Tupping with a ram lamb

[Further a field]

Simple question ..for the first year I m using a charrolais ram lamb, well grown January born .how many ewes should he be able to mate without over doing him?

 

[Castle Farm]

How many could you have covered aged 16 or so ?

 

[Al R]

Has he got other rams with him? 70-80 no problem.
Over half of my ram power is ram lambs. I usually run 2-3 ram lambs, a yearling and a mature 5-170 and after they’ve done those they’ll go through another 150ish, I’ve got 1 group of 2 ram lambs, 1 mature which have done 70ewes, on 110ewes now for 1 cycle and then they’ll be going into 200 ewes.
All of mine are homebred mind except the odd 1 bought in to stop inbreeding.

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Slap plenty of raddle on him and give him a challenge. You might be surprised!

 

[Further a field]

I m guessing 40 wont be a problem then!

 

[neilo]

Simple question ..for the first year I m using a charrolais ram lamb, well grown January born .how many ewes should he be able to mate without over doing him?

When you say well grown...... how has he been well grown, and just how well? If he's been well grown on ad-lib concentrates all his life, and just bought at a sale, his fertility may well be impaired by fat built up around his testicles. If he's over 40kg and been grown steadily, then 40 certainly won't be a problem (if he's fertile, of course).

Size is irrelevant to a degree.

 

[Further a field]

Yes like the rest of the masses who were buying tups there he came from a sale but from a breeder with a good reputation.hes well over 40kg.hopefully he ll be ok

 

[scottish-lleyn]

If he is a fairly natural lamb 40 shouldnt be a problem i would never chance a lamb from a tup sale himself in a mob but give him the first cycle maybe and chase up with a proven tup. Lambs from a forage based system that have grown at there natural pace at 50 odds real kilos are my preference and normally home bred.