A lot of people like to breed around 7 months, to lamb at around a
year(assuming it works schedule-wise). Some prefer to wait 6 months
to a year longer, to give the ewe a chance to get a little
bigger. This significantly raises the likelihood that she will have
twins or triplets her first freshening, which rarely happens with a
very young ewe. It is up to you, but the seem to do just fine
getting bred that young.
As for separating, there are three things I can think of:
a) Pen up your ram lambs and feed them grass hay
b) Divide your property into at least two areas, and run the rams in
one and the ewes in the other
c) Find a neighbor or friend with good fencing that will let you keep
the two ram lambs on their property
Julian
At 02:07 PM 8/13/2005, you wrote:
I also have a question for everyone. How young do you separate ram lambs
from ewe lambs? And at what age do you breed the ewe lambs? This
breed of sheep
seems to be somewhat different from anything else that I've ever raised, & I
was wondering if it's younger than usual?
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