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Belclare ram prolificacy?

  • 04-06-2015 10:07pm
    #1
    Arrow in the Knee
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    So does a Beclare ram used on just say Suffolk or Texel ewes boost lamb percentage straight away or is it his female offspring that are prolific?


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  • #2
    rangler1
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    Arrow in the Knee wrote: »
    So does a Beclare ram used on just say Suffolk or Texel ewes boost lamb percentage straight away or is it his female offspring that are prolific?

    No, it's the ewe that determines crop size, a healthy ram will put in enough semen to serve lots of ewes everytime.
    We do a bit of AI here and you'd get enough semen to do 50 ewes in one jump


  • #3
    grassroot1
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    Rangler you make AI and getting rams to jump on AI day sound so easy!!!!!


  • #4
    rangler1
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    grassroot1 wrote: »
    Rangler you make AI and getting rams to jump on AI day sound so easy!!!!!

    Yea you definitely need a ram in reserve on the day, wonder why they don't use the electric probe like our vet does when doing fertility tests, seems to work every time and no need to have sponged ewes around


  • #5
    Arrow in the Knee
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    How many lambs do pedigree Beclare ewes average?


  • #6
    ganmo
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    Yea you definitely need a ram in reserve on the day, wonder why they don't use the electric probe like our vet does when doing fertility tests, seems to work every time and no need to have sponged ewes around

    that electric probe is illegal now.
    Arrow in the Knee wrote: »
    How many lambs do pedigree Beclare ewes average?

    i've heard of 2.2


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  • #7
    rangler1
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    ganmo wrote: »
    that electric probe is illegal now.



    i've heard of 2.2

    It was shown in action on ear to the ground two weeks ago


  • #8
    ganmo
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    A person shall not use, or cause or permit to be used, any electrical equipment or an instrument, which applies a sustained electric current or impulse directly to a live animal

    (c) for any other purpose.

    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/si/0108.html

    strange that a vet is using something banned by welfare law


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