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Lincs Quality Beef Lamb & Pork Christmas Carcase Show 2008

In this competition we entered one carcase, which achieved Supreme Champion. The other four carcases in the top 5 were sired by rams purchased from our flock. Our breeding has focused on producing good carcased animals, I am thrilled with these results as they confirm the progress we have made.

NSA Event of 2008
Three Counties Showground

Charles Harding president of the Suffolk Sheep Society invited me to take two rams to place on the CTS stand at the NSA event on the 30th July. It was an extremely well attended event with many showing interest at the stand. I was delighted to be invited to the event and throughly enjoyed the day.

Ortum Sheep Go Abroad

In 2007 three rams were sold to Northern Ireland, and progeny results were good, with Ortum 444 [J6] now holding 11th position for stock sires, both Ortum five hundred and Ortum magic both achieving figures on the second page.

In 2008 10 shearling ewes and 2 rams were exported to Holland. I am looking forward to reading about their progeny.

Top recorded ram lamb of 2007
sired by Supersire '06 above

Supersire 2006

Ortum Supersire 2006 top recorded ram of 2006, with scan weight 13.86kg muscle depth of 6.89mm and fat depth 0.87mm. He was sire of the top recorded ram lamb of 2007 sold at Shrewsbury for 5200gns, see below. Gigot score for Ortum Supersire 2006 is 8.17 top of breed.

Ortum Supershire 2006 Scan

Ortum Supersire 2005 Scan

Supersire 2005

Ortum Supersire 2005 8th highest recorded ram of year with the deepest muscle depth of 7.60mm and 12.96kg growth rate however his fat scan let him down being 1.38mm.Supersire 2005

Recently produced Rams by the Ortum flock

In both 2005 and 2006 Ortum rams were selected as Supersires by the sire reference group. Both sons of Ortum tops 2004 which I considered a plain but well fleshed animal. He was the 5th highest figured ram of 2004 with good growth rate and the top figured muscle depth of 6.78mm astonishing, (average for year was 3.63).