with and look at and are good mothers for the most part

What % do you wean?

charolais0153

Cran wrote: »

What % do you wean?

1.7 this year. Its only 100ish ewes so lose very little through poor management and the ram isn't taken out till they are housed

Cran

charolais0153 wrote: »

1.7 this year. Its only 100ish ewes so lose very little through poor management and the ram isn't taken out till they are housed

Fair play, black ewes would be my idea of hell TBH but if it works for you that's the job.

Mules, Lleyns and lleyn cross ewes here. Only terminal sire used is Charollais, then Lleyns and couple of Logie this year to breed replacements

Green farmer

logie ?

DJ98

Cran wrote: »

Fair play, black ewes would be my idea of hell TBH but if it works for you that's the job.

Mules, Lleyns and lleyn cross ewes here. Only terminal sire used is Charollais, then Lleyns and couple of Logie this year to breed replacements

What are logie?

Cran

Green farmer wrote: »

logie ?

Fixed cross, 1/2 lleyn, 1/4 Texel 1/4 Charollais. Besides the length very little Charollais to be seen in them, pic of 2 boys attached

sheepfarmer92

Cran was there much involved in importin the logie rams?! Mostly north country cheviot ewes and greyface ewes bred of hornys here and some suffolk crosses in the mix, crossed with texel, easycare and charolais rams, quit buying in hornys this year hoping close the flock and just buy in rams, ewes are 70 kgs weaned 1.65 this year hopin to keep it that way

charolais0153

Hell!!!;)

Cran

sheepfarmer92 wrote: »

Cran was there much involved in importin the logie rams?! Mostly north country cheviot ewes and greyface ewes bred of hornys here and some suffolk crosses in the mix, crossed with texel, easycare and charolais rams, quit buying in hornys this year hoping close the flock and just buy in rams, ewes are 70 kgs weaned 1.65 this year hopin to keep it that way

Not really once they are export eligible, then just transport and DVO visit. I ve brought in sheep before for pedigrees so just used that route.

Cran

charolais0153 wrote: »

Hell!!!;)

Great pics and great grass, how do you find the reel they're some job for quick setups, pity not cheaper I d have 10 of them

charolais0153

Cran wrote: »

Great pics and great grass, how do you find the reel they're some job for quick setups, pity not cheaper I d have 10 of them

Ya its good. It got broke a year ago and 1 stake and all the wire was in pieces. We couldn't just tie it back so we got a 500m roll of wire divided it in 4 and reeled it backi think we are going to use it for temporary divisions next for when we subdivide fields. Those pictures were taken in September by the way.

Ard_MC

Cran wrote: »

Not really once they are export eligible, then just transport and DVO visit. I ve brought in sheep before for pedigrees so just used that route.

Do you need a cert with them to show they are eligible for export? What conditions need to be satisfied to take them in? Always tempted to go to Scotland for a ram or 2 but never have got round to it..maybe next year!

DJ98

charolais0153 wrote: »

Ya its good. It got broke a year ago and 1 stake and all the wire was in pieces. We couldn't just tie it back so we got a 500m roll of wire divided it in 4 and reeled it backi think we are going to use it for temporary divisions next for when we subdivide fields. Those pictures were taken in September by the way.

Have you any snaps of your rams? Your ewes are powerful along with your grass management as mentioned above!

Cran

Ard_MC wrote: »

Do you need a cert with them to show they are eligible for export? What conditions need to be satisfied to take them in? Always tempted to go to Scotland for a ram or 2 but never have got round to it..maybe next year!

They need to be from a MV accredited flock I believe, bo tested and scrapie tested or from monitored flock. Good bit of paper work required so better off buying direct from someone who does it regularly or through a society.

charolais0153

DJ98 wrote: »

Have you any snaps of your rams? Your ewes are powerful along with your grass management as mentioned above!

The old texel



The ram lamb I posted a picture of earlier this year


I don't have any pics of the charrollais or the Suffolk atm

ganmo

cheviot ewes and a mix of chev and suffolk rams
closed flock hence the chev rams

White Clover

Fine ewes and rams there charolaois!

cuff92

We have mayo ewes here. We've mayo cross Lanark ewes and hilltex ewes. Small number of mixed ewes then some kerryhills mules vheviots. This year we have 2 mayo rams 2 Lanark rams 2 Suffolk tip lambs a Charley and a texal

DJ98

cuff92 wrote: »

We have mayo ewes here. We've mayo cross Lanark ewes and hilltex ewes. Small number of mixed ewes then some kerryhills mules vheviots. This year we have 2 mayo rams 2 Lanark rams 2 Suffolk tip lambs a Charley and a texal

You must run alot of ewes! Are you all mountain grazing or do you do lowland asell?

Siamsa Sessions

We're new to the game and so had a blank canvas.

Dealing with small numbers, and having a general interest in developing our own flock, meant aiming for a decent maternal base first before worrying too much about terminal sires.

Bought Belclare-Texel ewe lambs and joined them to a Llyen ram. The plan is that these will be the nucleus of the flock.

Depends on how lambing goes, but we'll probably go with another Llyen sire next year to build numbers of ewes. Might think about a Texel sire for 2018, if we're all still above ground at that stage!

DJ98

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Bought Belclare-Texel ewe lambs and joined them to a Llyen ram. The plan is that these will be the nucleus of the flock.

Have you any pictures of the ewe lambs? I'd say there very nice looking sheep and prolific!

Siamsa Sessions

DJ98 wrote: »

Have you any pictures of the ewe lambs? I'd say there very nice looking sheep and prolific!

I hope they are anyway! In fairness, my brother claimed they were the happiest looking animals you could have in a place. I'm on the phone here now but will try to post a few pics when I'm on the laptop tomorrow

cuff92

DJ98 wrote: »

You must run alot of ewes! Are you all mountain grazing or do you do lowland asell?

We've about 240 here and 60 ewe lambs. I dono would you call that alot. We've 106 ha of Commonage and we've very Little inside land only about 20 ac around the house. If u want to donate a bit a green land it be much appreciated
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charolais0153

DJ98 wrote: »

Have you any snaps of your rams? Your ewes are powerful along with your grass management as mentioned above!

The Suffolk ram. Not a typical Suffolk type but crosses well with the texel ewes. One problem however, he's awful wicked


Charrollais hoggett got lame during breeding so he lost a good bit of condition

razor8

Cran wrote: »

Fixed cross, 1/2 lleyn, 1/4 Texel 1/4 Charollais. Besides the length very little Charollais to be seen in them, pic of 2 boys attached

how are these lads progressing?

Cran

razor8 wrote: »

how are these lads progressing?

Lambing went well very impressed, were due in today for first dose, bolus & clik but weather knocked that on the head. I think slightly behind the Charollais cross lambs but would expect that, some pics below

kk.man

Suffolk cross with cheviot mainly...why because we always did plus Suffolk ewes are good milkers. Gona try to introduce belclare when i get money to buy a ram!

razor8

Cran wrote: »

Lambing went well very impressed, were due in today for first dose, bolus & clik but weather knocked that on the head. I think slightly behind the Charollais cross lambs but would expect that, some pics below

Very good. When your selling later you'll have better idea

Clik my lambs Thursday and bolus as seen bad forecast, heat was unreal