The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Nelson International on December 14, 2018, 08:41:39 pm
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Last year one of my ewes gave birth (to a seemingly fully grown single) at 138 days from when she was raddled. Obviously it's not massively early, but in thinking about this year I was wondering whether the length of gestation periods is at all consistent? Can I exited her to be short again this year, it is there not likely to be any correlation?
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Depends on breed of ewe and her genes and the same for the ram . My hill ewes with a hill ram always start at circa 140 days ,put a Texel ram on them and it goes to 146 days . Tex x ewes with Beltex or Highlander ram will do 143days , to a Texel ram 147 days when I used a Suffolk it was 148 days , First timers often carry for less time than an adult and a ewe can lamb every year at almost the same time