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Lambing Month and Selling Month.

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  • 07-05-2018 10:43am
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    OneMan37
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    At what stage of the year do people lamb, ewes and then sell their lambs ?

    I'm Lambing late this year. Lambing right now in May, and intend to sell my lambs as finished lambs (50KG) in Febuary/March 2019.
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    Siamsa Sessions
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    We lambed Feb and March and will have 42-45kg lambs ready to sell in August at the latest. Going to wait til mid-March next year and compare margins, work load, mortality, etc. between the years.

    Trading as Sullivan’s Farm on YouTube



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    IH784man
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    Lamb early March here hope to factory the start of them in June,sold 12 lambs born this feb though 30kg €102 in the mart


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    charolais0153
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    Feb/march lambing. Hope to sell a handful next week


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    orm0nd
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    lambing from 20th Jan onwards finishing with ewe lambs first week april

    some ppl would shudder at such long lambing season but we find long side dairying it suits our system best

    Third batch of springs going this week ,

    all sold to butchers so far this year,


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    Siamsa Sessions
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    charolais0153 wrote: »
    Feb/march lambing. Hope to sell a handful next week

    What weight would that handful be?

    Trading as Sullivan’s Farm on YouTube



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    charolais0153
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    Siamsa Sessions wrote: »
    What weight would that handful be?

    42


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    DJ98
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    charolais0153 wrote: »
    42

    That's a great growth rate, what breed are they?


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    charolais0153
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    DJ98 wrote: »
    That's a great growth rate, what breed are they?

    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057686734/55/#post106819607
    Youve a bad memory :D


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    Siamsa Sessions
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    charolais0153 wrote: »
    DJ98 wrote: »
    That's a great growth rate, what breed are they?

    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057686734/55/#post106819607
    Youve a bad memory :D

    Sorry - can’t see that thread.

    Would I be right in saying they’ve gained close to 400g per day if they were 5kg at birth and born 90 days ago in mid-Feb?

    Trading as Sullivan’s Farm on YouTube



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    charolais0153
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    Siamsa Sessions wrote: »
    Sorry - can’t see that thread.

    Would I be right in saying they’ve gained close to 400g per day if they were 5kg at birth and born 90 days ago in mid-Feb?

    500g/day is best ive seen in any lamb...so 400-450 sounds right


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    Siamsa Sessions
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    charolais0153 wrote: »
    500g/day is best ive seen in any lamb...so 400-450 sounds right

    No doubt I'm missing something here (and apologies again for not being able to see the info at the link you shared), but what kind of ewes do you have? I'm assuming you use a Charolais ram.

    Trading as Sullivan’s Farm on YouTube



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    charolais0153
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    Siamsa Sessions wrote: »
    No doubt I'm missing something here (and apologies again for not being able to see the info at the link you shared), but what kind of ewes do you have? I'm assuming you use a Charolais ram.

    Charollais ,texel and suffolk rams.
    Suffolk and texel ewes.
    On an individual basis,the texel will teach tje highest weight first but the charollais will have all the lambs gone quicker


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    OneMan37
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    charolais0153 wrote: »
    Charollais ,texel and suffolk rams.
    Suffolk and texel ewes.
    On an individual basis,the texel will teach tje highest weight first but the charollais will have all the lambs gone quicker


    How will Charollais have all their lambs gone quicker ? Do you move the Charollais lambs on at a lower weight ?


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    DJ98
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    charolais0153 wrote: »
    Charollais ,texel and suffolk rams.
    Suffolk and texel ewes.
    On an individual basis,the texel will teach tje highest weight first but the charollais will have all the lambs gone quicker

    Do you creep feed?


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    charolais0153
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    DJ98 wrote: »
    Do you creep feed?

    Ya. 50 kg to 160 lambs.


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    stantheman1979
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    OneMan37 wrote: »
    charolais0153 wrote: »
    Charollais ,texel and suffolk rams.
    Suffolk and texel ewes.
    On an individual basis,the texel will teach tje highest weight first but the charollais will have all the lambs gone quicker


    How will Charollais have all their lambs gone quicker ? Do you move the Charollais lambs on at a lower weight ?
    I think he means the charollais is more consistent and that all the charollais lambs will be gone and he’ll have texals and Suffolk’s left at the end. Which I will 100% agree with also.


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