Commercial Lleyn Crosses - The Lleyn has Crossing Ability
The Lleyn ewe is easily crossed with any terminal sire to produce a quality and consistent prime lamb, which will attract a premium in any market. By crossing the Lleyn ewe you can add value to your prime lambs or store lamb sales. The Lleyn is suited to be crossed with any ram and the female progeny are suitable to be retained or sold for further breeding.
Here we take a look at various breeds of ram put over the Lleyn ewe and what you can expect.
Texel X Lleyn
The Texel onto the Lleyn ewe produces a lamb with good conformation and shape. They are 'sharp on their feet and quick to suck'
Texel cross lambs put condition on and weigh well on the scales. Texel lambs can be sold as light weight lambs or taken onto heavy lambs. They finish easily. Texel x Lleyn females lambs can be used as a female breeding ewes, they are flashy and attractive always catching your eye.
For videos and farm features of flocks using Texel rams over Lleyn ewes
Suffolk X Lleyn
The Suffolk on the Lleyn ewe produces a fast growing lamb that has length and conformation. Can easily achieve 40kg live weight but can be taken to much heavier weights if desired.
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Beltex X Lleyn
The Beltex is renowned for its carcase traits, when crossed with the Lleyn the ewe will milk the lambs well helping growth whilst the Beltex will help give confirmation and high killing out percentages.
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Blue Texel X Lleyn
The Blue Texel onto a Lleyn ewe produces shapely white lambs with excellent conformation.
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Charollais X Lleyn
The Charollais onto the Lleyn ewe produces a very tight skinned saleable prime lamb, good to fatten with good growth rates.
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Hampshire Down X Lleyn
The Hampshire onto the Lleyn produces a good framed lamb that has very good growth rates. When crossed onto a Lleyn ewe the Hampshire Down can improve finishing times of prime lambs. READ MORE>>
Bluefaced Leicester x Lleyn
The Bluefaced Leicester ram put over the Lleyn ewe produces a white faced, tight skinned long and fast growing lamb. The male lambs consistently kill out at R3L and the female lambs make excellent cross bred ewes inheriting the maternal attributes of the Lleyn. This cross works well when put back to a terminal sire to produce outstanding prime lambs.
Other LLeyn Crosses
The Lleyn ewe works well crossed with any ram. Here are a few more crosses that have be used well with success. READ MORE>>
You should choose the sire that suits your system and provides for your needs. What may suit one producer may not suit another.