100% NZ Grass Fed Terminal and Maternal Rams 

COVID-19 Sale Arrangments 2020

Our main priority is to be fully complient with the current GOV.UK recomenadations to prevent the spread of corona virus and to save lives.

If Social Distancing continues throughout the year we will make arrangements for Purchasers to inspect a selection of rams on farm in an isolated and safe manner or we also continue selecting rams on your behalf... Continue reading here

100% Pure New Zealand Rams For Profitable Sheep Production in a Subsidy Free World

WHY  OVER 1000 SHEEP FARMERS CHOSE AN EASYRAM

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WHY over 1000 SHEEP FARMERS CHOSE US?

EasyRams Reputation

      REPUTATION: 3 generations of our family have been selling high quality rams for almost 70 years.

EasyRams first to import

     THE FIRST: We were the first to source, import and breed 100%  pure NZ Suffolk, Texel, Sufftex and EasyDam sheep in the UK.

EasyRams Expertise

     EXPERTISE:  We have sold nearly 4000 NZ EasyRam tups to  over 1000 clients over the last 15 years. We are the NZ experts.

EasyRams is a family run business

     FAMILY RUN BUSINESS: The business is run entirely by the Hulme family. No salesmen, no auctioneers. 

EasyRams are 100% grass fed

     Our 100% grass fed rams  never melt, live longer and are more fertile.

EasyRams will halve your tupping team

     Your tupping team will be halved  as our rams serve more ewes and live longer.

EasyRams reduce dead and hung lambs

     More live lambs sold. Less dead and hung lambs. 

EasyRams Rams offer top performance

     Your RAMS will ‘Do what it says on the tin’.

EasyRams of 3 guarantees for peace of mind

     Our 3 GUARANTEES for your peace of mind.

EasyRams 3 Warranties
EasyRams 2 year service warranty

      2 Service season WARRANTY against death

EasyRams money back guarantee

      UNIQUE MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

Texel Throt FOC replacement

      Texel throat. 

  • If your newly purchased EasyRam dies from natural causes before he has completed 2 seasons full work, he will be replaced FOC.


  • If your EasyRam does not make you more money than your current rams over the first 3 years of use then we GUARANTEE that we will return your purchase price in full. THE PROOF IS IN THE PROGENY.


  • If any Texel ram ever dies from this, he will be replaced FOC.
EasyRams 3 Warranties
Texel Throt FOC replacement

Texel throat. 

EasyRams money back guarantee

UNIQUE MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

EasyRams 2 year service warranty

2 Service season WARRANTY against death

  • If your newly purchased EasyRam dies from natural causes before he has completed 2 seasons full work, he will be replaced FOC.


  • If your EasyRam does not make you more money than your current rams over the first 3 years of use then we GUARANTEE that we will return your purchase price in full. THE PROOF IS IN THE PROGENY.


  • If any Texel ram ever dies from this, he will be replaced FOC.

Experienced Knowledgeable Stocks People. We are problem solvers not just ram sellers helping you to work smarter not harder. 

EasyRams is one of the UK’s largest ram sellers and is run by the Hulme family. The business was established 15 years ago to import, breed and sell 100% pure NZ Rams thus supplying the functional low labour requiring sheep that have become New Zealand’s hallmark over the last 50 years. Robyn has been breeding and selling top quality pedigree stock for over 40 years and Nick has been fully involved for 15 years.

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Your Questions answered about Easydams / Maternal Rams / Terminal Rams

EasyRams maternal rams
  • Question 1: I am fed up buying rams that when put to ewes either melt or even worse melt and die. Why are your tups different?

    Answer: Our rams are all grass fed. They have never seen concentrates in their life and they are bred from many generations of sheep similarly managed in New Zealand.


    When heavily corned rams are put in with ewes it can take up to 6 weeks for their digestion system to swap from digesting concentrates to forage.


    During this one time of the year, when they have to work, they are literally starving as their stomach cannot cope with the grass until the digestive processes change. EasyRams have no such check and indeed we have many reports of am lambs weighing more when taken from the ewes than when put into them.

EasyRam sufftex and texel maternal rams
  • Question 2: I am fed up pulling hung lambs. How do I know your rams will get rid of this problem?

    Answer: New Zealand flocks are much larger and the labour used is much lower than in the UK. So lambing ease and lamb survival is one of the biggest requirements of all New Zealand Flock masters.


    To optimise lambing ease Kiwi sheep have fine heads and shoulders and no short thick necks. Their bodies are also Wedge Shaped being wide and deep at the backend and then tapering as you approach the head with fine shoulders and not an over deep brisket.


    Lambs born quickly and easily are the quickest to get up and suck.


    Over 80% of EASYRAM TUPS ARE used on OUTDOOR lambing flocks many in the harder parts of the UK.

maternal rams texel sheep, maternal  suffolk rams, maternal sufftex rams
  • Question 3: How can I finish more lambs off grass as quickly as possible ? WHY WILL EASYRAM TUPS HELP ME?

    Answer: To get lambs to grow quickly and finish off grass you need 2 things:


    • The correct genetics that allows a lamb to convert grass into meat as quickly as possible.
    • The RIGHT AMOUNT of grass of THE RIGHT QUALITY ie it must be HIGHLY DIGESTIBLE.

    Why are lambs sired by EasyRam tups better at finishing off grass?


    WHAT HAPPENED IN NZ?


    Because for the last 60 years progressive NZ breeders managed selected and culled their flocks under a system that mirrored their clients’ management. NZ ram breeders NEVER use concentrates or cereals as part of their normal feeding regime ( except possibly in extreme droughts)

    Science proven Performance Recording became the norm and resulted in measurably more efficient and productive animals over each decade.

    • Increased Rumen Volume proved to be necessary. A better performance required a bigger engine to process pasture, as pasture is the diesel of animal productivity.
    • Superior performers were those that could compete in large grazing mobs. The adoption of rotational grazing meant that the most competitive grazers were the best performers.

    WHAT  HAPPENED IN UK?

    All UK Terminal rams and the majority of UK Maternal or Hill rams will have been fed concentrates at some time in their lives and if not in theirs then definitely their sires/G Sires will have been selected for their ability to thrive and grow on hard feed.

    The result is sheep with small rumens ( no belly no gut and all the other show ring favourite terms) that are designed to convert cereals and not grass into meat in a word they have the constitution of a pig.


    WHAT HAPPENS AT EASYRAMS?

    • Rams eat zero concentrates
    • Rams graze grass all year except winter forage from Jan to late march.
    • All our sheep rotationally graze
    • Our sheep run in large mobs of 400/500 sheep +
    • Any EasyRam sheep that does not thrive on grass is culled ( IT IS NOT FED EXTRA CAKE)

    INDEPENDENT PROOF

    The Irish Agricultural research organisation Teagasc have been comparing NZ Suffolks and Texels with Irish Suffolks and Texels at Athenry in Co Galway for the last 4 years. Irish Suffolk and Texel genetics are identical to those found in the UK.

    1 group of NZ sheep were compared with High and Low Performance Index Irish sheep.

    Finnish OFF Grass NZ Irish Hi Irish Lo

    % off Grass 96% 82% 69% The balance needed cereals to finish


    Days to Slaughter 160 165 175

    Lifetime Av DLWG 256 245 232


EasyRam maternal rams and terminal rams
  • Question 4: Can I make more money out of my hill ewes by using an EasyRam instead of using a BFL or a hill tup?

    Answer: This is now a very frequent question particularly from Welsh Hill clients. We know from feedback that our EasyRams will survive and thrive on hills throughout the UK.


    Their x bred lambs will finish both quicker and heavier than hill lambs. Many clients are keeping up to half their flocks pure for replacements and then putting the bottom half to a terminal rm.


    EasyRam tups produce lambs that are easily born, great survivors, hardy and grow well on upland grass farms. This attributes make them unique amongst current UK Terminal rams.

EasyRam maternal Suffolks don't have dirty back ends
  • Question 5: I am tired of buying Suffolks that are black at both ends or Texels that go lame or sire ewes with mastitis. How are EasyRams different if their breeds are the same?

    ANSWER 1: Dirty back ends are a thing of the past with EasyRam NZ Suffolks. Although all NZ Suffolks originated from sheep imported from the UK during the first half of the last century, they have been bred totally differently to their UK cousins. Here Daggy ram or ewe lambs are culled NOT washed for sale.


    ANSWER 2: NZ Texels have much better feet and a much smaller tendency to mastitis than their UK cousins. The first flock we imported our Texels from was run by a Welsh expat. He ran 1000 Pedigree ewes as a part time flock ( he had a full time day job ) and had an annual drug and vet med bill of UNDER £100 for the whole flock.


    Large flocks allied to ruthless culling for basic faults that require extra labour if treated mean that NZ genetics have moved massively away from the UK. Economic pressures over the last 35 years have driven this step change.


    EasyRams tups produced in one of the UK’s largest ram breeding flocks follow the NZ protocols for culling and selection and clients have the resulting benefits.

maternal rams with 100% NZ genetics
  • Question 6: My ewes are getting too Texelly as I have put Texel rams on Texel X ewes. Problems are increasing but I like Texel X ewe so what can I do to reduce my problems?

    Answer: New Zealand Texels are obviously still Texels even though they originated from Finland and Denmark ( the only Scrapie free countries in Europe in the 1980’s.) By using a NZ Texel on your UK Texel X ewes you are virtually crossing with a different breed.


    You will still end up with a “Texel” and a sheep that looks like a “Texel”. We expect the wethers to finish quicker off grass quicker than their UK equivalents.


    The females will have much bigger a straighter Pelvises for easier and quicker lambing, better feet and much less mastitis.

EasyRam maternal rams are guaranteed
  • Question 7: What is the difference between EasyRam tups and rams from other large scale producers of grass fed rams in the UK?

    Answer: By only using New Zealand Sheep Genetics we believe that we are able to short circuit and hopefully exceed flock improvements,that can only be achieved in the UK through massive investments in recording and selection and or by scale


    We believe that all UK rams, regardless of how they are managed now, have been originally bred from what in NZ terms would be considered very small and traditional ram breeders. Our sheep on the other hand have all come from very large scale operators, who have not only relied on high levels of traditional and novel recording, but who have also thrived and succeeded over the last 35 years when 80% of all ram breeders in New Zealand disappeared.


    Our NZ partner, Murray Rohloff, was a leading sheep researcher and then one of the most influential ram breeders operating in New Zealand over the last 35 years. His experience, industry knowledge and contacts have been vital in pointing us towards the absolute top operators in the Ram Breeding world in New Zealand.


    This very large selection of contacts that we have made over the last 14 years means that we are accessing the very best genetics both in terms of physical performance and functionality. These are the benefits we offer to the UK sheep industry.

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