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LAM-small ruminants
reproduction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| puberty | 6-16 months |
| breeding season | fall |
| type of estrous | seasonally polyestrous |
| length of estrous | 17-21 days |
| length of heat | 1-3 days |
| flushing | the process of feeding extra food to thin ewes prior to breeding season |
| tagging | clipping the wool from the vulva before the breeding season |
| gestation length | 150 days |
| crutching | clipping the wool around vula before lambing |
| lambing jug | 4x4 wooden pen that allows bonding |
| slime grafting | use fresh placenta from foster ewe to cover orphan |
| skin grafting | used if foster ewe has just lost her lamb, cover orphan lamb with skin of ewes dead lamb |
| wet graftin | place orphan lamb and ewes lamb into vat of salt water-both now smell the same |
| fostering pen | place foster ewe in head grate in a pen, place ewes lamb and orphan lamb in pen with foster ewe |
| weaned at | 4-5 months |