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Ewe lamb/ram lamb ratios
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<blockquote data-quote="$Sheep" data-source="post: 613320" data-attributes="member: 3953"><p>I would not have believed a ewe / ram lamb ratio that you have quoted was possible thinking a 50 / 50 division would be average with a range up to 10 - 15 percent either way as the norm. The only reason I could explain with any plausibility that would swing the ratio in favour of ewe lambs was that ram lambs are more prone to mortality soon after birth. Perhaps it is a nutrient imbalance immediately prior to tupping that determines the dominance of one sex in favour of the other! Or the tup ram is just simply loaded up with male chromosomes the outcome could only go one way! A bit like the family down the road with six boys running amok terrorising the neighbourhood.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="$Sheep, post: 613320, member: 3953"] I would not have believed a ewe / ram lamb ratio that you have quoted was possible thinking a 50 / 50 division would be average with a range up to 10 - 15 percent either way as the norm. The only reason I could explain with any plausibility that would swing the ratio in favour of ewe lambs was that ram lambs are more prone to mortality soon after birth. Perhaps it is a nutrient imbalance immediately prior to tupping that determines the dominance of one sex in favour of the other! Or the tup ram is just simply loaded up with male chromosomes the outcome could only go one way! A bit like the family down the road with six boys running amok terrorising the neighbourhood. [/QUOTE]
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