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Scanning early lambers
Pregnancy scanning is most accurate when carried out 80 to 90 days after ram turnout.
Delaying scanning until after day 100 in ewes in strong body condition will reduce the accuracy of determining litter size.
Therefore, it is important to carry out scanning at the appropriate time with scope to breed empty ewes to lamb mid-season or offer for sale.
Ram management
It is important to monitor the performance of young ram lambs to ensure that they are working sufficiently.
Of equal importance is guarding against infertility or sub-fertility with the latter especially a risk where rams suffer from any ailment that brings about a significant increase in temperature.
Raddling rams, switching rams when single sire mating and running rams in groups, will help to identify and guard against issues.
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