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NZ Texels
EasyRam NZ Maternal Texel Rams.Grass Fed. Outdoor Born.
A true dual purpose (maternal) Texel for improved lamb survivability and extra meat yield.
Your NZ Maternal Texel ram is ideal for use on all types of ewe and particularly for low input outdoor lambing scenarios and where ewes are getting ‘Too Texelly’.
- There is no more ‘Texel scanning % drop’. NZ Texel X ewes will scan and rear more lambs than their UK cousins. Our 300 + NZ Texel ewes scan at 195%.
- EasyRam NZ Texel x ewes are great mothers with strong maternal instincts.
- EasyRam NZ Texel x ewes have far fewer lambing problems and lower lamb losses as she has a much larger and more upright pelvis than her UK equivalent.
- EasyRam NZ Texel x ewes have reduced Mastitis, foot issues and worms.
- EasyRam NZ Texel x ewes are great foragers for maintaining better body condition score.
- EasyRam NZ Texel x ewes are quiet and easily worked.
EasyRam MATERNAL Texel X ewes are totally different to their UK equivalents in terms of performance and maternal functionality.
NZ Dual Purpose/Maternal Texels, sourced originally from Scandinavia (exporting countries had to be Scrapie Free in the 1980’s).
They have never been selected for bonny heads, bare skins or ultra-muscly back ends, nor are they bred as a by-product of a terminal breed as in the UK. Instead, they are selected for their economic efficiency both in terms of productivity and labour reduction.
If you want to run a flock of Texel X ewes then you should be using the NZ Texel to give you a flock of hardy easily managed maternal, who will outperform their UK cousins on every count, while producing lambs that ‘Look like Texels’ in the live market.
Ideal NZ Texel X ewes:
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Our EasyRam Texels are being used throughout the UK particularly in the more challenging areas on the West of Scotland, Northern England, Wales and the Moorland in the South West.
Sensible sized lambs that do not get wedged at birth and large pelvices in the NZ Texel X ewes make them ideal for outdoor lambing.
Lleyns.
Faster growing with better conformation than a pure Lleyn means that EasyRams Texels are rapidly becoming the crossing breed of choice for this popular breed. Ideal for forage only systems and the EasyRam Texel X Lleyn daughters are proving very popular being as productive as their dams and hardier.
Mules
The EasyRam Texel is the ideal choice to go on a mule when females are retained. Less mastitis and foot problems make them the ideal Texels X Mule females and good thick birth coats mean less lambs lost at birth.
NZ Texels are particularly popular for putting on UK Texels X Mule ewes or any type of ewe that is becoming too “Texelly” with their associated management problems.
Romneys
EasyRams Texels are the ideal ram to optimise natural hardiness and low labour requirements of the modern Romney. Their daughters have all the hardiness and low labour requirements of the Romney without the hassle off “all that wool”! Every year we have requests for NZ Romtex ewes that we cannot fill.
WARRANTY 1
If any EasyRam Tup dies from natural causes before the end of his second service season after purchase, he will be replaced FOC, and no questions asked. So, any ram bought in 2021 will be replaced FOC if he dies before 31 Dec 2022 from natural causes. * *This is subject to vaccinations against Clostridial diseases and Pasteurella being full up to date.
WARRANTY 2
If any EasyRam NZ Texel Ram ever dies from texel throat throughout his life he will be replaced FOC.
NZ TEXEL SELECTED MATERNAL TRAITS
- Prolificacy. Our pure NZ Texels regularly scan at 190%-195%. The GDF9 fertility gene is present in some of our Texels.
- Bigger Pelvis area contributes 60% of lambing ease. Our NZ Texels have larger Pelvises than their UK cousins making them ideal ewes for outdoor lambing.
- Upright Pelvis makes for easier lambing. The more rounded gigot shape sought in the UK Texel type ewe results from the forward rotation of the pelvis, reducing the size of the aperture through which the lamb must be born.
- Wedge shape. Finer shoulders and shallower brisket at front and deeper and wider at rear. No blocky heads short necks and thick shoulders causing hung lambs.
- Vigour of the ewe breed and of the lamb’s sire’s breed has a major affect on the birthing success or failure. A more vigorous lamb is less likely to be presented incorrectly.
- Good birth coats and thick skins are major contributors to the NZ Texel ability to improve lamb survivability.NZ Texel breeders have no time for peeling or thin skinned Texels.
- Survivability. Texel genetics has been introduced into many NZ flocks due to good birth coats, thick skins, and high levels of brown fat at birth combining to give improved lamb survivability.
- Moderate sized lambs for optimum lambing ease.
- Udder structure, teat placement and mastitis reduction all are improved by careful selection and culling of susceptible maternal sire lines.
- Reduced mastitis.
- Good Foot structure reduces footrot and scald and makes foot trimming redundant.
- Wool. NZ farmers do not like unnaturally tight wool that cannot breathe and holds a high amount of suint (lanolin, proteins and urea) which attract flies.
- Mature Size: For over 25 years tools for reducing or maintaining mature ewe size have been available within SIL evaluations. The nutritional cost of feeding a large ewe and the reduction in stocking rates far outweighs any increase in any final cull value.
- Maternal Recording. All our EasyRam NZ Texel sheep are recorded for maternal traits including prolificacy, lamb survival, Growth and Adult size and all rams carry their own individual SIL Maternal Index.
