Martin and Kirsty Harvey run ‘Broadview’ which incorporates Paxton Stud (Border Leicesters, White Suffolks and Poll Dorsets) in Western Flat, South Australia.
They use Regulin because they get more lambs, but the compression in lambing is also a great benefit. In the video, Martin says:
“This year we’ve had a phenomenal lambing. We’ve never had so many lambs in such a short space of time, which for us is ideal, because when we’re selling rams we have an even drop and a really good selection of even rams for our clients.”
The Harveys have also used Regulin to synchronise the joinings of their different breeds, which means their stud rams are older at sale time.
“Our rams would be at least a month older than other studs’ Border Leicester rams, and the fact these rams are only 12-14 months old when we sell them, we implant them with Regulin before we sell them and they’re cherry ripe to go out and do the maximum amount of work.”
And it doesn’t stop there – they’ve also had success with their commercial flock and in particular with ewe lambs:
“Last year we got 92% of ewe lambs in lamb – which is extremely good for ewe lambs, and this year we got 96% conception in the ewe lambs and we’ve just marked 150%.”
Read more about the Harvey’s enterprise at: paxtonstud.com.au