Carol,
Seeing as my babies are at about 3 1/2 months old, I know what I'll be doing
tomorrow!!!
Thanks so much,
Karen
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I learned the hard way that blackbelly ewes and rams can be fertile as
young as 4 months. I make it a practice to separate the rams out when I
wean them at 3 months. No more nasty surprises.
Carol
At 06:57 PM 8/13/2005 -0400, you wrote:
At approximately what age do the ewe's come into
their 1
Julian,
Thanks for the info on when I can breed my girls. I have the area to
separate my ewes from my rams, I'm just wondering how old they are before I
have to
start worrying about it. At approximately what age do the ewe's come into
their 1st cycle, how old are the rams when they can start
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 fre
Hello,
I just got my first Barbados sheep this spring, & I LOVE them. I used to
raise sheep many years ago, & when I found out about NO sheering & NO tail
docking, I was sold! I raised 4 ewe lambs as bottle babies so that they are
tame, &
I'm thoroughly enjoying them. I also purchased 2 ram
