How many ewes can a ram service in a day?

How many sheep can a ram serve

Ewe:Ram Ratio

A mature ram to 45 ewes (up to 70 ewes more active ram breeds) A ram lamb should be joined with a smaller number of ewes in a ratio closer to 1 to 25 (up to 40 for more active ram breeds)

How many ewes can a Dorper ram service

How many ewes can a Dorper ram cover A. Ram lambs can frequently cover 20-25 ewes in a 51-day exposure. Yearling rams can usually cover 50 ewes.
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How many rams do you need for 100 ewes

Place one ram or group of rams with the ewes for one day (or night). Replace rams with another ram or group while you rest and feed the first ones. Two aggressive rams can be used on 100 ewes. For hand breeding, place the ewe in heat with the ram for breeding one time and then remove her.
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Can a ram breed with his daughter

The ram may breed his daughters and dam. Undersized ewe lambs may be bred. Because the times of breeding and lambing will not be not known, it will be difficult to properly time vaccinations, supplemental feeding, and other management practices.
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How long do you leave rams in with ewes

Joining rams and ewes for longer than 3 months is not advisable as lambing will interfere with other management activities such as shearing and crutching.

Can you leave a ram in with ewes

My advice is to leave the ram with the ewes after the official breeding season has ended, at least up to lambing. He will graze with them and in the winter, he will eat hay with them. No need to add extra work to house a ram separately at that time.

Can I leave a ram in with ewes all year round

What is the ideal ewe to ram ratio

A ram to ewe lamb ratio of 1:25 or 1:35 is recommended for synchronised or unsynchronised oestrus, respectively.

How many rams per 50 ewes

Because one ram can service 50+ ewes during an optimal breeding season, there is a lot more risk for flock reproductive problems associated with his fertility compared to those of individual ewes. One unsuccessful season can have a huge impact at lambing time and beyond.

Can brother and sister sheep mate

Outbreeding is the recommended breeding practice for most purebred sheep breeders. Inbreeding is a system of breeding in which closely-related animals are mated. This includes sire to daughter, son to dam, and brother to sister.

Can rams be left in with lambing ewes

Joining rams and ewes for longer than 3 months is not advisable as lambing will interfere with other management activities such as shearing and crutching.

How long should rams be left with ewes

Rams should be joined with ewes for two 17 day cycles (5 weeks). Extending the joining periods is not recommended on more intensively run farms, as this holds up the completion of important management events such as marking and weaning.

How long should ram be out with ewes

Rams introduced early in the breeding season, either vasectomised or entire, will stimulate ewes to be more receptive to rams 18-21 days later. Vasectomised rams should be put out with the ewes 17 days ahead of the planned start of mating for at least 10 days.

How many ewes do I need for 1 ram

Rams should be joined at 1.5% plus one extra ram for mature ewes eg six rams for a mob of 400 ewes. Join at minimum 2% for maiden ewes and ewe lambs, plus the extra one ram per mob. Higher ram rates will be needed in large paddocks with multiple watering points or when rams are joined outside the main breeding season.

What is a good ram to ewe ratio

A ram to ewe lamb ratio of 1:25 or 1:35 is recommended for synchronised or unsynchronised oestrus, respectively.

Can a ram breed its mother

Ewes generally reach sexual maturity at six to eight months of age, and rams generally at four to six (ram lambs have occasionally been known to impregnate their mothers at two months).

Can you breed a sheep and a pig

To the uninitiated it is a sheep-pig. In reality it is the Mangalica, a comical but appealing breed that is taking the food industry by storm. The Mangalica was first bred for the tables of the Austro-Hungarian emperors, but under communism it nearly disappeared altogether.

How long should you leave rams in with ewes

Joining rams and ewes for longer than 3 months is not advisable as lambing will interfere with other management activities such as shearing and crutching.

Why are ewes scanned 80 days after mating

Scanning at 80 days will ensure that the scanner can pick up all of the ewes that are in lamb. Ewes should be restricted from food for about 10 hours in advance of scanning to allow the ultrasound to accurately predict the number of lambs a ewe is carrying.

How long should you leave rams with ewes

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Can you breed brother and sister sheep

How long are rams left with ewes for mating

Joining rams and ewes for longer than 3 months is not advisable as lambing will interfere with other management activities such as shearing and crutching.

How long does it take for a ram to mate with a ewe

Joining rate and time

Ewes cycle every 17 days and rams should generally be joined for at least two of these cycles (five weeks). If the ewes are joined outside the peak breeding season (before February) or joining paddocks are large, join for five weeks if teasers are used or six weeks if teasers are not.

Can you run a ram with ewes all year round

Re: Leaving ram with ewes all year round

Never had a problem. Just make sure the ewes get enough feed as the ram/rams will hog all the hard feed given a chance. I basically do that as well, with the exception of the period between shearing (June/July) and tupping time.