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Hillview Farm

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Surrey
  • Proud owner of sheep and Llamas!
Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs?
« on: September 28, 2013, 12:41:30 pm »
As the title says, Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs to use for breeding or do people overlook them?

I'm considering to keep my ram lambs entire this following year, for quicker growth but I was thinking if I have too may ram lambs (i'm selling my lambs dead) would I be able to sell them as breeding stock if they are good enough

Personally I'd overlook them unless I was in desperate need. Views??

shep53

  • Joined Jan 2011
  • Dumfries & Galloway
Re: Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs?
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2013, 01:17:24 pm »
There is a  limited market for xbred  ram lambs and always has been,  but they have to be top class  suf x tx /  char x tx/   beltex x tx or similar  all saleable

Azzdodd

  • Joined Apr 2012
Re: Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs?
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2013, 04:34:20 pm »
Depends on the cross all the terminal sires X with each other are good rams for small holders as sometimes there cheaper than a pure bred and give great lambs

ZaktheLad

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Thornbury, Nr Bristol
Re: Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs?
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2013, 04:36:24 pm »
I had 8 Hampshire Down x Suffolk ram lambs and 1 HD x charollais that all went for breeding this year.  All to smallholders locally except a chap who purchased 2 for his flock of 800 Finn sheep and another chap who purchased 2 for his flock of 100 Jacobs - they went further afield about 100 miles away.

SteveHants

  • Joined Aug 2011
Re: Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs?
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2013, 05:18:13 pm »
I use a SufTex as my terminal sire, so yes.


Hillview Farm

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Surrey
  • Proud owner of sheep and Llamas!
Re: Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs?
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2013, 05:53:07 pm »
Lovely thanks for your replies! The lambs will be 3/4 Suffolk- suffolk with a 1/4 of texel etc

This being of course if they are up to the mark!

And Zak I've seen your lambs for sale on other websites and I WANT THEM! But your too far :(

Hillview Farm

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Surrey
  • Proud owner of sheep and Llamas!
Re: Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs?
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2013, 07:49:38 pm »
Steve, Just out of interest what colour faces do SufTex's have? Are they black faced?

mowhaugh

  • Joined Jul 2013
  • Scottish Borders
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Re: Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs?
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2013, 07:59:26 pm »
They are nice looking sheep, their faces are a sort of grey-ish Brown, sometimes speckled.

graham-j

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Canterbury Kent
Re: Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs?
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2013, 09:30:39 am »
Hi,I keep Suffolk X Texel and there faces can vary from black through to pure white,but most are as above spekaly grayish brown.
I have been shopping about for a ram recently,and there are plenty of Suffolk X ramb lambs out there to choose from they go for about £50,where as a good Suffolk X weather can fetch £60+ round these parts.
I decided in the end to buy a pure Texal from good stock.

Graham.
 
Graham.

SteveHants

  • Joined Aug 2011
Re: Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs?
« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2013, 02:21:15 pm »
Steve, Just out of interest what colour faces do SufTex's have? Are they black faced?


They are speckly faced. Their lambs seem to have speckled or black faces.

Hillview Farm

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Surrey
  • Proud owner of sheep and Llamas!
Re: Is there a market for cross bred ram lambs?
« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2013, 02:55:22 pm »
Ahh that would explain the breeding of a ewe lamb I bought. I bought 3 generations (grandmother, mother and daughter)

Granny is scotch half bred cross Suffolk, she was put to a texel so the daughter has a speckled face then her lamb which i'm not sure what ram was used who is the mini match of her mother, I thought it was a Suffolk

 

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