I do the same with about 150 girls with my ram running year round. If a girl
comes in he will run the babies off. This normally occurs at about 6 weeks.
Good luck Nancy
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Michael, about your comments to Peter on keeping a ram with the ewes
continually. ?I have a small flock, one ram and 4 ewes which have been
together for ten years in a two acre pasture. ?The ewes are bred at their
will and there are always between 4 and 8 lambs with those adults. ?If I
don't sell the lambs at 6 months, they keep on nursing and the mothers
refrain ?from getting pregnant twice a year. ?Having only one ram, this
has worked out very well for me since everybody is always happy and gets
along. ?If there is any conflict, it'll be with the ram starting to push
ram lambs around this time of year. ?No one ever gets hurt and the ram
lambs get butchered or sold then anyway. ?Maybe it's been easier for me
over all these years since I generally get a great majority of ewe lambs.
Rick Krach
Auburn, CA 95602
Thanks, Peter. I am excited to watch them grow up and always look
forward to Winter, when their coats and manes get really long.
Rams are great to have, but my only advice is, I think I would have a
hard time leaving one in a pasture by itself when not needed for
breeding. If you plan on awlays having your ewes bred, then of course,
he could stay with them. Having at least two or three seems like a
nice way to keep them--if you plan to practice some control over
breeding. Or I suppose, putting a wether in there with them might be a
good solution for companionship.
Plus, the fence-banging (neighbors can hear it), and the butting (can
result in broken horns, oh well), and the occasional eye getting
scratched. And they stink. Sounds "great", I know. :-)...But I
really like my boys a lot.
Yeah, Lucy the goat is very vocal, in general. I just thought her
sounds were kinda interesting, since sheep tend to be more demure
about being in heat.
_Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies.
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