Introducing the Ram





Welcome to the honeymoon shack. 

   On September 8, 2013 we sorted out the lambs and introduced the ram to the adult ewes. We purchased a new ram from Fahrmeyer Farms. We also retained a ram from our breeding program and introduced him to one unrelated ewe. The Fahrmeyer ram was put in with 15 quality ewes.

The web link below is a useful tool for calulating the potential lambing date based on the date exposed. http://animalrangeextension.montana.edu/articles/sheep/Flock%20Handbook/Gestation.htm February 1 is the earliest due date we would anticipate based on 147 day gestation. The soonest lambing date we have typically seen is February 5 with this introduction date.