[Foobar]

I have a geezer coming this evening to look at my BWM ram that is for sale ... he has charollais ewes ... what would be the benefits of putting a BWM ram on charollais ewes?

[Foobar]

no-one got any ideas?

[Ladygrey]

If you want my ideas.. here goes 

maybe he wants wild sheep that dont grow very fast 

or he wants to tup some ewe lambs for the first time and wants tiny lambs that have good get up and go, so he could use some bwm rams for that...

[Anke]

tupping ewe lambs, some farmers up here use Shetland tups for that

[Foobar]

maybe he wants wild sheep that dont grow very fast 

Cheeky!!


Yes, tupping ewe-lambs was the only thing I could think of too...

[Porterlauren]

+ 1 for tupping ewe lambs.

But BWM would be low down on my list of choices!

[Ladygrey]

I know of one farmer using shetlands on charollais ewe lambs, I have a few of those crossbred lambs in my flock, they mature at around 50-60kilo and are a solid ewe

I however would use something like a charmoise, as then you can get a good shaped lamb at the end of the day

[ScotsGirl]

I plan on doing that with a couple as a trial this year. My BWM are not wild, the rams are a good size and if I ever get enough lambs left so I can eat one I may find out if the meat is as delicious as I am told!

[Foobar]

if I ever get enough lambs left so I can eat one I may find out if the meat is as delicious as I am told!

  ... it is

[Foobar]

Well, he wanted him for the taste .
Brill, that's him sold!