So, I have 4 acres with many many separate pastures with gates and
enclosures. I spent the morning first separating out the two ewes,
pasture by pasture (I don't have a chute system yet). I wanted to pair
these girls with Harpo an inexperienced but beautiful ram. They went
into a pasture right next
Hi Mike,
I can't help with the chute question but I suggest for accidental
breeding, use Lutalyse, which causes the ewe to expel the fertilized
egg. Use 3cc of Lutalyse at least 11 days after breeding. Less than 8
days doesn't work.
I had a similar breakout when I first started in sheep and
Hey Mike,
Im a polled blackbelly breeder so I don't have experience dealing with
horns, however I think I may have an answer for you.
Mary S. is going to have a long long influence within the blackbelly
world and this is a small example. She wrote about lambing pen panels
here:
http://www.
Sounds like you had quite an adventure. I am discovering that catch pens and
funneling chutes are extremely helpful :-)
Jann
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> On Dec 4, 2013, at 3:36 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
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> So, I have 4 acres with many many separate pastures with gates and
> enclosures. I spent the
I have a small corral, about 15' x 15', where I feed the rams, this is also
where the water trough is. Even in the summer when they're on pasture I dump
some grain in the feeder about once a week. All I have to do is dump a little
grain in the feeder and they all come running. Once they're in t
