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Wife has 8 ewes that shes trying to breed, had ram in with them for 5 weeks and he died. IS there a way to preg check sheep? Wife says get a checker for women that you pee in, would that work? I would hate to get another ram if they are bread but would hate for them not to be eather. Any thoughts? Thanks!
 
There is an electronic device available to do this, but for only 8 ewes it may be cost prohibitive. It's called a Scan-o-preg or something like it. Your veterinarian may have one and will check them for you, for a fee, of course. Also, google "preg check sheep" and see what you can learn. Or wait 5 months after the death of your ram, but I know you want to know now.
 
You can get them ultrasounded after they have been away from the ram for 30 days. My vet can do it and there is someone ( I forget her name, don't use her) that comes through here every Feb and preg checks for a few guys around here. (Northeastern Ontario)If you have about 50 or more it is $2 each. She can easy do 50 an hour if you can get them through the shute that quick. A vet or Government Ag person should be able to tell you how, but if a vet does it, don't expect it to be cheap. I have no clue about your wife's idea. Also, what happened to your Ram? If he died from an accident like getting over on his back or bloat, your ewes are likely bred. If he died from pnemonia, there is a small chance they are not. They have to be in real bad shape not to breed. If he went skinny for a long time and then died, then you might want another ram.
 
If you want to watch Victorian Farming they show how it was done back in the 1800s. Something about flipping them up as to shear, but squeezing their teats to check for a wax plug. If the plug is there the sheep are pregnant. 36 episodes, its in the last half of them.
victorian farming
 
Go to www.biotracking.com

I have a small herd of black angus and I use their services to preg check my girls 30 days after AI or breeding. It is also very cost effective vs $65 a pop for a vet visit. You get the results back in about 4 days after mailing.
 
Just new to this sheep thing.Guys told me sheep won't get bred until late July or august.I had my ram in since first of April.Today January 1/2011 first ewe lambed and so did the second and looks like the next dozen will be in the next 2 weeks or less.I only have 14.Acording to all the experts advice that I got they got bred on Aug5th and beyond.Everyone was telling me that if you turn a ram lose aytime after the 15th of Aug. they will almost all be bred in less than a week.If you put the ram in in the ideal breeding period(unlike me)they are probably all bred and I would not buy another ram or get them preg checked.For 8 ewes they will probably charge alot to come out.
 
"had ram in with them for 5 weeks and he died"

Gesh! I hope they are. I hate to think he died of lonelyness.......


Sorry just couldn't pass it up.
 
Our Shetland ewes usually come in heat mid-November, first cycle, and about every month thereafter. Typically, we look for a "wide load" sticker on their butt. They tend to look very wide across the middle when PG. Sometimes, we cab by doing a massage on the ewe, and feel the lamb(s). We're maxed out as far as sheep are concerned. Kept the ewes separated from the rams in the adjacent pasture. Darn if they didn't do it through the woven wire fence! I'd have paid to see that happening. Now, rams are two pastures away! When we do breed, we like to hold off until December, which results in mid/late April lambs, so weather is not too bad during lambing season. Neighbor raises lambs to sell for 4-H projects. He wants them to be born earlier.
 
I saw a stud do it through a 8 FT steel pipe coral once,I didn't know they could stand up that strait and actually go to work.
 
Sheep won't breed when its hot, do depending when you turned the ram in will mean alot if they are bred or not.Late August or early September is usually cool enough at night to turn the ram in
 
Whiskey Bent........unlike cattle and horses, sheep (like deer and elk) become fertle with shorter daylite of fall. Some try to breed as early as possible for Easter Lamb sales $$$. Others like Oct/Nov breeding so they don't haffta feed mothers extra hay and the lambs can go out on grass (which is cheaper) Ewes have a 19-day cycle and 55-day gestation. A good ram will cover them all (sometime 6-ewes innna day) iff'n he doesn't haffta chase all over the pasture. Generally speaking, 1-ram per 30-ewes, and ram should be a twin 'cuz they will more likely sire twins. NEVER 2-rams in same breeding flock 'cuz they will be FIGHTING each other 'stedda' taking care of business. ......Dell, head shepherd RockyRidge SheepStation, 15-acres of starvation grass at the foot of 14K Mt Rainier
 
I run about 100 hd of ewes. They should be bred if the ram was good. With lamb prices the way they are it would pay to have them preg checked. Or just buy another ram, you're going to need one next year anyway. Getting a little late in the year to be breeding ewes depending on where you live. The flies and heat can get to lambs here in the midwest not to mention internal parasites if you run them on the same grass day after day.

My 2 cents
Nate
 
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