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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Daisys Mum on September 04, 2014, 03:59:05 pm

Title: Ok weights? Another question?
Post by: Daisys Mum on September 04, 2014, 03:59:05 pm

Just been to see my 3 Zwartble tup lambs hanging in the butchers, they are 23.5, 25.5 & 26.5 kg, they were  around 18 weeks old. I am pleased and think the carcasses look good nice and lean, do these weights seem about right? Or should I have kept them a bit longer....they were at the stage of bothering their sisters and mums and I didn't want to wean them and have them lose condition.




If these were the dead weights....what would the live weights likely to have been? Wish I could afford a weigh crate!!

Title: Re: Ok weights?
Post by: Treud na Mara on September 04, 2014, 04:06:13 pm

I think the taste will tell  ;). If you're wanting to make a profit there are other considerations.

Title: Re: Ok weights?
Post by: SallyintNorth on September 04, 2014, 04:09:40 pm

If those were deadweights and there isn't too much fat, then that sounds spot on  :thumbsup: