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| At Foot Flats Farm we run a commercial flock of over a thousand ewes. The ewes are half Coopworth, quarter Dorset, quarter Romanov. Our philosophy is based on the New Zealand style easy-care, low labour and input system with an emphasis on matching the ewe’s production requirements to seasonal grass growth (hence the use of New Zealand Coopworths). The ewes are all lambed on pasture in May. Despite our long winters the concept of matching lambing to grass growth applies as strongly here as in New Zealand for building a consistently profitable system. |
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selection process for our replacement ewe lambs is rigorous and
as a personal philosophy we will not sell ewe lambs for breeding
stock unless we would be prepared to keep them ourselves. Ewes must
raise lambs as Hoggets (i.e. at a year old). If we have to assist
any ewe with lambing or mothering up, she and her offspring will
be subsequently culled. If their foot conformation is poor they
are culled. We do not have to trim feet. We do not select replacement
ewe lambs from a ewe until she is lambing in the flock for the third
time and has therefore proved her worth over two lambing seasons. |
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| Our first and second time lambing ewes are mated to Border Cheviot rams. The smaller lambs and their vigour at birth are advantages for the young ewes and the offspring grow into a small, well-muscled carcass that suits the ethnic market. We run a small flock of 50 purebred non-registered Border Cheviot ewes to produce our Border Cheviot rams and we do have rams for sale. For prices and more information, please contact us. |
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