YesIs he the slobbery one?
Yes if you mean Colin Ottery.Ouch. Was that with Colin?
Yes if you mean Colin Ottery.
He did say he felt sorry for us
Yea he has not been far out with ours in the last couple yearsHe did mine, lovely chap and thanks for the recommendation.
Sorry to hear about the results though!
He is a really nice chap and as H says usually spot onHe did mine, lovely chap and thanks for the recommendation.
Sorry to hear about the results though!
He is a really nice chap and as H says usually spot on
Disappointed with the results but not all Bert 's fault. We were only planning on putting him in with a few ewes to breed a few replacements which he would have managed ok. But we couldn't have a tup from the chap we usually borrow one from so Bert had to go in with all the ewes. As Colin said it's a good opportunity for a bit of a clear out
Had some feedback on semen we sold - 191% scanning off 92% first time Conception. A decent sized sample and a good result for the customer. His management of his ewes and the AI technician obviously also play a big part.
Like 90% of the success rate, IME.
Always good to hear good results back of course, but if the frozen semen is good quality (and it wouldn't be frozen/stored otherwise), the ewes and their management are the deciding factor IME.
Any ram should be able to cope with 31 ewes very easily, he certainly wasn't stretched. It certainly sounds like he probably had a fertility/libido/physical issue of some kind. If he recovers from his current issues, I would certainly fertility test him before using him again.
We won't be using him again. If he gets right he'll be down the roadAny ram should be able to cope with 31 ewes very easily, he certainly wasn't stretched. It certainly sounds like he probably had a fertility/libido/physical issue of some kind. If he recovers from his current issues, I would certainly fertility test him before using him again.
That's ok if you've enough ewes to justify more than one tupAs I have said before never depend on one tup the chances off something going wrong are too great.
We won't be using him again. If he gets right he'll be down the road
We were not intending to but were forced in to it, the idea was to get a few in lamb to Bert then put them in with the tex tup we normally borrow to clear up, but we couldn't have the tex and bert did seem to be working ok or at least marking nearly all of themAs I have said before never depend on one tup the chances off something going wrong are too great.
We were not intending to but were forced in to it, the idea was to get a few in lamb to Bert then put them in with the tex tup we normally borrow to clear up, but we couldn't have the tex and bert did seem to be working ok or at least marking nearly all of them
this is the trouble when you only have a few sheep we can't really justify one tup et alone two, we had the same years ago with the cows when we only had one bull and had trouble with him
Interesting to learn you can vaccinate against campylobactor. We had a nasty outbreak nearly 30 years ago around a third aborted. We have been clear since then however hear of outbreaks locally every year and it is a worryWhilst it might be worth doing some bloods to investigate, if only to rule out anything for which you could do something next year, I've spoken to several early lambing flocks (mostly Dec) that had more empties and a lower %age than normal. Scanners have told the same story. Our own early mob where just the same, for no good reason, which is why I only lambed 64 last week, where I'd normally do around 100.
My earlies on get one chance of the ram, then drop back to lamb in March. Those same ewes took the ram very quickly in October, and with only 3 returns marked after 17 days. Mine are vaccinated against Toxo, all bar the shearlings were vaccinated against Enzo and the yearlings are all vaccinated against Campylobacter, so covered pretty well all bases for infectious causes here. All were treated for known TE deficiencies and kept very calm for several weeks after mating (AI and natural service).
Just one of those years?
We were not intending to but were forced in to it, the idea was to get a few in lamb to Bert then put them in with the tex tup we normally borrow to clear up, but we couldn't have the tex and bert did seem to be working ok or at least marking nearly all of them
this is the trouble when you only have a few sheep we can't really justify one tup et alone two, we had the same years ago with the cows when we only had one bull and had trouble with him
yea we had thought about that but what would be wrong with them in particular ?I don't think I'd want to be keeping daughters from him as breeding stock if it was my choice, sorry to say but I'd sell them fat and source some decent females and a new ram next year if I were you!