Lleyn x blackface cross

k mac

anyone have Lleyn x blackface cross ewes. Was thinking of putiing some hoggets to the ram. What would these be like for outdoor lambing in April for a fairly inexperienced lamber, also as there is some hill in them would they be very hard kept in, or very wild.

JJayoo

No sheep will be wild if you have been feeding them for a few weeks prior to lambing.

The main thing is to check them frequently and then have a plan for if things were to go wrong and you need to catch a sheep having an issue lambing, or maybe it's woeful weather and you find a set of twins at night can you get them and their mother to the shed? And number one is to have clostrum and know how to stomach tube it's a life saver.

Also April would be relatively late for lambing meaning any local guys might have finished their lambing, so maybe if there are some good young lads who farm you could give them a few euro to give you a hand

k mac

Thanks jjayoo as regards lleyn blackface x are they a good ewe in your experience

JJayoo

I run lleyn rams with mayo mountain/swaledales and they are a nice lamb but I have never then keep them as part of flock, but both are hardy breeds, it's gonna depend on the Ram, Texel and Suffolk are harder lambed, Lynns and charlois would easier

nicksnikita

That would make a good cross for outdoor lambing in April.
We’ve had a similar set up over the years and most lamb without assistance.
Like the poster above, we normally don’t keep the ewe lambs on for breeding so no real experience of them as hoggets or ewes but I have a handful kept from this year, as it happens

k mac

Thee Lleyn x blackface i was going buying were gone as it happens, got some hiltex and mules so hopefully they will do the job as good.