Pulling sponges day 12 instead of day 14

[Chev54]

Got my timings wrong and I’m away on day 14 when I’m meant to be pulling sponges on ewe. Wondering if I did it day 12 instead would that have any negative effect at all ?

 

[neilo]

Day 12 would be the standard pull time in AI programs, with tupping/insemination on day 14.

 

[BAF]

You can pull CIDRS as early as day 5. I'm no expert but I did that with some I wanted to lamb Xmas time and thw tup went round them like a fly on sh!t so seemingly it synced them. I've heard @neilo Just wipes them on his jacket and reuses them as well

 

[neilo]

You can pull CIDRS as early as day 5. I'm no expert but I did that with some I wanted to lamb Xmas time and thw tup went round them like a fly on sh!t so seemingly it synced them. I've heard @neilo Just wipes them on his jacket and reuses them as well

A retired fella that used to export a huge number of CIDRs to the Middle East told me that it was common practice to use them twice over there. Remove them at 6 days, dip in disinfectant, then use a second time.

I tried some for 6 days, just to see, and it certainly worked. Very useful for the terminally disorganised perhaps?

 

[BAF]

A retired fella that used to export a huge number of CIDRs to the Middle East told me that it was common practice to use them twice over there. Remove them at 6 days, dip in disinfectant, then use a second time.

I tried some for 6 days, just to see, and it certainly worked. Very useful for the terminally disorganised perhaps?

I went to @spin cycle school of organisation everything always goes to plan...which plan it follows varies sometimes though.

 

[TlymarT_028]

Last year we sponged and were told by an old very knowledgeable pedigree fella that had been sponging for years that he would pull on day 12, 13 and 14 and then ewes in with the tups on day 14, 15, 16 just to give the tups a chance to get round all the ewes and didn't drop scanning rates at all. We gave it a go and worked spot on not many repeats at all either

 

[Chev54]

Thanks very much for replies ! 12 days it is

 

[1982]

How many ewes could a tup realistically get in lamb in a day?Am i being unrealistic that they can stop 6 ewes in a day?

 

[neilo]

How many ewes could a tup realistically get in lamb in a day?Am i being unrealistic that they can stop 6 ewes in a day?

recc is for 1:10 experienced rams per sponged ewes. Ime, that’s about right.

 

[BAF]

They'll run round and cover as many as they can until they give themselves a heart attack - so for beltex thats about 2 - but the risk is they end up firing potato water. Theres always the risk he takes a fancy to one old tart of a ewe and paints her like one of his French girls (Tiranic reference for you) and forgets the others. Also if he's prone to being a bit angry it's best not to have another tup on the other side of the fence if you value things like fence rails, wire, gates etc. Ask me how I know

 

[Ysgythan]

How many ewes could a tup realistically get in lamb in a day?Am i being unrealistic that they can stop 6 ewes in a day?

Used to sponge the ewes and tup them on the yard. One jump, ewe out, tup out with the whole mob with the last ewe to be tupped. Old tups that had experience of running with big mobs were brilliant. You could just turn them in with the ewes and they’d sort the job themselves in no time. Ram lambs or yearlings that had their only previous experience of tupping in that system were a real pain. You have to get the strongest cycling ewe for them and turn them in one at a time. They’d tup her then lie down for quarter of an hour. Even then though they would do 10-15 in a stint. There were returns, about 1:4, so no more than AI.

 

[muleman]

How many ewes could a tup realistically get in lamb in a day?Am i being unrealistic that they can stop 6 ewes in a day?

Easily stop 6.....I've known them have 15 or 20 and stop most of them.