Charryman
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Re: Calling all lurkers, gatecrashers n other oddbods...
Mckeague, my "soft" (pedigree) Charollais lambs have been going out at 24 hours old for the last week, the warmest DAY we've had is 4 degrees and obviously much colder at night. Haven't lost any yet!
We have, over the years, run many different breeds of sheep in the crossbred flock. At one time we had Suffolk, Texel, Charollais and Cambridge cross lambs all running side by side. We saw no difference in losses between any of the breeds once out, despite all having to go out at 24 hours whatever the weather (cattle take priority over shed space). We have however seen major differences between breeds on lambing problems, lambs born dead, time to 1st suckle, ease of management and carcass weight!
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4/2/2006, 17:07
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mckeague
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Take a chill pill Charryman, there is a place for every breed if used correctly. By the by our texels have been going out at about the same time as your Charollais so no problems there either. Just done the weeks lambing 47 out of 50 lambed to fresh semen AI with 14 from 22 holding to the frozen, i'm guessing this is a pretty good hit rate.
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6/2/2006, 11:17
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Mary Moo
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Have you had problems lambing Suffolks?? mine seem to have really narrow pelvis bones so if theres a leg or head back its really hard to get them out, even with my tiny hands. I never seem to have this problem with the texels and the mules just get on with it themselves usually. Also, Charryman what differences have you found between breeds, I have only been farming for 4 years so am still learning.....
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23/2/2006, 11:57
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mandy05
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Re: Calling all lurkers, gatecrashers n other oddbods...
woohoo sheep talk another foreign language 
"could you please define the difference between "lurking" and "cruising" the boards?"
lol @ them being arrestable offences! they should b sumtimes ey! im sure theres quite a few that wish i'd just stick to cruising n lurking rather than posting!
erm everyones probly got their own definitions, wot i meant by it was lurkers dont post n cruisers r lookin for sumwhere to post, hope u didnt need that answer for who wants to b a millionaire or anything of the likes coz it took a long time coming!
hope everyone's well n got most of wot they asked for on the chirstmas wish list!! cyas 
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13/3/2006, 4:45
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Re: Calling all lurkers, gatecrashers n other oddbods...
I scratched you from my list of possible lifelines long time ago :arrh
did you just come out of hibernation?
perhaps you're some kind of guru that needed the time to meditate to find the answer? :devil
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13/3/2006, 23:43
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