[Jacob-list] breeding lambs

[dave & katrina]

We also breed the first year.  Last year we left the ewe lambs in with the ewes at breeding time and had no problems...they just took a few weeks later than the adults..all of them singled and kept their condition.  This year we had more room, so kept the lambs out a while and kept them on better pasture/hay and more alfalfa than the ewes were getting.(We don't feed grain.) Will introduce them sometime soon.  Katrina, Chicory Lane.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Thomas Simmons 
  To: Jacob-List at Jacobsheep.Com 
  Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 11:32 AM
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] breeding lambs


    I'm just curious. How many of you breed your ewe lambs the first year? What criteria do you use to decide?

    I breed my ewes the first year. The sole criteria is this: Do they conceive?!   So far, I haven't had a problem with any of those births.

    thom
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