Langford Pedigree Rouges
Initially it had been a 160 acre dairy farm but land lords did not want to re let as a dairy farm . The whole area was owned by ICI who were involved in brine extraction and there were plans to flatten the farm buildings .
John took the farm on initially with just 11 acres with the rest of the area managed by the owners on a stewardship basis ; however , it was not that effective and the area looked a mess for some 10 years . John is now up to 120 acres all on short term lease . Inovyn now own the land and the brine operation and John says they are excellent landlords . There was a lot of work to mainly with the land – basically there wasn ’ t a fence in sight and barely any hedges . John has spent three to four thousand a year establishing fencing and hedges and it has meant that fields have been grazed hard .
The sheep flock was initially made up of all sorts of crossbreds about 300 - basically whatever they could afford . John became interested in the Rouge ’ s because of their easy lambing and ability to get up and suck quickly . John buys about 150-200 Mule gimmer lambs a year from Kirby Stephen and Bentham Auction Mart .
Today his flock is around 650 North Country Mules with April outdoor lambing as the buildings only house about 100 . He has about 100 Rouge ewes that lamb inside early March . The flock spend part of their time on the home farm and majority of there time on Tabley park and the Cheshire Showground , which entails a fair amount of transport . For the week of lambing they are all brought back to the farm and after lambing they are pure grass-fed . From late July- August they are sold mainly deadweight to the Two Sisters Food Group which is conveniently has a collection centre a mile away . Out of 650 that lambed only 10
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