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Servamus Meatmasters - About Us
We started farming with Meatmasters in April 2014. Our farm is situated close to Van Wyksdorp in the Klein Karoo, Western Cape. We get an average of 150-200 mm of rain per year, with very hot summers and very cold winters.
We are registered with the Meatmaster Association, and also with Studbook. Currently we operate with about 25% stud registered animals, but our intention is to increase it to 80% of our flock.
As we farm on only 418 hectare, we needed to farm with  sheep that can adjust to the extreme climate, mountain terrain, and at the same time farm intensively. With this in mind we have adopted an integrated approach to our feeding program where ewes will utilize 50% veld and river, 30% lucern pasture, and 20% full feeding whilst they are in lamb.
We operate on a 8 month lambing cycle. Al ewes are synchronized and is covered by our stud rams only. Young ewes which have not lambed before are brought in from the veld at 7 months to get synchronized, and stay on pastures for 14 days when we put the ram in for 24 hours. Purpose selected ram will stay with them for 34 days after the initial 24 hour period.They then return to the veld. We scan on 45 days, and any ewes not pregnant will be slaughtered or sold.
Four weeks before ewe is due to lamb, we will bring ewes to kraal, where they will receive lamb pills, lucern bales and Maxiblock. This is done to ensure ewe is in top condition, as we strive for multiple lambs, and ewes must have enough milk to ensure healthy lambs. Our mortality rate of lambs is therefore very low.
Ewes will lamb together (groups of around 25 ewes) in a kraal. Lambs will receive creep feeding from day 10. Ewes will continue to receive feeding as before they lambed. Once again, we are doing this to ensure ewe stay in condition, as we will synchronize the ewes after 60 days of lambing, and receive the ram. We wean on 90 days, and ewes will return to the veld and the whole cycle is repeated. Inter lam period is therefore low which increase profitability.
Ons het begin boer met Meatmasters April 2014. Ons plaas is gelee naby Van Wyksdorp in die Klein Karoo - Wes Kaap. Ons ontvang gemiddeld sowat 150-200 mm reen per jaar, met baie warm somers, en koue winters.
Ons is geregistreer by die Meatmaster Assosiasie asook by Stamboek. Huidiglik is sowat 25% van ons kudde by stamboek geregistreer, maar ons beplanning is om dit te verhoog na 80%.
Aangesien ons boer op slegs 418 hektaar waarvan 70% berg gedeeltes is, was dit n noodsaaklikheid dat ons met skaap boer wat kan aanpas by die ekstreme weertoestande, die bergagtige veld, en gelyktydig intensief met hulle kan boer. Met bostaande in gedagte het ons ons voerprogram geintegreer vir beide iintensiewe en ekstensiewe toestande, waar ooie 50% veld en rivier, 30% lusern lande, en 20% volvoer sal ontvang in n lamsiklus.
Ons het n 8 maande lamstelsel. Alle ooie word gesinkroniseer, en word deur ons eie stoetramme gedek.Jong ooie wat eerste keer moet lam, word op 7 maande vanaf die veld gebring om gesinkroniseer te word, waarna hulle op lusern lande loop. Sponse word na 14 dae verwyder, en ram bygesit vir 24 uur. n Doel spesifieke ram sal dan vir 34 dae by die ooie gelos word. Na die dekking, gaan ooie en ram terug veld toe. Na 45 dae word die ooie ingebring om geskandeer te word. Enige ooie nie dragtig word verkoop, of geslag. Die seleksie verseker vrugbaarheid.
Vier weke voor lam word die ooie ingebring krale toe, waar hulle volvoer ontvang wat insluit lusernpille, mielies, lusern bale en maxiblok. Dit word gedoen om te verseker dat ooie in goeie kondisie is, en genoeg melk kan produseer vir tweelinge. Ons mortaliteit onder lammers is baie laag.
Ooie lam saam in groepe van ongeveer 25 in n kraal. Lammers ontvang kruipvoer vanaf 10 dae. Ooie ontvang volvoer soos voor hulle gelam het. Weereens om te verseker dat hulle kondisie handhaaf aangesien ons na 60 dae vanaf lam weer sinkroniseer, en dek. Ons speen op 90 dae, en die siklus word herhaal waar ooie teruggaan veld toe.
Interlam periode is daarom baie kort, en daarom is winsgewindheid groter.
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