Thanks, Mark a thoughtful response. I'll keep track of things. It's my own stupidity that brought this doubt on the scene to begin with. We'll see if I get a break somehow.
-Michael Smith, Perino Ranch Blackbellies Sent from my iPad > On May 2, 2014, at 7:11 PM, "Mark Wintermute" <winterm...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > I have seen lambs delivered nearly a week early to over a week late from > actual date of service. Basically the lambs are born when mother nature > says they are ready (in a perfect world). We are lambing right now and it > started with several ewes apparently conceiving the same day they were put > with the rams. There is a silent estrus brought on by sudden exposure to > rams (google ram effect) and the ewe can conceive within the first 48 hours. > Then around 5 days later they will have full estrus which the rams are more > reliable with (one week from first exposure to the ewes). Then you start > the normal 17 day estrus cycle of the ewes. > > So if the wrong rams were not with the ewes but for a brief time and they go > over a week on the possible gestation date you are probably getting lambs > off your desired sire. > > Good luck! > > Mark > > > As per my comedy of errors story below: > > April 30th was 150 days, and one of the ewes, Beatrice was starting to bag > up around day 145 or 148 or so. Still no lambs. The other, Jules is > probably pregnant, but no where near as huge as Beatrice. Jules may not lamb > for another couple of weeks. Beatrice appears to be ready to drop at any > time. At least twins, I suspect. > > is 150 days pretty accurate for ABs? The two rogue rams got to the ewes 150 > days before April 30th. I am hoping the girls might not have been in full > estrus and that when the two rogue rams got to them, nothing happened. Since > April 30 has came and gone, the more days we get into May, the less chance > the sire is one of the rogue rams. > > On the same day back in December, the ewes were then with the ram I DID want > as sire for the next 30 days or so, I am hoping he is the sire, and maybe > got Beatrice pregnant a few days later. > > -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. > > > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
