The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: clydesdaleclopper on November 27, 2014, 09:42:57 pm
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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?
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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.