Sponging ewes

[cvj23]

Hi im new to to sponging ewes,Pulled the sponges on day 12,put rams in today,looked really busy at times,ive put enough rams in too cover,want some tips really,for how long should i leave rams in? can i reduce number of rams after a week?
thanks

 

[Mc115reed]

Why you in a rush to remove rams?

 

[neilo]

Hi im new to to sponging ewes,Pulled the sponges on day 12,put rams in today,looked really busy at times,ive put enough rams in too cover,want some tips really,for how long should i leave rams in? can i reduce number of rams after a week?
thanks

Yes, you can pull some of the rams out after a few days, but leave enough in to cover the returns, which might be very few, or might be all of them. Always a bit of a gamble early on.