Dear Ms. Byers: You are right in part.? The male is the sole determinate of the sex ratio.? If you get enough offspring of a male to give a high confidence...
don't know if it is true or not, but I read if the are bred early in their cycle it increases the chances of ewe lambs and if bred late in the cycle it...
I think that is close to what happens (also with humans)... the X chromosome carrying sperm are slower, but longer lived so if they arrive before the egg is...
I'm all for males for now. If I like the older ewe's meat... I'll be pulling for girls. I do like having a larger cut that the ewes would give. We're heard...
I stayed home from work today due to the passing of my grandmother. I was really torn up and decided to do some work to take my mind off of it. I attacked the...
Hello to all, I only recently became aware of this St. Croix group. I hate it that I have missed out on your discussions regarding my favorite sheep. I have...
Where are you located ? Melissa ... From: Susan Swanson To: origstcroixhairsheepassn@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:36 AM Subject:...
Grandmothers are special people, especially to grandchildren. So sorry that yours is not with you anymore, but glad that you had a closeness that makes you...
Thank you Barbara. Â Things are pretty much back to normal today. As always, life continues on. It would be better if the last three ewes would lamb already...
LGD pups 25% Anatolian x 75% Great Pyrenees available: 1 male tan with black nose and white feet with medium short hair, 1 male with white medium short hair,...
I am starting the March transport the last week of March. Space is available from central Ohio to Comfort, Texas. The trailer is full from Comfort, Texas to...
Good to hear from you Jo!  We are almost done lambing here, only 3 Dorper hybrid ewes left.  Amy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...
Amy can I ask what Is a hybrid ewe? I don't understand the term. Thanks Rex ... From: Hollow Hills Ranch To: origstcroixhairsheepassn@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
A Hybrid is just an animal with more than one breed in it's background. When I mentioned the Dorper hybrid ewes, they are a cross of Dorper and Katahdin. Â In...
End of lambing. Nice feeling isn't it? Now to enjoy the growing, frolicking lambs. Good luck and good health to all. Barbara in Tennessee... one more ewe to...
GG, is 25% Anatolian x 75% Great Pyrenees with white medium- short hair (as is the sire, but his hair is longer). She is 3 yrs old. One excellent, experienced...
Congrats! Bet you're relieved. :) April is going to be long here, maiden pony due beginning of the month, maiden ewe middle of the month, and our friend is...
lambing just started around here- so far 3 sets of twins and one single. lost one of the twins- it just never got going. These are our first lambs and I am in...
They are sooo adorable when they are babies, ours have had lots of visitors. ... now, I'm just over the moon that that after April, *no more maiden ewes*! ...
These are our first ever, but not all of the ewes are maidens. 7 are yearling ewes - 8 are experienced ladies. The yearling ewes have not lambed yet but I am...
Melissa, The St. Croix ewes are very good mothers, aren't they? Bill said of his about 2000 births, he only had to disintangle one with twins and pull one....
The ewes and rams do more than visit through the fence ! I have nice twins from a supposedly unbred ewe that I bought last fall. When the seller came to...
Ours are good mothers. We only have 9 right now, along w/ Katahdins & Blackbellies. We decided to go w/ SC sheep after trying the other 2. Katahdins still...
Why not? Livestock don't have the same breeding taboos as humans. If you are breeding for meat... no problem. If you are breeding for seedstock, I'd...
And an excellent suggestion it is, Evelyn. I can't tell you how many times I've had to ask where someone is when they are offering livestock. I am in SW...
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