Re: [Blackbelly] Out of Season Breeding

[Barb Lee]

Thanks Mark,
I do know of some blackbelly flocks that lamb seasonally, despite 
running with the ram year round. I was thinking that if a person was in 
the midst of a personal breed improvement program (such as myself), that 
some effort would want to be made to deliberately breed out of season 
when "proving" breeding stock, just to make sure that trait was not 
unintentionally lost.

We have begun a program of breeding starting Feb 1 for July babies, 
which according to your excellent explanation, does not qualify for out 
of season breeding.  We have numerous reasons for this timeline, but 
I've never been sure just exactly what constituted "out of season."  If 
I wanted to prove to myself that my select breeding stock can lamb out 
of season, I will have to do so deliberately at least once in each ewe's 
lifetime.

Thanks!

Barb


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