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
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).
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.
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.
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.
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
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