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Why NOT to start a pedigree flock.

Arrow in the Knee · 2015-07-25 21:39:39

Lambing earlier. Extra vet bills compared to commercial flock. More lambing difficulties. Meal Feeding the ewe pre and post lambing for an extended period. Creep Feeding the lambs from 3 weeks old to June maybe even later then bucket feeding them 3-4 times a day till their sold. Not utilizing grass as much compared to…

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#32 31-07-2015 05:34PM

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problem of only running 1 ram if he goes infertile, friend of mine had 60 ewes empty last year & didn't find out until too late

ram had worked well year before

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#33 31-07-2015 08:49PM

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orm0nd wrote: »

problem of only running 1 ram if he goes infertile, friend of mine had 60 ewes empty last year & didn't find out until too late

ram had worked well year before

Know a fella had 30 dry after same thing. For insurance I put in 2 ram lambs after 20 days and swapped another ram. I also had the rams raddled so I would of noticed a large number of repeats if something was wrong.

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