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Pedigree Sheep

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  • 01-11-2021 2:15pm
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    JayBally
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭


    Been keeping commercial sheep for a couple of years I am a young farmer at 28 years old.

    I have always been interested in breeding and showing pedigree sheep, I know a lot of people would say your mad but I am not doing it for the money doing it for the passion and the social aspect.

    I am a big fan of texels so I am toying with purchasing in lamb ewes 5 hopefully so I can join the society and then buy a top top Ram next year at one of the sales retaining all ewe lambs born this year.

    just wondering if anyone has any advice for me?

    I have all the facilities to lamb indoors etc.

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    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,132 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058215893/pedigree-sheep

    a member of our lamb group bought three texel rams and lost the three of them to texel throat, a friend bought two texels and the lost the two at only two year old with texel throat. A lot of rams in the texel premier had breeding similar to my friend two rams.

    I'd hate to see a new breeder buy five ewes and with those breeidng lines so do your research, Talk to Willie Hutchinson in Kilkenny to get advice on avoiding texel throat, he's a very concientious texel breeder



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    JayBally
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭JayBally


    Thank you for the advice really appreciate it.

    I am not fully committed to Texel just want to go the pedigree route where there is a high demand for the offspring?



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