[Jacob-list] need advice on breeding groups

[Lynette Frick]

It should be said that the easiest trait to "change" is fleece... it could
go either way. Ideally you would use a ram with the fleece you want to
improve a whole group of ewes, then use another ram with the fleece you
want on those offspring, etc.. instead of relying on the ewes directly for
the change. Also, careful culling is the only way to make lasting changes
in a group.

good luck

Lynette Frick
Baraubar Merinos &
Four Points Shearing Services




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> This will be our first year of breeding our sheep and we had a question

> about fleeces.  We have heard that the easiest thing to improve is fleece.

> So does that mean that you could (or should) put a ram with a dense coarser

> fleece with ewe with really nice fine fleece and get a nicer fleece in the

> lambs?  Does the fleece always improve or does it go backwards sometimes?

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