Teaser Ram

[millen87]

Hi there just wondering do use run your ewes with the teaser in good lush grass ( flushing ) for the 2 weeks or keep them in poorer grass when teasing.

 

[Woolless]

Hi there just wondering do use run your ewes with the teaser in good lush grass ( flushing ) for the 2 weeks or keep them in poorer grass when teasing.

They'd be better on good grass, assuming you want to maximise your scan.

 

[John Chance]

Good grass.

 

[M-J-G]

Not to hijack the thread, but how long after being vasectomised can you use a teaser?

 

[spin cycle]

Not to hijack the thread, but how long after being vasectomised can you use a teaser?

my vet told me 6 months....but others on here will tell you to put him in with a few culls....'to empty his tubes'

 

[Al R]

6 weeks I thought it was? Emptying the tubes is a good idea in an ideal world but you also have to give them healing time which is where the 6 weeks comes in?

 

[rookswood]

We were told by vet ram could go in 6-8 weeks after operation.

 

[Top Tip.]

Would it be worth while semen testing him before you let him go,I have heard a lot of horror stories about teasers.

 

[pine_guy]

Not to hijack the thread, but how long after being vasectomised can you use a teaser?

Was at a vet fertility meeting this week. They can still be fertile for 4 weeks after the opp, so recommend at least 6 weeks.

Other major point that was new to me was ewes should be ideally a mile away from the nearest ram to maximise teaser effect. Weather lambs can also decrease efficiency.

 

[neilo]

Was at a vet fertility meeting this week. They can still be fertile for 4 weeks after the opp, so recommend at least 6 weeks.

Other major point that was new to me was ewes should be ideally a mile away from the nearest ram to maximise teaser effect. Weather lambs can also decrease efficiency.

Yes, out of sight, smell and sound of any rams. Not easily achieved in most sheep producing areas of the UK.

 

[pine_guy]

Yes, out of sight, smell and sound of any rams. Not easily achieved in most sheep producing areas of the UK.

Yes mine summer in a paddock free of charge to keep it tidy at a castle 3/4 mile up the road. But it’s probably only 1/4 of a mile as the crow flies.

 

[pine_guy]

And I’ve no idea where my neighbours rams are.

 

[sheep breeder]

What we have done for the first time this year with the sponged ewes, was when sponged with put in a teaser ram for the 14 days and will then tip the ewes and hope full will bring more ewes into heat and get more to hold to first serve.
Anybody try anything like this in the past.

 

[neilo]

What we have done for the first time this year with the sponged ewes, was when sponged with put in a teaser ram for the 14 days and will then tip the ewes and hope full will bring more ewes into heat and get more to hold to first serve.
Anybody try anything like this in the past.

I put the teasers in a week or so before I put the sponges in the early mob, to get a few more cycling. Best taken out when you put the sponges in though, as they have been known to pull the sponges out by nibbling at the strings.
I put them back in when I pull the sponges, if the ewes are being AI’ed, otherwise rams go in.

Am I reading your post right? You pull sponges then tup them with teasers, before tupping them proper at the next cycle?
If so, why not just sponge them 17 days later, which will result in a better take anyway? If early in the season, some ewes won’t return for a month or so, so you might end up with no more in lamb, but tupping (& lambing) spread out over a longer period.

 

[Danllan]

Would it be worthwhile semen testing him before you let him go,I have heard a lot of horror stories about teasers.

@neilo and others, this is a concern of mine too. We used a teaser for the first time last year, with some success. Do we really need to have him tested this year, do you test yours?

 

[AftonShepherd]

@neilo and others, this is a concern of mine too. We used a teaser for the first time last year, with some success. Do we really need to have him tested this year, do you test yours?

Surely it's only necessary (if at all) the first year?

 

[Danllan]

Surely it's only necessary (if at all) the first year?

That's my hope! But you hear tell of blokes who've been cut and still done the business!

 

[neilo]

@neilo and others, this is a concern of mine too. We used a teaser for the first time last year, with some success. Do we really need to have him tested this year, do you test yours?

I’ve never tested a teaser in my life, just give them plenty of time between op & use. If you are taking a chance on that time, let him loose with a few cull ewes to empty his system to make sure perhaps.

If the tubes have been cut properly, which isn’t a difficult op, then sperm can’t get from the testicles to the point where it can do damage.

That's my hope! But you hear tell of blokes who've been cut and still done the business!

Hmmmmm, any DNA testing of the child done? i’ve Heard the op can cause brown babies on occasion too......

 

[Danllan]

I’ve never tested a teaser in my life, just give them plenty of time between op & use. If you are taking a chance on that time, let him loose with a few cull ewes to empty his system to make sure perhaps.

If the tubes have been cut properly, which isn’t a difficult op, then sperm can’t get from the testicles to the point where it can do damage.



Hmmmmm, any DNA testing of the child done? i’ve Heard the op can cause brown babies on occasion too......

That's my thinking - the human examples are 'hearsay'...

 

[liammogs]

First time using a teaser this year, was in for 17 days tups out on the 18th....30 ewes....26 tipped since Saturday chuffed with the result wish I'd used a teaser sooner