Ewe lambs not being tipped

roosky

Hi all,

I used the ram effect to tease 80 ewes and 20 ewe lambs all in one group

Last tuesday i split the ewe lambs from the ewes and introduced the ram.

Today (7 days later) i have 54 ewes tipped but no ewe lambs yet!

Maybe someone with more expernce with ewe lambs can advise

The ram seems keen and is doing a lot of smelling and small talk ! The heaviest lamb is 60 kg and the lightest is 48 kg.

I can afford to let another week slip, what should i do ?

Thanks

Green farmer

are they with a mature ram ? The ewe lambs might have a soft heat to begin with so an inexperienced ram might not know their in season ?

razor8

Same here and regretting not using a teaser on them, only 2 of 30 tipped but not worrying yet, usually a surge takes place after about 14 days

rangler1

roosky wrote: »

Hi all,

I used the ram effect to tease 80 ewes and 20 ewe lambs all in one group

Last tuesday i split the ewe lambs from the ewes and introduced the ram.

Today (7 days later) i have 54 ewes tipped but no ewe lambs yet!

Maybe someone with more expernce with ewe lambs can advise

The ram seems keen and is doing a lot of smelling and small talk ! The heaviest lamb is 60 kg and the lightest is 48 kg.

I can afford to let another week slip, what should i do ?

Thanks

You may just have patience, at their weight they were probably coming in heat already and you'll have to wait for the 17days to elapse........or else they're like mine, they like to wait for after halloween

jmrc

same as Rangler, wait till after 01-Nov...

roosky

Green farmer wrote: »

are they with a mature ram ? The ewe lambs might have a soft heat to begin with so an inexperienced ram might not know their in season ?

Ya ram was a hoggett last year and tipped ewes so he should know what hes at

roosky

jmrc wrote: »

same as Rangler, wait till after 01-Nov...

So I shouldn't panic an buy a new ram !

IH784man

I though in a another thread you already bought another one