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} return bundle._id === id; \u0026amp;quot;She has her own sheep on the farm, a couple of pedigree Beltex. fireProductClickEvent(function () { return item.value; updateSubscriberCookie({ const badges = getBadgesForEl(el); We shear all the ewes a month before tupping time. attributeFilter: ['class'], if (typeof bundleExpires[priceId] != "undefined") { "Hoggs almost spit out Beltex lambs. element.classList.add('fp-prevent-html-replace'); el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href = el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href + '&returnURL=' + returnURL; setPriceSelected(selectedPrice._id); I don't think they can be bettered overall as a choice for ewe lambs. window.dataLayer.push({ : getPricesByBadge(); } else if (purchase.badge['print_annual'] && purchase.badge['print_annual'] == true) { Commentdocument.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a4bcd05e38976d95cddbdc94110fa7c7" );document.getElementById("i04344422b").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Learn Natural Farming is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[468,60],'learnnaturalfarming_com-medrectangle-1','ezslot_5',172,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-learnnaturalfarming_com-medrectangle-1-0');report this ad. return 'home-delivery'; element.closest('.field1').classList.toggle('-blank', element.classList.contains('StripeElement--empty')); } "She has a lovely way about her with stock and she has the sheep dog here, Bonnie. } Scanning results showed quite a lot of triplets, so these ewes were given high-energy blocks before housing, says Mr Towers. const badgeElement = el.querySelector(`[data-badge="${badge}"]`); (returnURL || member_redirect)) { eventTimeout: 2000, adElem.style.top = '10px'; eventTimeout: 2000, const urlQueryString = window.location.search; window.dataLayer.push({ else { if (!isShopFront) { Jeremy Hunt looks at how two producers are operating their systems. const item = setPriceSelected(priceID); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. const pair = param.split('='); bundle: 'premium-plus', }; }); if ((isShopFront || isUpgrades || isCoupons) && !disableRedirect) { } else if (window.location.href.indexOf("#monthly") > -1) { With the early lamb crop ready for market he is now turning his } if (userHasLoggedIn === true) { snack_bar_success_message: 'Welcome! \u0026amp;quot;It\u0026#039;s three weeks or a month before they are left out full-time. adElem.style.width = (rect.width) + 'px'; The Beltex sired lambs are born with ease and are thrifty. In moment of madness (well it seems to be now) I bought 3 pedigree beltex ewes to have as something nice to look at out the window and maybe get the odd ram out of them to put back to the mules. Co Down fisherman Edward Nicholson and his wife Shirley chose window.loadGTM = function () { premium_content_by_id: "flip-pay", if (badges.indexOf('featured') > -1) { mutations.forEach((mutation) => { We stop selling when rates start to fall. The big advantage of these Beltex lambs is that we can keep them until Christmas and then sell them again without having to worry about them being too fat.. if (priceA.badges['premium'] && priceB.badges['home-delivery']) { return 'upgrade_flow'; }); const cookieData = updateSubscriberCookie(event.detail.object); "We average a 150 per cent lambing but the hoggs can easily look after two Beltex lambs and we find that unlike some other sires, these crosses aren't such a strain on the hoggs. That covers the fodder beet I feed in late winter and the cost of about eight weeks of winter grazing at 65p a week a ewe. } }; const showOrderSummary = function (node, priceId) { if (! } else { eventAction: 'auth', const subscribeButton = el.querySelector('.button1:not([style^="display: none"])'); return; return 'premium'; flipPayConfig = Object.assign(flipPayConfig, { Today, he keeps 60 pedigree ewes - a mixture of Charollais, Beltex and Rouge - as well as 230 commercial ewes. const updateSubscriberCookie = function (purchase) { } if (document.getElementById("crosswords") !== null && document.getElementById("crosswords").dataset.src !== null) { window.location.href = flipPayConfig.successful_upgrade_redirect_url; } After that, lambs are relying less on milk and more on creep. premium_content_redirect_url = 'https://member.independent.ie/'; if (priceA.badges['premium'] && priceB.badges['premium-plus']) { google_ad_slot = "8164490658"; } var badgeToUse = ''; This year 130 ewes were lambed in February and their Beltex-sired lambs will be marketed as soon as special sales for lightweight export lambs are under way. vars.article.userWall = 'none'; } node.removeAttribute('hidden'); His daughter Stephanie and granddaughter Chloe, who is 12, help out on the farm when they can. badgeToFilterBy = 'shopfront'; if (fn) { if (!priceID) { } step: 1 } }) } const listenForGigyaEvents = function () { } catch (e) { A night-time lambing assistant is employed for the four days lambing time in early December. return; } The lambs In mid-May, Mr Brown made his first lightweight export sales draw of the season. if (window.innerWidth > 900) {
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At the time, they had drystock, with a little bit of dairying, but that wasn\u0026#039;t for Hugh, 59, and he developed a sheep flock. const addShopFrontClasses = function (el) { Urethane round belts are elastomeric belts, meaning they are designed to stretch, so they do not require a belt tensioner. label = 38943275 successful_upgrade_redirect_url = decodeURIComponent(returnURL); return bundles.filter(function (bundle) { selectedPrice = getBundleById(priceIdFromUrl); } Sheep are hard enough work without that hassle. setTimeout(function () { } return Object.keys(bundle.badges).includes(badgeToUse); var collection = '#vbmztjik-oqzyzau9-bciaxrrz'; const getEcommerceEventCategory = function () { let bundleExpires = []; grazing in Co Down. list: getListName() The aim is to feed the lamb and get the ewe off supplementary feed as soon as we can. } Lambing starts on 1 April, with half the flock bred pure and the rest put to Oxford Down and Texel tups. }; badgeToUse = badge; Heavenly Hemp Dog Treats: 7 Ways to Spoil Your Furry Friend, Everything You Should Know About Farm Dog, Can Goats Eat Chocolate? el.querySelector('button[data-price_id]').style.display = 'none'; Beltex breed was developed mainly as a terminal sire for crossbreeding with British and half-bred continental sheep. : [], return bundle_info; return hash.substr(1) redirectToShopFrontWelcomePage(); const products = selectedPrice.placeholder_prices.length > 0 Edward is a fisherman sailing from Kilkeel on a regular basis Both rams and ewes are generally polled. for (const key in prices) { In a bid to reduce lambing problems and improve the carcase conformation of the resultant progeny, Robert then opted to try the Beltex over his May lambing Mules. } Some of the cross-bred lambs are sold off their mothers in mid-July and the rest are weaned at the end of the month. return false; They have a remarkable growth rate despite being born little.. All the ewes are lambed inside. window.dataLayer[0].user.registrationDate = user.created; Any smaller and well-shaped lambs are kept on the farm through until January and are finished with the addition of Harbro pellets. if (event.detail.object.google_showcase_requested === true) { } ? Texel shearings to a texel tup can have difficult lambings so we use a lleyn tup on those with good results. They remain on the concentrate for about four weeks after lambing. 'shopfront_annual_header_subscribe' : 'shopfront_annual_subscribe'; product.quantity = 1; const isHomeDelivery = false; Wide enough to pass the lambs! From mid-June onwards, a percentage of the Beltex-sired lambs from the largest March-lambing flock will be sold at the lightweight export sales, weighing up to 35kg. window.dataLayer[0].article.wallVisible = 'false'; ecommerce: { If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. It is a hybrid of Belgian and Texel variety, and the breed's name represents the breed's origins as a Belgian Texel offshoot. } if (userHasLoggedIn === true) { 'home-delivery': 'fp_refresh_price_only', if (accessObject.hasOwnProperty('granted_by_google_showcase')) { 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); if (now.getTime() > item.expiry) { vars.article.wallVisible = ! The Beltex sheep are medium to large sized animals. } else if (node.id === 'fp-tog-anch-2') { purchase.original_start_at = purchase.start_at; premium_content_redirect_url = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium/'; return; Years ago we lambed the commercial sheep in February and March, but putting them back to April means they are straight out to grass. 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