First of all, apologies for the tardiness of this response! We had one death in the family, and another major medical issue. (It's usually a September ...
According to the Rules for Registration, it says: Sheep shall be eligible for entry that have complied with the Minimum Standard for Registry and Proof of...
Melissa -- St Croix rams will breed as early as 100 days, but by 7 months they are very much ready to go to work and will cover about 30 ewes with no problem....
While Utah State University used a multiple sires protocol in the formation of the breed, it has not been allowed since. Registration has been by pedigree...
Melissa, I am new to this group, having just purchased 3 ewe lambs. I too am interested in the answer to your question. Either my computer is filtering some...
I am new to this group also :) This past January, we purchased two St. Croix ewe lambs (born around April 2007) and a 3 month old St. Croix ram lamb. We lost...
I have never seen my ram breed one of my ewes. But, I have several little lambies out there that I know are his! They do all their breeding & lambing out on...
It works to have the ram tease the ewes - be near them but not in with them to bring them into season. This year, I had a maiden ewe deliver her lambs at the...
I don't really have any great answers, but I will tell you my experiences. I usually breed my ewes at about one year with a ram that is at least 6 months...
Thanks for your input. I know the ram that the breeder owns that we took them to is not infertile. They put their ewes with him in April (after ours came...
Barry: We occasionally miss receiving a digest or two from our horse groups, but I think it's just been extremely quiet on here lately. We've heard people say...
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... Is the 7 mo. old a St. Croix ram? Our neighbor borrowed one of ours a little younger than that, and everything got bred and lambed. As far as not seeing...
... visit through the fence all the time here :) Thank you for sharing about the 2-year-old ewe-- we've read that a first breeding at that age is not optimal,...
They are not thin. They don't look fatter than the ones the breeder has though. All the St. Croix sheep seem to have bellies. Irene ... From: rex hopkins To:...
We started breeding for fall lambs a couple years ago now, and have found that ewe lambs (whether 7 months or 12) have very low conception rates in April....
Older rams can supress hormone production in younger rams, so that could also be contributing to your problem. We run an older ram with our ram lambs because...
Thank you for your input. I guess my question now is should I keep the two ewes in the small pen with the 7 month old ram (he is Barbados, Dorper, St. Croix...
I would certainly only have one ram at a time in with breedable ewes. Rams tend to "ram" each other in the head and it has been known for one ram to break the...
I have been lucky enough to find a butcher in the local area with a coolroom and all the equipment. I get to go there and direct him in the cutting of each...
Barry, I am sorry to be so slow to reply, but I think several people gave good answers after you wrote. Lots of knowledgeable people here, thank goodness for...
If anyone missed them you can go here and read the archives:  http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/origstcroixhairsheepassn  Elaine May I have the courage...
We are located in North Central Arkansas (about 70 miles east southeast of Branson). We are looknig to acquire a couple more commerical ewe lambs, ewes or...
I have @200 St. Croix and crosses for sale ewe lambs to solid mouth gate cut $1.00/pound for this years ewe lambs and $75/hd for yrlings and $55/hd for the...
Where are you? How often do you have to worm your animals? In a few years I'll be looking to sell some. Now I'm looking to buy a few to increase my genetic...
I have @1,200 hair sheep mostly St. Croix with lambs at side in SE KS good set of ewes all ages for sale LAP Alias "EL Wapo" Rabbi Standing Bear To:...
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