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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: maddy on July 02, 2017, 08:54:56 pm

Title: What breed is best?
Post by: maddy on July 02, 2017, 08:54:56 pm

I have my small flock of lovely coloured ryeland ewes with lambs, which the female lambs I manage to sell as registered females, males are slow growing for meat but thats fine.

What breed would you suggest could I get to run alongside the registered ryelands for fast growing meat?  Something easy and fairly friendly?

Title: Re: What breed is best?
Post by: SallyintNorth on July 03, 2017, 06:33:56 am

Depending on where you are, because they're thin skinned, Charollais.  Always grow like stink, weigh more than they look, great conformation, friendly sheep. 

If you want a British breed, what about the Border Leicester?

Title: Re: What breed is best?
Post by: twizzel on July 03, 2017, 10:18:18 am

Don't under estimate or overlook the british native breeds. We put a poll dorset over our lleyn x ewes and have been really happy with the lambs, hardy, easy lambing and growing like stink.

Title: Re: What breed is best?
Post by: Marches Farmer on July 03, 2017, 02:14:03 pm

Our Southdown ram on our Badger Face ewes produces a very robust cross that grows away really well.