aggieterpkatie
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It's better to go by size/weight rather than age when deciding to breed ewe lambs or not. I always like to wait to breed them as yearlings so they lamb at 2 years. I'm not raising commercial sheep, so the monetary gain from having ewes lamb as yearlings is no benefit to me, I'd rather wait and have my ewes finish growing (or almost finished growing) before being bred. There are complications with lambing early, and I just choose to wait and avoid any possible problems. 
