Sheep Photo Thread

failinis

Was down at Clonmany Agri Show on Tuesday and took some pics.

charolais0153

The new arrival

Green farmer

Nice ram. Must admit I've a soft spot for the Texels.

Cran

As getting near mating season thought post some ram pics. First couple new Lleyn ram and Rams bought to bred replacements, last couple of hoggets I bred

Lano Lynn

what kind of sheep are these?

tom_k

Galway sheep?

geros29

Lano Lynn wrote: »

what kind of sheep are these?

Look a bit like romney?

razor8

Lano Lynn wrote: »

what kind of sheep are these?

There Romney's. Bought a ram lamb last year to breed replacements and very happy with purchase so far

See add for rams below

https://www.donedeal.ie/sheep-for-sale/new-zealand-romney-rams/13469974

Lano Lynn

I think the are romneys and NZ romneys at that.... would think that the IFA could get a picture more representitive of their members for use on the website It is better than the merinos the have used in the past :mad:

Cran

Lano Lynn wrote: »

what kind of sheep are these?

Romneys

mcgiggles

Green farmer wrote: »

Nice ram. Must admit I've a soft spot for the Texels.

Me too, someone once said they aren't as "nice to look at" as other breeds, I think they are a great looking breed! Love the charollais colouring too though

mcgiggles

-First one is the ram just after we got him, he's a good bit bigger now
-One of this years lambs the week they were brought out of the shed,
-You can see the difference in an early lamb and a later one, the bunch from our own ram put on weight quicker than the second ram we got it (to cover just in case as our fella was unproven)
-Last one is one of the better ones a while before she went for the chop.. loved the look of her

IH784man

mcgiggles wrote: »

-First one is the ram just after we got him, he's a good bit bigger now
-One of this years lambs the week they were brought out of the shed,
-You can see the difference in an early lamb and a later one, the bunch from our own ram put on weight quicker than the second ram we got it (to cover just in case as our fella was unproven)
-Last one is one of the better ones a while before she went for the chop.. loved the look of her

Last one out of a Dorset?

mcgiggles

IH784man wrote: »

mcgiggles wrote: »

-First one is the ram just after we got him, he's a good bit bigger now
-One of this years lambs the week they were brought out of the shed,
-You can see the difference in an early lamb and a later one, the bunch from our own ram put on weight quicker than the second ram we got it (to cover just in case as our fella was unproven)
-Last one is one of the better ones a while before she went for the chop.. loved the look of her

Last one out of a Dorset?

That's what we were wondering too, we got 2 that looked like that! Gorgeous looking lambs! We have texel, suffolk, and then some crosses so there must be some dorset somewhere in one of the crosses

IH784man

mcgiggles wrote: »

That's what we were wondering too, we got 2 that looked like that! Gorgeous looking lambs! We have texel, suffolk, and then some crosses so there must be some dorset somewhere in one of the crosses

The Dorset ewes will lamb 3 times in 2 years if you look after them well enough

Username John

Pic taken yesterday, I assume bringing in ewes for milking? Not sure what they eat here tho...

They have dogs with em all the time as well it seems...
These lads - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maremma_Sheepdog

davidk1394

Shore the ewe lambs today. In good condition and will make lambing easier

Green farmer

Released the charley and llyen today. Texel will go in later as the lads are getting tired.

Cran

Green farmer wrote: »

Released the charley and llyen today. Texel will go in later as the lads are getting tired.

Nice to see them ready to go, another year
New boys added to the crew here this year to go out next week

Green farmer

Cran wrote: »

Nice to see them ready to go, another year
New boys added to the crew here this year to go out next week

I wouldn't mind that last fella, lovely length to him.

Cran

Green farmer wrote: »

I wouldn't mind that last fella, lovely length to him.

Yep very happy with him, he s the new great hope for the pedigree flock

mcgiggles

Is the last one a charollais? Lovely looking. Must get a photo of our fella, he looks quite similar. Gave us lovely hardy lambs last year (his first year). Have more ewes this year and only himself out with them (33 ewes). We borrowed a ram last year off a friend to hedge our bets and he was supposed to be a great ram, and our fellas lambs came out stronger and faster growing so I think we're onto a winner.

Cran

mcgiggles wrote: »

Is the last one a charollais? Lovely looking. Must get a photo of our fella, he looks quite similar. Gave us lovely hardy lambs last year (his first year). Have more ewes this year and only himself out with them (33 ewes). We borrowed a ram last year off a friend to hedge our bets and he was supposed to be a great ram, and our fellas lambs came out stronger and faster growing so I think we're onto a winner.

Yes Charollais, only terminal sire used here. Other single ram is new lleyn and two together are lleyn based hybrids to breed replacements.

mcgiggles

Lleyn look a nice ram too, smaller heads than the last fella. Would they cross well with a texel? we will be looking to buy another ram next year I'd say

arctictree

A still from one of my field cameras:


Hard to see much but the camera has pan and tilt so its good crack sitting in work and having a look!

Cran

mcgiggles wrote: »

Lleyn look a nice ram too, smaller heads than the last fella. Would they cross well with a texel? we will be looking to buy another ram next year I'd say

Ye really like him, went way over budget for him but find it hard to get lleyn I like.
If your looking to keep ewe lambs lleyn be good job, if not Char on Texel works very well.

tomwaterford

Not mine.....but I presume a Romney??

Cran

tomwaterford wrote: »

Not mine.....but I presume a Romney??

I would think some sort of down x merino tbh, popular in oz

tomwaterford

Cran wrote: »

I would think some sort of down x merino tbh, popular in oz

It's in the heart of the nz north island



Tbf there's no comparison of mountains here and there

rangler1

tomwaterford wrote: »

It's in the heart of the nz north island



Tbf there's no comparison of mountains here and there

They use helicopters to spray off and reseed, don't they