Author Topic: My shetland cross Charollais (Read 2487 times)

Hillview Farm · « **on:** March 09, 2015, 11:02:43 am »

Just thought I'd share my rather big Shetland Cross Charollais ewe lamb.

Shetland build, Charollais size, white and cream, wispy hairs in the fleece, complete with a Shetland tail!

trish.farm · « **Reply #1 on:** March 09, 2015, 11:32:00 am »

gorgeous!!!!

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #2 on:** March 09, 2015, 12:22:21 pm »

Bless!

She might have a very nice fleece

It will be interesting to see how she grows - we find the Charollais fast-growing, and weigh heavier than they look. I'm just sending off a last year's wether, out of a Manx ewe, his dad was 1/2 Shetland, 1/4 Charollais. He's finished quickly for the type, I think, and the one out of a 3/4 Shetland 1/4 BFL mother has done even better - but isn't going away yet because his fleece is too nice, so he gets to stay till after clipping

The 1/2 Shetland 1/4 Charollais tup lamb was ready to go away in January, having worked in December, and was a perfectly acceptable size and conformation for the supermarket requirement, which I was very pleased about. We took his fleece off before he went - it was gorgeous.