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I do want all my ewes pregnant. I'm wanting to grow the flock. They are providing meat and along with goats creating more pasture by helping to clear brush. No names for any of them at the moment.

Found myself a little piece of heaven up here in the mountains. No way I could have pulled this off in the states with regulations, cost of living, building and land prices.

Trying to get my program figured out. Texas born myself. My Pawpaw and uncles were cattle ranchers in the Muleshoe area N TX. Thanks again for the help. Hope you and the family have a good Christmas and stay warm!

Mountains of central Nicaragua at 1600m. Climate here isn't what you'd expect.

The ewes are a cross of the landrace pelibuey and Dorper hair sheep. The ram is a pretty mellow guy. Don't know if that's just because he's young. Haven't seen him mount a ewe but once in the 3 months I've had the sheep. So if I have him in with the ewes for 6 weeks regardless of the time of...

Definitely can see the benefit in that. In studying when ewes should be bred I came across a graph showing how the ewes fertility is seasonal depending on the time of year. Living near the equator here we don't get much variation in temperature or light cycle. Also the contraptions that the...

I hope so! 😁 I can see that inbreeding would be a problem down the line but if I were to switch out the ram for each generation wouldn't that be ok?

Greetings all First time post and new to raising sheep. I'm located in Nicaragua at over 1600m(mile high) where the temp stays in the 60s low 70s year around. Intensive rotational grazing 15 head. Been studying on the need to manage the ram and keep him separate from the flock. What happens if...