Our new Blue Texel ram lamb - Kips Farm
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So we bought a new tup/ram lamb - a Blue Texel - and he's a beautiful boy. And in this video I film some footage of him whilst I’m trying to train him to feed from a bucket.
I also explain why we always buy a ram lamb towards the end of tupping time (mating season for those not familiar with UK sheep farming lingo).
Plus, explain why I love Blue Texels and the Texel sheep breed.
This isn’t the first Blue Texel we have, he’s the second. But he’s a big lad, who we think will grow into a massive adult by next year. And importantly, we’re expecting him to throw some big lambs if he manages to serve the ewes this year.
/ @kippaxfarms5261
@rossholmes178 Жыл бұрын
Greetings from Australia...just discovered your channel and working through the vids...strong, good lookin' young fella you've got there...
@jenniferweigel821 3 жыл бұрын
He's gorgeous!
@kippaxfarms5261 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah he is stunning. His colours are much more distinct than our other Blue Texel. He won't produce many lambs this year as we're using him to finish any ewes which break at the end of tupping time. But next year he'll have his chance with many more. So it'll be 2022 when we really see what he's capable of. When it's lambing next year (2021) I plan to try and get some good footage of some of his lambs and our other Blue Texel lambs. So far the Blue Texels tend to produce more white lambs than black ones when mixed with our Mules, Suffolks, Texel ewes.
@towseeftowseef2056 3 жыл бұрын
I want some sheeps for breeding
@bg588 3 жыл бұрын
That is one hunk of a ram. As an Australian merino (wool sheep) breeder I don’t understand your term of ‘tups’. Are they different to rams?
@kippaxfarms5261 3 жыл бұрын
Hi BG. Tups = rams. The word tup is a slang term used in UK which means breeding rams. Likewise, you may hear UK breeders refer to the breeding season as 'tupping' time. Hope that makes things a tad clearer.
@laurielo5416 3 жыл бұрын
How much does your ram lamb weigh? He certainly is a gorgeous guy.
@kippaxfarms5261 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the compliment. We've not weighed him yet as we've had no real need too, but I would say he's only slightly smaller than most our ewes. Our ewes tend to weigh around 70kg, so I'd say this fella is probably between 55-65kg. He'll be fully grown around 3 yrs. They tend to grow taller the 2nd year and go a bit round. And then really fill out in the 3rd year and start to look bulky. You can tell just looking at his frame he's going to be a big guy. I think he'll be bigger than our older blue Texel. I'll try to get some footage of him at some point so you can compare the two.
@super_padge4595 3 жыл бұрын
But most importantly, what's his name?? Have a prize draw! 😀
@kippaxfarms5261 3 жыл бұрын
His name (which I couldn't remember when i filming) is Barnsey Erny. That's what came on the pedigree papers
@pearselarkin8292 3 жыл бұрын
Prepare for small lamb that take ages to finish.
@kippaxfarms5261 3 жыл бұрын
Really? This is our 2nd Blue Texel ram. We've had the other over 3 years now and have had no problems with the breed. We've found that the lambs finish at roughly the same rate as white Texels. For fast finishing lambs, we usually rely on Suffolk X Mule.
@yerman0564 3 жыл бұрын
If you breed small muscular lambs to tall lengthy sheep you tend to get a good solid mix of both.
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