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TEXELS: are the key to survival

Healy who farms outside Millstreet, Co. Cork knows what he wants when it comes to sheep farming. In a recent interview he outlines the many advantages of using Texel rams on his flock of 254 ewes which he runs on his all sheep farm that rises to a height of 1100 feet above sea level

FLOCK MANAGEMENT

The flock is run on 58 acres owned and 15 acres rented. The ewes start lambing on the 18th March and 90% of the lambing takes place within 17 days. Ewes are housed before lambing and, 4 - 5 days after lambing, they turned out to the fields. All triplet ewe lambs are marked at birth and when lamb sales start in August, if any of these marked ewe lambs are in the firs  ...more »

Date Published: 01/06/2010