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Best ewe to buy

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  • #52
    MeTheMan
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    farawaygrass wrote: »
    Something that I always wonder and kind of going off topic, but when you say Suffolk x texel does it mean Suffolk ram or ewe? Is it always a given that the first breed is the ewe or the ram? I assume ram but you all know what assume did 😄

    That's a good question. I assumed the same as you! First breed was ram x with ewe breed. Then I do always wonder what would be the difference. Would there be much a difference between a Suffolk x texel then a texel x Suffolk?


  • #53
    farawaygrass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭farawaygrass


    MeTheMan wrote: »
    That's a good question. I assumed the same as you! First breed was ram x with ewe breed. Then I do always wonder what would be the difference. Would there be much a difference between a Suffolk x texel then a texel x Suffolk?

    Ya you’d say overall there should be much the same traits in the offspring


  • #54
    Hard Knocks
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    farawaygrass wrote: »
    Something that I always wonder and kind of going off topic, but when you say Suffolk x texel does it mean Suffolk ram or ewe? Is it always a given that the first breed is the ewe or the ram? I assume ram but you all know what assume did 😄

    Suffolk ram x Texel Ewe


  • #55
    Hard Knocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭Hard Knocks


    MeTheMan wrote: »
    That's a good question. I assumed the same as you! First breed was ram x with ewe breed. Then I do always wonder what would be the difference. Would there be much a difference between a Suffolk x texel then a texel x Suffolk?
    Have crisscrossed those 2 breeds here
    Either cross has given good ewes
    Have also Suffolk x Suffolk and Texel x Texal
    Maybe it’s the rams genetics but Texel x are harder work (handling & herding)
    We lamb all outside with no issue


  • #56
    DJ98
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    Anyone here keep hiltex ewes if so how do you find them?


  • #57
    Lambman
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    DJ98 wrote: »
    Anyone here keep hiltex ewes if so how do you find them?

    Yea first ewes ever I bought... very little bother with them can get odd flighty one... good on there feet heaps a milk and great mothers lovely lambs back till a texel... have ewes there 7 year old now and most will be going back till the ram. The more brown/grey in the face the better I find.


  • #58
    390kid
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    Lambman wrote: »
    Anybody try crossing horned ewes with a charrlois are that any easier finished than a texel?

    Crossed them a few times here. Cudnt fault them not sure if there any easier finished but they finished along with the rest of the lambs off the mule and Suffolk x ewes


  • #59
    wrangler
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    wrangler wrote: »
    The sheep the seller bought as lambs and fed on and we bought are all culled
    He asked the OH to speak at their open day......... I think he got an earful :D

    Just an update on my Lleyns, a ram that I bought last year, champion Lleyn in Tullamore last year, Went lame three weeks ago, I couldn't cure him so went to the vet, he diagnosed septic arthritis, back legs of course, so we gave him a strong antibiotic and a course of anti inflamatries, which cured him.
    We fertility tested him yesterday,as he had a very high temp for a few days until he got the right antibiotic, so he's alright


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