[Jacob-list] Breeding Ewe Lambs

[ARTHUR PARTRIDGE]

>I'm soliciting folks' opinions about and experiences with breeding ewe

lambs that are 6 or more months old.?

>This list is SO helpful. Thanks everyone!!

 >

>Laura

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We wait until they are at least 9 or 10 months old, sometimes wait until
they are a year and a half.  My ewe lambs are way too small at 6 months! 
Also, I bought a pregnant ewe that was bred when she was 7 months.  When
the lamb was born, she didn't have any milk for it for several days.  I had
to find a source of colostrum.  I took them both to the vet and they gave
the ewe a shot of oxycytocin, a hormone to "bring the milk down", which it
finally did.  I think the ewe was too young to have been bred and she
wasn't ready.  After the first three days, she was a great mom and still is.

Cathy
Moscow, Idaho