Ram breakout

jd06 · 22-06-2026 02:53PM #1

Hi folks, I have a few breeding hoggets for sale later on inthe year, but my ram broke to them the weekend when I was away for a few days

Would ewes be cycling this time of year, I don't want to be selling them in lamb, could be selling in late August

Siamsa Sessions · 22-06-2026 03:32PM

They're sheep - if you wanted them to come tipping they wouldn't but when you don't that's when they will 🤣

Scanning them is probably the only way to be sure. If they had any Dorset in them they might go in lamb this time of year.

jd06 · 22-06-2026 03:44PM

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Typical 😄 ,

Suffolk and texel cross

SodiumCooled · 22-06-2026 04:14PM

Can they get a shot of Estrumate to terminate if they were got by the ram? I know we do it with heifers/cows etc but assume it can be used on sheep also - check with the vet what’s best maybe.

Anto_Meath · 22-06-2026 04:33PM

Ye a morning after pill for sheep.. remember going to the vet looking for one for the dog here one time, thinking a smaller dose of Estrumate would work. But no there wasn't anything for a dog. Would guess a sheep the same due to its size.

So I think you will just have to scan them all shortly before you sell the..

Sergeant Bilco · 22-06-2026 05:00PM

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There's a male pill for the dog but it can be fatal 😅😅😅

jd06 · 22-06-2026 05:07PM

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Often remembered lads leaving rams out with ewes and lambs into summer especially with cheviot type ewes, but not sure when they took the rams from them

Thed be lambing mid Nov, as early as early lambs don't often hear of nov lambs unless sponged,

Maybe I'm talking the situation down😄

tabby aspreme · 22-06-2026 06:06PM

In this hot weather it would be doubtful if the hoggets would tip, it's the drop in temperature in the autumn that brings them around

Anto_Meath · 23-06-2026 12:40AM

@Sergeant Bilco yes a .22, it is the owner of the male dog I would be more in favour of been on the receiving end of it than the poor animal.

He is one of those lads that every area has, in that if you left a vice grips or hammer lying about he would be off with it. I have him down for swiping a half blue barrel from my new build around Christmas. Its not the value of the item its the fact he took it that pisses you off. He wouldn't bring anything big that you could actually follow him for…

Plus his sheep will be in everyone's field in the parish at some stage over the year.. if there is a free cup of tea going at funeral, wedding, wake or charity walk he is first man there but can never be found when his sheep are in with you... 1 day he told me they weren't even his... but no one else has scraggy looking yokes like them..

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