Hi Mike,
We normally have 150 breeding ewes and then retain the top 25% of the ewe
lambs each year. The lambs are born in May and weaned in July. We sort the
mature ewes in July and sell the same number of ewes as ewe lambs retained
the year before.
We have an 80 Acre farm on the south side of
I have 5 rams. 1 polled dorper, the rest horned AB.
A couple years ago a friend borrowed my dorper for fall breeding & returned
him in spring. At that time I didn't know to introduce rams in a small
enclosure (less distance to ram), so put them together in big field. They
both backed up & start
Thanks. I might be ready to cull some rams if I have some particularly good
lambs this year. Actually hoping for ewes. Had all boys last time.
Don't see a link. Did the link get stripped off?
-MIchael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies
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> On Jan 7, 2014, at 5:22 PM, Mastiff Ranches
You have some nice looking rams Michael. We may have to talk when I'm ready to
bring in some new blood. Here is a link to a couple of my boys going at it. The
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Wow, Mark, love the analysis!
So, Harpo. The big guy doing well in the fight, is lowest on the totem.
Groucho, his helper, the peacemaker, is second lowest. They are also the
youngest, as shown in this video. On this day, when they were 4 months old,
their place in the caste was set.
http://v
Many thanks to Mark and Michael, I am really learning a lot about BB
behavior.
Mark just curious, if you have 20 rams how many ewes are you running?
And how many acres of pasture? Your statement on not having a common
fence between ewes and rams was proven by our ignorance last fall.
Anyon
Good video Michael. The video shows just how powerful rams really are.
Also shows why I refuse to keep any ram whose sole purpose in life is to
kill me!
I am not sure if everybody saw the video correctly but the third ram that
joined in was acting as peace maker. He was not being aggressive. I
