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<blockquote data-quote="Global ovine" data-source="post: 7744998" data-attributes="member: 493"><p>I assume you are pen mating ........i.e. using a teaser to identify those cycling and then take them to the allocated entire ram for servicing. If this is the case, each ram will serve hundreds of ewes as you will give him two jumps per ewe, whereas if he was free among a pen full of ewes he will serve the actively dominant ewes many times and may not serve the more shy if he has plenty cycling together, which can be a waste of his mating potential. If pen mating, don't run the ewe too far after. Let the wee boys to settle into their swimming race in which they fight each other like gladiators, i.e. the best man wins.</p><p></p><p>Feeding indoors should be no problem as long as the ewe flock has time to be adjusted to the change in management/diet, as a sudden change during the cycle before mating can lower the ovulation rate of the ewe flock when mating is in progress. But if they put on weight, each extra kg of body weight is worth about 2.1% more lambs at scanning, or over 1.9% more hitting the ground at lambing. </p><p></p><p>Once the ewes have had about 5 days since mating they can be taken safely outside and joined with a chaser ram, knowing that any change in diet shouldn't upset the implanted embryos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Global ovine, post: 7744998, member: 493"] I assume you are pen mating ........i.e. using a teaser to identify those cycling and then take them to the allocated entire ram for servicing. If this is the case, each ram will serve hundreds of ewes as you will give him two jumps per ewe, whereas if he was free among a pen full of ewes he will serve the actively dominant ewes many times and may not serve the more shy if he has plenty cycling together, which can be a waste of his mating potential. If pen mating, don't run the ewe too far after. Let the wee boys to settle into their swimming race in which they fight each other like gladiators, i.e. the best man wins. Feeding indoors should be no problem as long as the ewe flock has time to be adjusted to the change in management/diet, as a sudden change during the cycle before mating can lower the ovulation rate of the ewe flock when mating is in progress. But if they put on weight, each extra kg of body weight is worth about 2.1% more lambs at scanning, or over 1.9% more hitting the ground at lambing. Once the ewes have had about 5 days since mating they can be taken safely outside and joined with a chaser ram, knowing that any change in diet shouldn't upset the implanted embryos. [/QUOTE]
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