PMSG for Texel ewes

[Reece1503]

Just wondering what people have thought the ideal of pmsg is to give to Texel ewes for maximum lambing %
1.5m?

 

[neilo]

@Ysgythan

 

[Ysgythan]

Just wondering what people have thought the ideal of pmsg is to give to Texel ewes for maximum lambing %
1.5m?

We give 1.25. Too many triplets otherwise. We do lamb end of Feb though so you may find you need more earlier in the season.

 

[AftonShepherd]

We give 1.25. Too many triplets otherwise. We do lamb end of Feb though so you may find you need more earlier in the season.

? Thank goodness for this thread appearing. I'm trying it for the first time (only 6 ewes) this year (aiming for 1sr March) and vet suggested 2ml but I think I'll play it safer.

 

[Ysgythan]

? Thank goodness for this thread appearing. I'm trying it for the first time (only 6 ewes) this year (aiming for 1sr March) and vet suggested 2ml but I think I'll play it safer.

The data sheet suggests that as well. Disclaimer - we are not vets.

 

[AftonShepherd]

Commercials don't start lambing until April here so I'd probably rather err on the side of caution and have a couple less lambs rather than too many triplets!

 

[neilo]

I used to fanny about giving each (December lambing Charollais) ewe a different dose, referring back to their past fecundity. Anything that tended to have singles has 2.5ml, anything that always had multiples got 1.5ml, etc. It didn't make a blind bit of difference tbh, so now everything gets 2ml in July, or 1.5ml in October. I think you have to go way over to cause lots of triplets tbh, but too little means they might not cycle if out of their natural breeding season.

 

[Ysgythan]

I used to fanny about giving each (December lambing Charollais) ewe a different dose, referring back to their past fecundity. Anything that tended to have singles has 2.5ml, anything that always had multiples got 1.5ml, etc. It didn't make a blind bit of difference tbh, so now everything gets 2ml in July, or 1.5ml in October. I think you have to go way over to cause lots of triplets tbh, but too little means they might not cycle if out of their natural breeding season.

Not like you to be fannying about @neilo