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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: shrekfeet on November 16, 2009, 01:09:40 pm

Title: is my ram working hard enough?
Post by: shrekfeet on November 16, 2009, 01:09:40 pm: I paid to hire a ram to serve my 4 ewes. He's a young ram and I want to check he's doing his job. I fiutted him with a crayon marker and chenged the colour after 17 days as instructed. He marked one of the ewes a lot with the first colour. Two of the other have a hint of the first colour and the fourth has the tinyist hint of the second colour.

Now my concern stems from the fact that other ewes I have seen colour marked by other rams when I'm out and about seem to have loads of colour on them. Should the ram be serving the ewes multiple times or does he just get it on once or twice and then the jobs done?

Hope you can help as I don't want to stick it out with this ram then find he's not up to the job and I should have swapped him.

thanks
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Post by: shetlandpaul on November 16, 2009, 01:51:22 pm: how old his he.
Title: Re: is my ram working hard enough?
Post by: shrekfeet on November 16, 2009, 01:57:08 pm: he's a young ram, I think it may be his first year - I'd have to check
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Post by: sausagesandcash on November 16, 2009, 02:56:52 pm: Do you not remember your first time? The fumbling, the anticipation, the uncertainty.......give the poor ram a chance ;)
Title: Re: is my ram working hard enough?
Post by: shrekfeet on November 16, 2009, 09:15:46 pm: Hey sausageandcash - you been speaking to my missus?
Title: Re: is my ram working hard enough?
Post by: sausagesandcash on November 17, 2009, 06:46:20 pm: I speak from the experience of all (truthful) men!! Hope the ram works out, our boar is a first timer too, but my God, did he take to the task well. We are very proud of him as he is clearly a good Catholic.....sex for procreation purposes only!!