There is regular participation in slaughter lamb competitions to determine
the quality of the carcasses. Our rams that are bred from the stud, are bred
with our commercial ewe's and it is the their lambs that is signed up for
the slaughter lamb competitions. This shows us the true impact of the
stud on our farm. It is very important for us to produce a good
slaughter lamb at a young age.
This lamb was the champion singlelamb for the lamb slaughter
competition held in Februarie 2008.
In 2004 the second and the third best lamb on the hook at the Nationals was produced from our commercial flock with a performance of 99.78% and 99.70% respectively .
In 2005 the fourth best group of four lambs also produced from the commercial flock with a performance of 96. 85%.
At present all animals are being marketed at GWK/LAW at De Aar and approximately 80% of the lambs qualify for ‘certified natural lambs after which they are then delivered to chain stores like Woolworths, Shoprite Checkers and Pick a Pay. These lambs must comply with a certain form and fat code to qualify and must be produced organically.
Ian Welsch from Nieu-Zeeland whom is known for measuring the eye muscle deepness and eye muscle width with a sonar already visited us a few times. Each time I have him measured all the rams to see which of them has good eye muscle and which not. His remark the last times (17. 07. 2007) has been: "Once again your results are execellent by industry standards". The descendants of Smokey, especially, have done well.
PRODUCTION AUCTION OF 50 RAMS AND 30 EWES WILL BE HELD IN KIMBERLEY AT THE KIMBERLEY AUCTION KRAAL ON Thursday 27 AUGUST 2009 AT 10 AM
THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANIMALS THAT WILL BE ON AUCTION.
All rams were on fieldtestphase for a minimum of 150 days. They were all
weighed on a monthly basis by GWK agent. Al the information was sent to the
Institute for Agricultural research in Middelburg (EC). Selection index
worked out for every animal there is as well as gram/day growth. The
selection index of every ram will be available on the day of auction and
will be sold with the ram.. The gram/day growth will also be available.
Some of the older rams were used with some of the commercial ewes after the
fieldtestphase. All rams will be either a 2tooth or still be a lamb at day
of auction.
All rams were already tested for Brucella Ovis and will also be tested
before the auction for fertility. All rams are tested yearly for Brucella
Ovis and none of our rams were ever tested positive for this disease. If you
require more information the health of our rams feel free to contact Nadia
Swanepoel our local livestock inspector on 053-6312592.
All the rams shall be conditioned for the auction, they will be in a good
condition, but not over fed.
If you have any enquiries relating to the rams and their indexes, you are more than welcome to contact me or to come and inspect them on the farm.
All of
the ewes that is up for auction will be young animals. Most of them will be
either scanned expecting or would have been with a ram.
Here is a few photo's of the rams that will be up on auction.
Ram no. 080019, His growth/day on the field was 200g/day.
Ram No. 080034with a selection index of 124
All ewes up for auction will be young ewes that walked with the ram and they will all be scanned and verified to be pregnant with young.
Indexes of all rams will be available from me for further enquiry.
Rams will be conditioned 8 weeks before the auction and will be in a good reproductive condition.
Some of the older rams was already used on some ewes (commercial and stud ewes) to calculate their breeding performance and to transfer the good genes to our own animals.
As the stud grows, it is important to me that the younger rams with the better genes transfer this to their descendants.
I had 9 animals in the National Field Ram auction and all 9 passed the test with flying colours.
Not one of them failed due to negative growth.
Rams that will be up for auction will either be lambs or 2 tooth. No older animals will be up for auction.
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