When to take tups off ewes

[valtraman]

How long do people leave tups in for ? Mine will have had 3 cycles middle next week .

 

[texas pete]

28 days maximum. Anything not served by then doesn't deserve to be in the flock.

 

[Guiggs]

2 cycles / 4 weeks for me

 

[spin cycle]

about 8 months #diary of a comedy sheep farmer

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Take mine out when they start lambing

 

[muleman]

I tek em out on scanning day...an if theres owt geld a put em back in.

 

[Spartacus]

Two cycles here, lambing is long enough without giving a third go at it!

 

[cotswoldcs]

Always thought two cycles was 2x17=35 days not 28. I usually take ours out after 40-45 days just to be sure. All barren get sold. Agree about lambing not going on for too long

 

[neilo]

Two cycles (35 days) and a day or two for luck. I don't expect more than a small handful to go into second cycle, but it's insurance against a tup in one of the single sire groups going wrong. That's lambing quite long enough by then thank you, considering that is already my third batch of the year. Anything empty gets hung up, unless she has a damned good excuse (2 of 3 empty 'good' pedigree ewes from last year, have failed to take the tup again this year).

 

[tinsheet]

40 days

 

[Downtrodden Dad]

Mine are in 6 weeks but the last 2 weeks are only for a handful of ewes but never have the courage to take them out any sooner

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Better late than never. They have to lamb themselves though.

 

[bobajob]

When do you pull your tups off @Nithsdale Farmer ?

Leave them in about 6 weeks here. The tups seem worse for going lame this year grr

 

[andybk]

always leave tups in (no harness ) one less group to worry about all winter ,they are on some good winter keep so regain condition well , might be odd bonus lamb next spring that can be sold as a couple.

 

[Nithsdale]

When do you pull your tups off @Nithsdale Farmer ?

Leave them in about 6 weeks here. The tups seem worse for going lame this year grr

I'll be pulling my boys off real soon



They usually get 6 weeks. I bring them back in end of November

 

[primmiemoo]

In a normal year (when 4 month old ram lambs haven't reached fertility and served ewes ) it's 3-and-a-bit weeks, then raddled teaser. Any marked go with the second flock.

 

[MOG]

2 full cycles here. And rub raddle paint on the rams at start of second cycle so you can determine which ewes are later. Interesting to note that barren ewes very rarely have any colour on them, suggesting they have either slipped early or are just infertile.

 

[Sheep92]

Mine are out 3 weeks today 90% of ewes are tipped so took out ram lambs and younger rams out of all the group's, leave 2 aul lads with them till they're scanned as said better late than never, can always sell the late ewes in the spring

 

[valtraman]

I never put raddle on so no idea how many have been covered . Wish I did now

 

[Farmer_Joe]

28 days maximum. Anything not served by then doesn't deserve to be in the flock.

thank god its not just me, lambing time is long enough 4 weeks is plenty,

red crayon for 2 weeks blue for 2 weeks, usually very few blue.

as far as im concerned you need to be vigilant though out, late lambers if you miss em etc can end up dieing anyway

last year think i had 2 mules not getting in lamb, debateable if they would have even if you left tups in for 6 months!

i batch them in lots of around 110 with 2 tups per batch in small ish areas so there not trailing all over place looking for ewes, im sure that helps