Zwartbles

seansean101

Hello. I was looking to get in to zwartbles. I was wondering how, where and when to register. And is there a minimum number of ewes you have to have to register. I was thinking about by 3 ewes at the in lamb sale at Tullamore in November.

Any advice?

J.O. Farmer

They just got approval lately to set up an Irish society.

https://m.facebook.com/pg/zwartbleseirenationalsheepsociety/photos/?ref=page_internal

I'd say if you contact them they'll give you all the information you need if you're looking to go into pedigree breeding.

I'd like to get a few ewe lambs myself though just for commercial purposes. They're lovely looking sheep and seem relatively quiet besides a lot of breeds.
After that there's the usual sales pitch of prolific, great mothers, milky etc etc.

Vote4Napoleon

They are prolific (as they get older they're a bit 2 prolific)
Can be prone to mastitis, fierce milky.
Fine animal.

Kevhog1988

Vote4Napoleon wrote: »

They are prolific (as they get older they're a bit 2 prolific)
Can be prone to mastitis, fierce milky.
Fine animal.

Would they rear 3?

charolais0153

theemigrant wrote: »

Would they rear 3?

3 lambs on a ewe is asking for trouble imo

Vote4Napoleon

They've enough milk but most people I'd imagine wud rather twins. Maybe they shud b crossed to a cheviot ewe to keep the prolificy down a notch.