arctictree wrote: » Ram went out here with first batch of 40 ewes on 1st October. He's done 5 or 6 so far. I have a few ewe lambs in the mix and they seem very small compared to him. Do ye think they'll take? I was thinking of taking him out and getting a ram lamb in at the end of the month to clean up.
Ashill5 wrote: » I put out ram out Sept 30, Texel crosses, only 5 of 30 tipped so far.
DJ98 wrote: » What would be the result of a ram tipping his daughter,(didnt happen but almost happened the other day when a couple of ewes found a hole in the ditch while moving them) I know the result wouldnt be good!
Western Pomise wrote: » Was just looking at the diary there....dosed the ewes with Flukiver and Bovithrive mineral dose exactly a month ago....getting them dipped tomorrow ......not letting the ram out until 25th of October. Ewes on dry hill run at moment ...was thinking of dosing them again with Flukiver and Bovithrive a few days before letting out ram. Can there be any negative impact on conception rates by dosing too close to ram turn out ?? Thanks for any replies.
Bleating Lamb wrote: » Hope there isn’t a detrimental effect from Fluke dosing....I let the rams put yday evening and had dosed all the ewes the evening before for Fluke with all the wet weather they have suffered in last few months ,its bound to be rampant this winter in wet ground. Anyone any scientific view or experience as to whether dosing close to ram let out is a good or bad idea ?.....I dosed the rams too.
Lambman wrote: » I usually do the fluke dose and mineral dosing 4+ weeks before letting ram out just so there both working in the ewes by that stage and should be getting the benefit from them.... can't see dosing close till letting the ram out causing any problems though.
farming93 wrote: » What is the best thing to do with ewe lambs with long tails I had five tipped in thr last week that have long tails and I would prefer not to have to have long tails on these come lambing time? Usually have them all done as lambs but these were born outside and I never got around to them .
arctictree wrote: » Just took the ram out. He'd been in for 22 days and had done 26 out of 32. I replaced him with a new Ram lamb who was immediately on one of the Ewes that had been covered. Should I be worried?
Western Pomise wrote: » If you wanted you could still put tail rings on them...danger of flies has more or less passed and tails will fall off in a month.
Western Pomise wrote: » Appreciate a response on my query on when people swap raddle colour on ram after letting him in?......on 16th or 18th day of cycle....I usually do it after 18 days...and another colour change again after another 18 days.
DJ98 wrote: » Western Pomise wrote: » If you wanted you could still put tail rings on them...danger of flies has more or less passed and tails will fall off in a month. That would be fierce sore the rings are supposed to be applied within the first week
DJ98 wrote: » Western Pomise wrote: » Appreciate a response on my query on when people swap raddle colour on ram after letting him in?......on 16th or 18th day of cycle....I usually do it after 18 days...and another colour change again after another 18 days. Usually do it on day, 16 here
Western Pomise wrote: » Thanks,would you not be afraid of missing ewes that would be cycling on 17th and 18th day of the cycle?with the original raddle colour...iykwim.
