Opinions and insight please ( studding out ram )

[CedarFalls]

Thx doxie. It looks like it will just be my neighbour's ewes after all. This makes things less complicated and a bit less worrisome.
I really appreciated everyone's advice with this. Some very good points have been made.

 

[M.L. McKnight]

I'm pretty tardy to the party here but I will offer my two cents.
I don't have any sheep but I can tell you what I do with my boar. I have a registered purebred Berkshire that I offer for stud. I did my homework and found a boar that I felt would impact my herd and he wasn't cheap so I price his services accordingly. When someone wants to use him then I tell them that they need to provide me with a current health certificate for their sow(s) or gilt(s) that they want to use. Then I tell them that I will visually inspect their hogs and if everything goes well, it costs $50.00 per pig. They can drop off their pig(s) anytime after noon on a set date and must pick their stock up before noon on the third day or I charge an additional $20.00. (That might sound harsh but I muck out the breeding pen, burn it with my torch and let it stand barren for a minimum of 24 hours before I replace the bedding and use it again. Someone taking their time to pick up their stock could potentially mess up my schedule book.)

I provide breeding services, feed, bedding, water, treats (because I spoil my pigs too) and care for that $50.00 and health certificate from their vet. I could easily charge more but I'm not the greedy type and would rather take $0.10 a month from someone a year than $1.00 up front. (Old saying)
I have a breeding pen set up that is separate from my herd on the other side of the farm, I make sure that my herd has been serviced before breeding anyone else's stock, keep my boar away from the herd for a 2-4 weeks after using him to breed someone else's stock, give my boar a full day of rest to recharge between uses and (most importantly) let everyone know up front that if I don't like their stock then they won't even get them unloaded.

I read several good suggestions and imagine that you have everything figured out but again just figured I would chime in anyway.