Barb Lee
Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:45:19 -0800
On the plus side, this little challenge casts a different light on my flock dynamics. Some of the lambs did better than others. And the good doers weren't necessarily the ones that started out that way. From the perspective of trying to adapt the flock to a high-forage-capacity flock, the "keepers" jump right off the page. It also alters the perception about their mothers, and notes are going to go into the ewes' breeding history. I'm not sure how I'm going to use the information, but a trend is already forming, and the ewes that are making a "reputation" in the flock are beginning to galvanize their place in the breeding program. I'm excited about having several robust new, young, unproven ewes in the flock. We are flushing the ewes at the moment for breeding beginning 2/1. (July lambing works for us.) This is going to be a year to look forward to. Regards, Barb Lee _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info