Re: [Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS

2013-10-23 Thread Rusty Iron Acres
idaralpaca.blogspot.com --- tian...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tiana Franklin tian...@gmail.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info,Ellen Brouillette ellenlyn...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 10:34:29 -0700 I will give you my story and see

Re: [Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS

2013-10-22 Thread Elizabeth Radi
ellenlyn...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 10:34:29 -0700 I will give you my story and see if it helps. I have 3 ewes of unknown age and purchased a ram lamb last December that was 3 months old. He has been with the girls ever since and I still have not had

Re: [Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS

2013-10-21 Thread Mike Hummel
Our ewes almost always will lamb twice a year if we leave the ram in with them. We feel that keeping high quality minerals readily available along with good pasture make the difference. We live in Ohio. MIke On 10/18/2013 11:52 PM, Ellen Brouillette wrote: From what I read ABBs can

Re: [Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS

2013-10-21 Thread Tiana Franklin
I will give you my story and see if it helps. I have 3 ewes of unknown age and purchased a ram lamb last December that was 3 months old. He has been with the girls ever since and I still have not had a lamb. I saw him breed two girls in March when he was 6 month old but the girls didn't get

Re: [Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS

2013-10-20 Thread Ellen Brouillette
From what I read ABBs can possibly lamb out every 7 mouths. We had 3 ewes lamb out in Sept. when we bought them and lamb out again in April. So we know it is possible, How consistently have your ABBs done this? Our ewes are in good shape and all lambed out this spring,  We are still wondering

[Blackbelly] Breeding young RAMS

2013-10-15 Thread Ellen Brouillette
I got rid of my old ram last winter. I have a young ram that was a year old this spring. The first I saw him breed was in August. By the looks of our spring lambs I thought he had breed some last fall. We have no lambs yet this fall. Am looking for feedback in this aria. Thanks, Arnold