I have the answer but you won't want to hear it!
Overweight, empty sheep = cull
I'm afraid to say I'm of the same opinion Tim.
Me too. If you must keep them can you get the grass cut for hay then put them on the aftermath grazing and hope for a dry summer so it doesn't grow back?
Well I don't agree. Fair enough when your only purpose in keeping sheep is to produce lambs for meat - you have to make a profit and a useless ewe is just that, useless.
However, my two fatties are kept purely for fleece and as they have now given me a couple of wethers to add to the mini fleece flock, plus some ewe lambs to sell, I don't need to breed them again, at least not next year.
We will continue to breed the Hebs for breeding stock and a bit of meat to sell. I have the luxury of not having to put all of my ewes in lamb every year, so I have no intention of culling the two fatties

So what suits one sheep breeder doesn't necessarily suit another.