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Ram lamb for breeding

DJ98 · 2019-09-21 17:07:32

What age or weight would a Suffolk ran want to be to be suitable for breeding?

21-09-2019 06:07PM

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What age or weight would a Suffolk ran want to be to be suitable for breeding?

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DJ98 wrote: »

What age or weight would a Suffolk ran want to be to be suitable for breeding?

They'll breed from about 6 months old, DJ, but their size and stamina will count against them. I'd like them over 60kgs anyway so they would be able to cover a good few ewes at that size.

I wouldn't like going over 30 ewes with a ram lamb if you wanted some bit of compact lambing and less again the smaller and younger they are.

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