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for ewes to lamb outdoors as there are insufficient structures to handle the large flocks of ewes there. New Zealand ewes produce 36 million lambs each...

example, Finnsheep ewe lambs may reach puberty as early as 3 to 4 months, and Merino ewes sometimes reach puberty at 18 to 20 months. Ewes have estrus cycles...

lambing ewes (shepherds are said to lamb their flocks). Lambing jug or lambing pen – a small pen to confine ewes and newly born lambs. Lamb marking – the work...

animal's life. In sheep, ewes having just given birth imprint onto their lambs on the basis of olfactory cues, allowing mothers to distinguish their own...

Lamb (Icelandic: Dýrið, lit. 'The animal') is a 2021 folk horror film directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Sjón. The...

natural mating. Fall lambing is generally not done as the lamb crop percentage is likely to be low; ewes often need hormone therapy to induce estrus and...

tends to be called "lamb". Mutton — the meat of a female (ewe) or castrated male (wether) sheep having more than two permanent incisors in wear. In the early...

to produce one lamb: suited to the harsh conditions. The lowland ram, such as the Blueface Leicester is prolific, producing ewes which give 1-3 lambs...

are known as rams and the females as ewes. The young animals are known as lambs. European mouflon have a body length of up to 120 cm, a shoulder height...

particularly sensitive to phytoestrogens, soybean meal supplementation of ewe lambs or ewes on pasture in some studies has been found to have no detrimental...

Female sheep (ewes) do not produce milk constantly. Rather, they produce milk during the 80–100 days after lambing. Sheep naturally breed in the fall, which...

lambs mature early and can be mated at six months of age. Ewes commonly breed out of season and some may lamb twice in a year. The breed belongs to the...

Spider lamb syndrome may occur in the Suffolk breed. Suffolk rams are commonly used as a terminal sire on cross-bred ewes to produce fast-growing lambs for...

completed well before the flystrike season, or else chemical protection should be provided to reduce risk to the lambs and ewes. Lambs that are slaughtered...

meat. The ewes make excellent mothers, having very few lambing problems and plenty of milk to feed the lambs. At their first lambing, most ewes have single...

white with brown or black spots. Ewes and rams are polled (no horns), and rams have a large throat ruff. Mature ewes weigh 68 kg (150 lbs) and rams weigh...

Shetland, the lambing percentage is about 130%. However, when the ewes are on better pasture, twin lambs are more common, especially from mature ewes. Shetland...

are attacked by mother ewes, but in the presence of larger predators, the ewes quickly run away with the lambs following them. The argali is listed as Near...

between 80 and 100 kg; ewes between 75 and 95 kg, lambs weigh 4 kg when born and reach a market weight of 37 kg at 118 days of age. Ewes reach sexual maturity...

is commonly used in the United Kingdom as a sire to produce market lambs from pure-bred ewes and mules. This breed originates in the Charolles and Saône-et-Loire...