[Jacob-list] Sex, Number, Lambing

[Susan Nielsen]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Gary Tomas Fay wrote:

> ...however there is a good bit
> of evidence that the ewe can "create" and environment that influences which
> sperm survive. Usually in good years, the rams tend to increase, in bad
> years it
> is beneficial to produce females .... or so the SocioBiologists tell us ...

Does that suggest that, if we do not flush the ewes before breeding
we are more likely to get ewes?

Susan
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