Greetings from Dorset in England. Our first year of lambing from a small flock of 16 ewes has so far produced 13 lambs, 12 of which are twins (6 sets). Still...
Thanks for information from England! We don't get many postings from outside North America. Wow- you have really hit the "twins jackpot". Incidents of very...
I don't know if soays are this way since we are just going to be breeding ours this fall . But, With our blackbellies we run a ram year round. If the ram is...
pardon my ignorance, but as I have read it was stated that there was an even split as to polle/scurred/horned in the original herd of Soays, does this include...
Rams without horns are more rare, and I've never heard of a Soay ram with no horns at all... but occasionally rams who are born out of genetic lines that tend...
Carla, in further response to your question about horns, the scurred ram Elizabeth mentions is Santiam Valley Duke. There are pictures of Duke and several...
Early this morning, Gevan asked for information from the OFP records on the proportion of single births, twins, triplets, etc. Because the records are...
Hi All i can say is that just before introducing a ram we moved all of the ewes into a fresh paddock. There were 16 ewes in total, but 4 were last years lambs...
Hi Everyone ! I'm starting a flock and have 3 ewe's. My first lambs were born yesterday between noon and 2pm. I posted some photo's of them, "Carmel Valley...
Thanks for the quick response Steve. So, excluding the unknowns, for those listed as known, real close to 30% of the ewes had twins. Now, could you break it...
Well, like most things biological, I'll bet there were several contributing factors. So let's see - get ewes with a history of twinning, and older ewes, and...
Sorry Gevan, I can't easily analyze the data by breeding line. But I can offer another perspective. Recall in my last message that there were 597 sheep in the...
I don't know if you know the shorthand code of text messagers these days (I have college kids...). JK means Just Kidding... But thanks anyway. Hard to say if...
I have exactly the same question as Gavin. There is a human fertility-planning "fad," called "lunaception" -- the idea behind it is that without artificial...
Wow, those are cool data. ________________________________ From: SoaySheepBreeders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SoaySheepBreeders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Ok, I decided to look at my lambing so far and compare it to the lunar calendar. My first lamb this year was born exactly 148 days after October's full moon. I...
Ak. Scratch that. I messed up my spreadsheet cells. My first lamb of 2008 was conceived closest to the 1st Lunar Quarter. My next batch of lambs was conceived...
I also have horses and I know that whether mares have efficient selenium can have a big impact on fertility. I also know that western Canada is very selenium...
Out of 6 ewes we've had 4 sets of twins and 2 singles. I have not counted back to see about the lunar cycles implications but will. Carol Wind River Farm...
According to the internets, selenium sources include garlic, yeast, molasses, kelp, wheat germ, and sesame seeds. When the Williamses on Whidbey Island walk...
Speaking of Kelp... I have not yet found Kelp in any of my local farm stores. It can be ordered online, but only in large quantities and the shipping cost is...
Since I only have four wethers, I bought it in a box from a garden store, where it is sold as soil amendment. Some cool garden stores sell it in bulk, so that...
LOL! You sure had me going... and I sure hope I'm not the only one... Just now I was compiling a new spreadsheet on the subject based on my own limited ...
I have been meaning to reply to this thread, pointing out that Steve had posted on April 1st. My first reaction was that his message had way too much of an...
Re phases of the moon: The Flockmeister isn't saying what he may or may not do about "real" lunar data in the future. Stay tuned. Re reports on AI lambs: we...
Combining a couple recent discussion thread topics, we finally had our first set of 2008 twins in our 11th ewe to lamb this year. Happy Valley Maddie, a...
Hey Elizabeth - Geren's on highway 26 used to carry granulated kelp - that is where I used to get mine. Carol WRSS ... ordered online, but only in ... who feed...
I was thinking more about the kelp thing last night when out riding. Given the Soay region of origin (an island) they probably would have eaten kelp,...
I will check there! They have hugely expanded their store in the last year or so. I don't go there very often because they tend to carry old/stale/discontinued...
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