Ah I know Shep, but everyone around us is saying their tups are going to it and I get worried about it working out, especially as he’s a touch on the soft side! Plus I wasn’t sure if tups normally went after ewes all the time, or whether they only mate at the “right” time. We wanted the Radnors to lamb before the Badgers but maybe with more research and planning we can look at that next time.
Anyway, would you believe, after posting this yesterday, we woke to an orange bum this morning!! Just the one but at least it’s a start
Womble we saw this behaviour, however he was doing it with the Badgers on the other side of the fence!! Their tup will be arriving soon.
He has a raddle harness. Will definitely stop watching and worrying now and let them get on with it. Hopefully he doesn’t turn out to be monogamous
When I read about flushing it said move them to new pasture which I’ve done. They also have access to mineral buckets and a zinc lick. So no need to feed them extra at the moment.
One last thing - when would you recommend changing crayon colour? I read two weeks but we know he hasn’t marked until today. So would you say two weeks from today?
Thanks for the replies as always.