Maternal Rams
EasyRams Grass Fed Maternal Rams
Breeding your own replacements and having a self - replacing flock will save you money in the short term and provide you with a more profitable flock in the long term, whilst minimising the risk of bringing onto your farm diseases ( particularly the iceberg ones ) that could in the long term have a devastating effect on your flock’s profitability.
New Zealand flock masters over the last 35 years have reduced the national flock by half whilst maintaining the amount of sheep meat produced each year and have reduced the amount of labour used so that where 1 man shepherded 850 ewes in the mid 1980’s today that same 1 man will be looking after 3500 ewes.
These changes have been made possible by rigorous selection for good functional traits allied to detailed recording programmes to identify the very best genetics to use, all of which is only possible in a self-replacing flock.
Easyram Maternal Ram Sales
EasyRams have 3 alternatives of grass fed maternal rams to allow you to maintain a wholly or partially self - replacing flock. EasyDam maternal rams are a combination of genetics from 3 of the very best maternal ram flocks in New Zealand. They offer hybrid vigour from their 3 original breeds that have now been stabilised into the modern maternal composite that sits right at the top of the SIL Maternal rams rankings.
EasyDam lamb and shearling Maternal rams are new for 2020
NZ Texels have long been an essential part of their dam line breeding programmes and like NZ Suffolks they introduce to the UK sheep industry unrecognisable levels of good maternal rams behaviour allied to physical characteristics such as Large pelvises and fine shoulders, that lead to easily born vigorous lambs that have excellent survivability even in harsh hill country. Large rumens and great grazing abilities lets ewes sired by these maternal rams maintain very good BCS throughout the year. Good feet structure and broad sound teeth and a natural aversion to mastitis provide you with sound long living ewes from all our 100% NZ Grass fed Maternal rams for sale.
All maternal rams sold have a full Maternal Index from SIL allowing you to select the rams with the very best breeding potential ( For more info see recording
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BEWARE OF FAKE NZ SUFFOLKS
There is increasing reference in the Press to “New Zealand Suffolks” or “Part New Zealand Suffolk” or “New Zealand SuffolkType”. This description is often used to describe maternal rams that are at best 50% NZ and often even less. Remember a 66% NZ Suffolk used on a UK Suffolk only sires a 33% NZ Suffolk ram. WE KNOW THESE ARE NOT THE REAL DEAL. So BEWARE and only buy the genuine product from EASYRAMS.
