About this episode

The episode discusses methods for early selection of sheep ewes and rams during lambing.

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So how do you make selections for self replacing ewes and rams, can you do this at the moment of birth and if so how can you track it so at weaning the selection decisions are simple, easy and quick. In this episode as we support Andrew who is thick into lambing and running on very little sleep and very little food (a bit like fuel reserves in Australia right now!), we discuss some options on how to make selection decisions early in...

People in this episode

Host: Jill Noble

Topics covered

• sheep selection
• lambing
• breeding
• animal husbandry
• agriculture

Keywords

• sheep
• selection
• lambing
• ewes
• rams
• breeding decisions
• agriculture

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