Yes, you should leave your Barbado ram with the ewes for at least three weeks to ensure that the ram is present for one, preferably two estrus cycles.
The short ears could just simply be bad genetics. "Elf ears" are common in Barbado sheep but are discriminated against in the BBSAI registry. I don't know of any other sheep breeds with short ears, but I'm sure someone else on this list does.
You can find answers to many questions about Barbados Blackbelly and Barbado sheep at http://www.critterhaven.biz/faq.htm
Carol
At 08:48 PM 1/15/2004 -0800, Julie Rihawrote:
My barbados ewe is at a friends to be bred. She says I should leave my ewe there for 3 weeks, that it takes up to 17 days for her to go into heat once she is around a ram. From what I have read here previously, this does not sound right. Or is she?
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