Scanning

Sheep breeder

Anybody scan ewes yet and how is results,

Lambman

What are u breeding when ur scanning this early?

Jonny303

Scanned first batch of pedigree suffolks today. Only 29 to scan

2 Barren
4 Singles
21 Twins
2 Triplets

All in all very happy, roll on New Years day!

Sheep breeder

Scanned first lot today 32 ewes, 3 repeats, 8 singles, 20 doubles, and one triplet to lamb over 8 days.

razor8

Sheep breeder wrote: »

Scanned first lot today 32 ewes, 3 repeats, 8 singles, 20 doubles, and one triplet to lamb over 8 days.

Pedigrees?

Siamsa Sessions

Sheep breeder wrote: »

Scanned first lot today 32 ewes, 3 repeats, 8 singles, 20 doubles, and one triplet to lamb over 8 days.

When you say 8 days, I’m guessing you know that from tracking the days the ram was out - rather than the scanner telling you?

Coz if he could, that’d be fair handy!

charolais0153

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

When you say 8 days, I’m guessing you know that from tracking the days the ram was out - rather than the scanner telling you?

Coz if he could, that’d be fair handy!

Sponged

Siamsa Sessions

charolais0153 wrote: »

Sponged

Is sponging a good job?

We’re part-time so tightening up lambing would make a huge difference.

How much money, ballpark, are you talking about per ewe?

razor8

Buy a no mate harness and let a ram out with it on 2 weeks pre tipping. Much cheaper than sponging and no need for more ram power

White Clover

I've only a handy number here. I put the ram at other side of farm roadway for 2 weeks before I left him in. He tipped all bar 1 in 8 days. I'll be changing raddle colour on Wednesday, hoping that most will keep to 1st serve.

Sheep breeder

Ewes sponged for every 2 days over 8 days, scanned second lot of ewes today,
25 singles
20 doubles
2 triplets
Half this batch are hogget ewes.
All should be lambed in 21 days to six different Rams.

charolais0153

Sheep breeder wrote: »

Ewes sponged for every 2 days over 8 days, scanned second lot of ewes today,
25 singles
20 doubles
2 triplets
Half this batch are hogget ewes.
All should be lambed in 21 days to six different Rams.

How much does it cost? Roughly.

Dickie10

what age can you get a ram vasectomised. i have a few ram lambs i could use for next year

grassroot1

12 singles 12 doubles 2 triplets and 5 empty disappointed with the empty rate
sponged 250units of pmsg and AI. 5 of the singles were recipients from e/t work

Cran

grassroot1 wrote: »

12 singles 12 doubles 2 triplets and 5 empty disappointed with the empty rate
sponged 250units of pmsg and AI. 5 of the singles were recipients from e/t work

Hearing lot of empties this year

Bleating Lamb

Cran wrote: »

grassroot1 wrote: »

12 singles 12 doubles 2 triplets and 5 empty disappointed with the empty rate
sponged 250units of pmsg and AI. 5 of the singles were recipients from e/t work

Hearing lot of empties this year

Wonder would that be from a lack of sunshine....you often see years where weather was poor that conception rates in cows suffer,prob the same story for sheep.

Hard Knocks

10 doubles,
4 singles (2 could be doubles yet),
2 empty

DJ98

How long after being tipped would it take before a ewe could be scanned as in-lamb?

White Clover

DJ98 wrote: »

How long after being tipped would it take before a ewe could be scanned as in-lamb?

Some say 30 days but at 35 days you would be sure.

Hard Knocks

White Clover wrote: »

Some say 30 days but at 35 days you would be sure.

They can tell if inlamb from 30-50 days & after 100/110 days, but for accuracy on numbers want to be 50-100 days

arctictree

Hard Knocks wrote: »

They can tell if inlamb from 30-50 days & after 100/110 days, but for accuracy on numbers want to be 50-100 days

I have always wondered why they can't tell how many in late pregnancy?? Surely it would be easier?

The man in red and black

arctictree wrote: »

I have always wondered why they can't tell how many in late pregnancy?? Surely it would be easier?

The lambs are gone too big and obscure each other.