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What do people usually scan at and what your final percentage?

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  • #212
    stantheman1979
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    Scanned the 2nd batch of 923 on Saturday.
    12 quads
    154 triplets
    604 couples
    122 singles
    31 dry
    198%. Over the moon as put a lot of effort in getting them in really good shape for the ram.


  • #213
    jmrc
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    stantheman1979 wrote: »
    Scanned the 2nd batch of 923 on Saturday.
    12 quads
    154 triplets
    604 couples
    122 singles
    31 dry
    198%. Over the moon as put a lot of effort in getting them in really good shape for the ram.

    that's excellent, may i ask what breed predominately?
    thanks


  • #214
    DJ98
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    stantheman1979 wrote: »
    Scanned the 2nd batch of 923 on Saturday.
    12 quads
    154 triplets
    604 couples
    122 singles
    31 dry
    198%. Over the moon as put a lot of effort in getting them in really good shape for the ram.

    Can I ask what do you do before letting the rams out, they are great results!


  • #215
    stantheman1979
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    jmrc wrote: »
    that's excellent, may i ask what breed predominately?
    thanks

    Mainly belclare/lleyn crosses with a bit of romney in the mix as well.


  • #216
    stantheman1979
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    DJ98 wrote: »
    Can I ask what do you do before letting the rams out, they are great results!

    The main thing was the obvious one. Seperated them after weaning and gave the thin ones grass and the fat ones followed behing them so they were all in the same condition going to the ram. Gave them a good shot of vitamans/minerals and made sure i had plenty of rams with them (5 mature rams and a ram lamb to every 200 ewes)as I used the ram effect on them. ;)


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  • #217
    wrangler
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    stantheman1979 wrote: »
    The main thing was the obvious one. Seperated them after weaning and gave the thin ones grass and the fat ones followed behing them so they were all in the same condition going to the ram. Gave them a good shot of vitamans/minerals and made sure i had plenty of rams with them (5 mature rams and a ram lamb to every 200 ewes)as I used the ram effect on them. ;)

    Belclare will do the biz for you alright if you want prolificacy, Our lamb group coordinator averages over 2.5 consistently in his belclare cross, even his suffolks averaged 2.2 this year


  • #218
    Lambman
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    Scanned today 1.65 including emptys rams not away that long so hoping some off them will be in lamb as I usually scan around 1.8 1.9.... will be scanning ewe lambs in a month so will run the emptys thru then aswell... what's most common practice with empty ewes? Run them till mart as no point keeping if she's not paying her way or give them another chance?


  • #219
    stantheman1979
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    Lambman wrote: »
    Scanned today 1.65 including emptys rams not away that long so hoping some off them will be in lamb as I usually scan around 1.8 1.9.... will be scanning ewe lambs in a month so will run the emptys thru then aswell... what's most common practice with empty ewes? Run them till mart as no point keeping if she's not paying her way or give them another chance?

    No mercy!! Slit her throat!!!


  • #220
    Green farmer
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    stantheman1979 wrote: »
    Mainly belclare/lleyn crosses with a bit of romney in the mix as well.

    Sound like nice ewes. How do the Romney cross with the Lleyns ?


  • #221
    kk.man
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    Lambman wrote: »
    Scanned today 1.65 including emptys rams not away that long so hoping some off them will be in lamb as I usually scan around 1.8 1.9.... will be scanning ewe lambs in a month so will run the emptys thru then aswell... what's most common practice with empty ewes? Run them till mart as no point keeping if she's not paying her way or give them another chance?
    No second chance..bring to the factory marts can be hit and miss.


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  • #222
    Lambman
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    I'll scan them again and anything not in lamb is getting the road... I said mart because I won't have room inside till fatten them so marts best option for me at that time off year... hoping most off them will be in lamb tho just looking like I'm gonna have a spread out lambing


  • #223
    razor8
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    Scanned today

    Ewes 1.88 with empty’s 1.94 without

    Ewe lambs 1.61 and no empty’s. delighted

    Horned ewes 1.23 with empty’s 1.6 without. Too many empties in these but happy overall


  • #224
    Lambman
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    What kinda ram you running with hornys? For Breeding replacements is it?


  • #225
    razor8
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    Blue Leicester. Last 2 years they scanned 1.7 with empty’s so disappointed this year


  • #226
    Lambman
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    Yea I run the same here first year at it tho scanned poorly aswell 1.36 not including 4 emptys that I'll scan again aswell


  • #227
    Lambman
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    Yea I run the same here first year at it tho scanned poorly aswell 1.36 not including 4 emptys that I'll scan again aswell


  • #228
    drive it
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    29 single
    21twins
    2 triplets
    0 empty

    Lowest scan for a few years. Alot of singles in the horned ewes.


  • #229
    Lambman
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    Scanned ewe lambs and emptys today none off the horneys that were scanned empty the first time are in lamb.. few off the crossbreds were though so average including emptys up till 1.77 still lower than I hoped but workable... ewe lambs scanned 22.... 4empty 10 singles 6 doubles 2 trips 1.27 including emptys 1.65 not including emptys happy enough with that the way the price off lambs is at the min.


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