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clydesdaleclopper

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • Aberdeenshire
guessing weight
« on: November 27, 2014, 09:42:57 pm »
I need to do some worming and I don't have access to a weigh crate so I need to guess weights  ::)  It is for my Gotland x Shetland ewes and tup. I sent some 18month old wethers off for slaughter last month and they came back as between 26 and 30kgs hot weight. Any ideas based on this?
Our holding has Anglo Nubian and British Toggenburg goats, Gotland sheep, Franconian Geese, Blue Swedish ducks, a whole load of mongrel hens and two semi-feral children.

Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: guessing weight
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2014, 10:32:34 pm »
I would take their weight as around 60kgs easy. Mine are big, especially the singles I had last year. they came back as 26kgs deadweight at 18months old, if I remember correctly.

It is better to slightly over-dose than under-dose, I am usually quite generous with my pure Shetlands. Wormers have quite a large safe margin.

 

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