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At what age to remove ram lambs?

  • 24-06-2017 02:54PM
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    arctictree
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    Lads - at what age would ram lambs need to be removed from the flock? I normally ring castrate them at a couple of days but noticed that I missed a couple this year!


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  • #2
    Green farmer
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    arctictree wrote: »
    Lads - at what age would ram lambs need to be removed from the flock? I normally ring castrate them at a couple of days but noticed that I missed a couple this year!

    you'll know when you see first signs of them trying to jump ewes in field, which is when I used to do mine before started weaning earlier. Probably OK until August, but stand to be corrected.


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    Farmer_3650
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    On our farm, Ram lambs are removed from the ewes at weaning in late June/early july. We leave them with ewe lambs for about 2 weeks after weaning and then separate them. We probably don't need to take them away from ewe lambs until at least mid August but I don't want to take any chances with them


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