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belclare sheep

  • 03-10-2018 9:42pm
    #1
    case5130
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭


    Well lads looking at buying few belcare sheep and one any experience with them pros and cons I'm looking at pedigree ewe lambs at the moment seen thereach mothers massive sheep so I'm tempted


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  • #2
    OneMan37
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭OneMan37


    Good quiet sheep. I find them good Milkers and mothers. They are prolific and produce good quality lambs. I'd say breeding pure would mean there would be good demand on your ewe lambs.


  • #3
    case5130
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭case5130


    OneMan37 wrote: »
    Good quiet sheep. I find them good Milkers and mothers. They are prolific and produce good quality lambs. I'd say breeding pure would mean there would be good demand on your ewe lambs.

    Took a gamble and bought 20 ewe lambs, is it the ewes or the rams that are prolific


  • #4
    charolais0153
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,225 ✭✭✭charolais0153


    case5130 wrote: »
    Took a gamble and bought 20 ewe lambs, is it the ewes or the rams that are prolific

    Ewes are prolific


  • #5
    DJ98
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    Find it very hard to find a big belclare ewe, anyone else find that there quite small?


  • #6
    stantheman1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 435 ✭✭stantheman1979


    DJ98 wrote: »
    Find it very hard to find a big belclare ewe, anyone else find that there quite small?

    Sure that’s what you want. Something that will do it’s job. A nice medium sized ewe that will rear two lambs without eating you outta house and home. Don’t understand people’s obsession with big ewes.


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  • #7
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    stantheman1979 wrote: »
    Sure that’s what you want. Something that will do it’s job. A nice medium sized ewe that will rear two lambs without eating you outta house and home. Don’t understand people’s obsession with big ewes.

    in terms of animal breeding big ewes = quick growing lambs
    about an 80% correlation


  • #8
    OneMan37
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭OneMan37


    DJ98 wrote: »
    Find it very hard to find a big belclare ewe, anyone else find that there quite small?

    I have some big belclare ewes. My biggest ewe was a pure Belclare, but she got weeded. I now have big Belclare cross texel ewes. But I have to agree with the other poster you don't always need big ewes.


  • #9
    stantheman1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 435 ✭✭stantheman1979


    ganmo wrote: »
    in terms of animal breeding big ewes = quick growing lambs
    about an 80% correlation

    In terms of animal breeding a milky ewe no matter what breed/size=quick growing lambs. Plus the belclare will rear two lambs. These big ewes running around with one lamb are a waste of time. Her lamb is only paying for herself no margin in that!!!


  • #10
    farmerjoe50
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭farmerjoe50


    https://www.belclaresheep.org/breeders


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