[Jacob-list] Ram lamb into ram flock

[Linda]

It sounds like you are unnecessarily complicating things.  Even though  
it might not be breeding season, you are introducing two adult rams to 
your ewe flock. If they are more interested in the ewes than the lambs, 
do you think you might see some conflict between your two adult rams? 
There might also be a 'getting to know you' period between your rams and 
ewes. I don't know, as it's not something I've tried. If all you want to 
do is introduce one ram lamb to your ram flock, it just simpler and less 
stressful to skip the in between stage of putting the rams with the ewes 
this time of year. I would think about putting the ram lamb and the 
wethers with your ram flock instead of just the ram lamb. It would be 
less stressful for your ram lamb.
I have never had a problem with tossing ram lambs in with adult rams 
this time of year. I wouldn't do it in September.

Linda

lgnewsome at comcast.net wrote:

> Hi, I'm getting conflicting information regarding how to integrate my 

> 3 month old ram lamb into my ram flock, which now contains a 2 year 

> old ram, a 1 year old ram, and a 1 year old wether.  Some say I can 

> just put him in with the rams, and they will not bother with him since 

> he is not sexually mature.  Someone else told me to mix the ram flock 

> with the 6 ewes and their lambs (4 lambs total, 1 ram, 2 wethers, 1 

> ewe, all 1.5 to 3 months old) and the rams will ignore the ram lamb as 

> well as the other lambs as they will be interested in the ewes.  My 

> plan would be to mix everyone together soon, let them all get 

> aquainted, then separate the rams (and probably the wethers) from the 

> ewes by the end of July to prevent any early breeding.  Will this 

> work?  I don't want my lambs to be injured, and I've seen how hard 

> rams can fight, even after 3 days in the crowded pen...  Any other ideas?

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