Blog - Maternal Sheep Group
What we do with the numbers? – Tony Offland, Harper Adams
I look after Harper Adams University’s 1,000 Lleyn ewes. The flock was set up in 2008 and has gradually increased to its current size over the last 10 years. It is a self-replacing flock, with rams bought-in, and runs over 120 ha of reclaimed coal ground in...
What happens with the data? – Samuel Boon, Signet Breeding Services Manager
Sheep breeders spend a huge amount of time and energy collecting data through mating, lambing and during the growing season to evaluate the performance of their flock. Details of the lambs’ parents and grandparents, their litter mates and weights at birth, eight and...
How we record lambs outside – Barry and Elizabeth Sangster
The full blog plus photos is available by clicking this link - How we record lambs outside - BLOG 2 We lambed around 200 recorded Easy Care ewes and ewe lambs this season. We singled sired mated for 18 days and then used Hampshire rams as sweepers for the last 12 days...
Who is the Maternal Sheep Group? – Bobby Lennox, Chair
Who is the Maternal Sheep Group? – Bobby Lennox, Chair The Maternal Sheep Group came together in 2012 with performance recording Blackface breeders joining with wool shedding Easy Cares to share areas common to maternal performance recording. Recently they have been...
Blackface Sheep
Six members of the Maternal Sheep Group are focussing on shedding... read more>
Easy Care Sheep
Four members of the Maternal Sheep Group are focussing on... read more>
Lleyn Sheep
Three members of the Maternal Sheep Group are focussing... read more>