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<blockquote data-quote="jonty1" data-source="post: 6702804" data-attributes="member: 145313"><p>re weights of lambs - one thing that was different was that we had fed out meadow hay and trit and whatever we could find during the drought and mating. Normally we never feed out meadow hay or trit - it just happened to be all we could get in the drought. The price of hay and grains went up by 150%!! and that was if you could find it</p><p></p><p> When it did rain, which from memory was April/May (our autumn), we had a lot of grasses etc come up that I could not recognise but also lots and lots of clovers. In fact so much clover that we commented on the fact that feeding meadow hay obviously had a lot of side benefits. So the lambs were born onto good feed with the grasses and clovers. </p><p></p><p>We have never had weights on our lambs like that before. I wish we did. Usually I am racking my brains trying to work out what I am doing wrong. Now I am racking my brains out to remember what I did right! Our girls are seasonal breeders and our main lambing starts in July. Our feed here has always dried off by first week in October and they are weaned onto extra feed to get them up to weight. Looking at the rams in the paddock now it seems they <strong>may</strong> be keeping it on. Will know later when we weigh and shear them in January. I will keep you up to date.</p><p></p><p>We used one brought in ram - this was his second mating and he was two and half years old and the others were our own bred all three and a half years old. There is nothing to suggest they would breed exceptional animals. They are all just normal looking rams. </p><p></p><p>re ewe/ram ratio - Yes the ewes were in top condition and on the feed above before and during mating, My neighbour had the same comments as to the male sperm being slower and female stronger and hangs around a lot longer. </p><p>We did have some very hot days during the mating period. Could this have influenced the outcome?</p><p>Could the clovers in the meadow hay have affected the estrogen in the ewes? Could this affect the e/r ratio</p><p>Is the ewe/ram ratio and the higher weights somehow connected? The ewe lamb weights did not seem higher than the ram lambs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jonty1, post: 6702804, member: 145313"] re weights of lambs - one thing that was different was that we had fed out meadow hay and trit and whatever we could find during the drought and mating. Normally we never feed out meadow hay or trit - it just happened to be all we could get in the drought. The price of hay and grains went up by 150%!! and that was if you could find it When it did rain, which from memory was April/May (our autumn), we had a lot of grasses etc come up that I could not recognise but also lots and lots of clovers. In fact so much clover that we commented on the fact that feeding meadow hay obviously had a lot of side benefits. So the lambs were born onto good feed with the grasses and clovers. We have never had weights on our lambs like that before. I wish we did. Usually I am racking my brains trying to work out what I am doing wrong. Now I am racking my brains out to remember what I did right! Our girls are seasonal breeders and our main lambing starts in July. Our feed here has always dried off by first week in October and they are weaned onto extra feed to get them up to weight. Looking at the rams in the paddock now it seems they [B]may[/B] be keeping it on. Will know later when we weigh and shear them in January. I will keep you up to date. We used one brought in ram - this was his second mating and he was two and half years old and the others were our own bred all three and a half years old. There is nothing to suggest they would breed exceptional animals. They are all just normal looking rams. re ewe/ram ratio - Yes the ewes were in top condition and on the feed above before and during mating, My neighbour had the same comments as to the male sperm being slower and female stronger and hangs around a lot longer. We did have some very hot days during the mating period. Could this have influenced the outcome? Could the clovers in the meadow hay have affected the estrogen in the ewes? Could this affect the e/r ratio Is the ewe/ram ratio and the higher weights somehow connected? The ewe lamb weights did not seem higher than the ram lambs. [/QUOTE]
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