The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: sheepandponies on July 24, 2013, 12:32:02 pm
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My pedigree Lleyn ewe lambs (10) are for sale privately this year as I will be away at the time of the society sale in September. They are all from a closed flock that we have had for more than 10 years. Our stock ram is a Dugdale bred tup and the ewes are solid with good skins. We are MV accredited and they will all have had their first Hep P vaccination during August. We are in Ayrshire, near Kilmarnock
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My neighbours over the hill who are getting on in years switched to Lleyns a few years back and they absolutely love them. Plenty of lambs, good mums, grow on grass. They have 300 ish and only had to pull two this year.
I only don't have them as I am lazy so only want one or two lambs so i dont have any bottle lambs from triplets or quads but the Lleyns are about the best and easiest of the prolific breeds, I think. My vet has them too. Smart looking as well.
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They have a reputation for being prolific but we don't flush our ewes prior to tupping and usually get twins , occasionally triplets, rarely singles. We also find that the Lleyns are able to rear triplets unlike most other breeds so we leave them on unless it is a gimmer. Thanks for your nice comments about the breed.
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I breed Lleyn and scan. I only had 3 ewes with triplets and the rest all had twins.
Lleyns can handle 3 lambs with no bother, as they are heavy milkers.
Of the 3 that had trips all are the same size as those that had twins.
First class breed of sheep and getting very popular with farmers.
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I am looking for a tup lamb?
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Sorry can't assist you here as I ringed all my tup lambs this year as didn't want to run any on during winter. Try some of the other established breeders near to you.