[Nicki_W]

Just a very quick question.  I'm a smallholder with 3 older ewes and 4 ewe lambs [Dorset Horn].  I have decided, just for this year, not to put the girls in lamb.  [Ewe lambs were April born (2013) and ewes about 6/7 years old]  Have kept the best ram lamb from last year's crop to trade for an unrelated ram this year with local farmer.

Currently the boys [1x ram and his wether buddy] are still in a separate field to the girls.  Will the ewes/ewe lambs have finished seasonal oestrus cycling yet, or is it safer to keep them apart.  I think I know the answer, but would like the collective's opinion.

[fsmnutter]

Dorset horns are of a breed that are less seasonal than other breeds, therefore could still cycle throughout the year.
Best to keep them apart all the time.

[TheCaptain]

No!