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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Raine on January 04, 2013, 01:24:45 pm

Title: When would be too late?
Post by: Raine on January 04, 2013, 01:24:45 pm

Hi all
 :wave:

I have found a couple of registered badger faced ewes to join my balwen's, but they have not been tupped this season.

Will my boy Jack still be interested in doing the deed, or are we too late.  I realise that the lambs would be born a lot later than our girls would be.

Thank you

Title: Re: When would be too late?
Post by: SallyintNorth on January 04, 2013, 06:49:10 pm

Only one way to find out, Raine... ;)

Title: Re: When would be too late?
Post by: shep53 on January 04, 2013, 07:19:08 pm

Some flocks don't put rams out until jan so shoudn't be a problem, if you give them until the end of the month  1.5 cycles should be ok

Title: Re: When would be too late?
Post by: onnyview on January 04, 2013, 08:19:47 pm

We just put a group of 34 in with a new ram as the old one was firing blanks, he started serving straight away  :relief: .


 

Title: Re: When would be too late?
Post by: colliewoman on January 04, 2013, 11:29:55 pm

I have some ewes just being served now as I deliberately didn't put the tup in til mid December. He will stay till the end of January. Hopefully none of the adults will miss :fc:  but if they do it's no disaster for me ;D
Bung em in and enjoy a (hopefully) warm June lambing :thumbsup:
One word of caution though, keep an eye on lambs born in the warm months, sometimes if the membranes don't get licked away quickly enough or the ewe is preoccupied with a second lamb they can get fly eggs laid on them very quickly :o

Title: Re: When would be too late?
Post by: Raine on January 05, 2013, 05:30:00 pm

 :wave:


And they have arrived!  :sheep: :sheep:


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4188973167186&set=pcb.4188978967331&type=1&theater (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4188973167186&set=pcb.4188978967331&type=1&theater)

Title: Re: When would be too late?
Post by: SallyintNorth on January 05, 2013, 06:34:24 pm

They look super  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: When would be too late?
Post by: Mammyshaz on January 05, 2013, 08:51:30 pm

 The badgerfaced are lovely marked. I also like the ones behind, I take it they are Balwens :thinking:

A nice range of coloured fleece  :innocent:

Title: Re: When would be too late?
Post by: Raine on January 06, 2013, 06:31:17 pm

 :wave:


Well... I never should have worried!


Jack was on our  :sheep: :sheep:  like a rat up a drain pipe!!  :roflanim:


No  :hug:  Just full on  :o :o :o


And less than 24 hour's after introducing himself!