[Jacob-list] First bottle baby

[Robert May]

WE'VE BRED EWE LAMBS SOME YEARS AND OTHER YEARS HAVE
ONLY BRED YEARLINGS (AND OLDER) AND HAVEN'T NOTICED
ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE GROWTH OF OUR JACOB EWES.

BOB MAY
SWAYZE INN FARM
HOPE, NJ
--- Mary Hansson <buffgeese at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Actually, lots of breeders in the US breed ewes
> their
> first year and I can tell you from my own farm
> experiences both breeding the first year as well as
> waiting to the second year to breed....No difference
> in adult size on ewes, and it is my perception that
> birthing is easier on ewes if they do it their first
> year rather than wait until they fill their second
> year before producing that first lamb.
> 
> I am sure every breeder has their own rationale, but
> this is my experience with the Jacob breed.
> 
> Mary Ellen
> 
> Mary Ellen Hansson, MEd, RD, LDN
> ISeeSpots Farm
> Jacob Sheep:  Lambs, adults, wool
> www.iseespots.com
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