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Hill/ Bog sheep enterprise project

  • 16-12-2016 12:20am
    #1
    farmerjoe50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭


    I'm looking for advice on sheep breeds that could throw out nice lambs next year. Though nutrition is restricted as on boggy ground. Thought about crossing Belclare on hornies even though some wouldn't recommend it. Research farm in Leenane did it and worked well, many lambs even if it wasn't exactly commonage. Might be worth risk even if I get small lambs. Any advice?


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  • #2
    farmerjoe50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭farmerjoe50


    Blue faced Leicester ram?


  • #3
    Inchilad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭Inchilad


    Bfl would probably be good option. Seems to be a market for mules.


  • #4
    MayoAreMagic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,946 ✭✭✭MayoAreMagic


    Am I right in assuming that you have horn ewes and are looking to put a different sire on them? Or are you going to keep the crosses and keep them on the bogs?

    Id have my reservations on the second option - they would need a bit of feeding in the winter.


  • #5
    farmerjoe50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭farmerjoe50


    MayoAreMagic wrote: »
    Am I right in assuming that you have horn ewes and are looking to put a different sire on them? Or are you going to keep the crosses and keep them on the bogs?

    Id have my reservations on the second option - they would need a bit of feeding in the winter.
    Looking to sell the crosses. Will feed up the ewes to get the most I can out of them. Was thinking using maternal breed but unsure on market for them


  • #6
    MayoAreMagic
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    farmerjoe50 wrote: »
    Looking to sell the crosses. Will feed up the ewes to get the most I can out of them. Was thinking using maternal breed but unsure on market for them

    Guys who do it around me run a texel ram. They seem to do well enough and tend to get good demand for the cross. They wouldn't run them with hoggets though. They also swap out the texel after 3 weeks, because the later lambs tend to be bigger coming out later in the season and so more need pulling.

    An interesting experiment would be a texel with the main gang and a Lanark with the hoggets, with the Lanark going in with everything after 3 weeks...


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  • #7
    farmerjoe50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭farmerjoe50


    MayoAreMagic wrote: »
    Guys who do it around me run a texel ram. They seem to do well enough and tend to get good demand for the cross. They wouldn't run them with hoggets though. They also swap out the texel after 3 weeks, because the later lambs tend to be bigger coming out later in the season and so more need pulling.

    An interesting experiment would be a texel with the main gang and a Lanark with the hoggets, with the Lanark going in with everything after 3 weeks...

    Already run texel rams with flock. Hardier than you would expect but probably taking up more feed than pure blackfaces.


  • #8
    Dylan collins
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Dylan collins


    cheviot or scotch perth type


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