Hogget ram vs ram lamb

I let out a ram lamb and a Hogget this year with a new crayon raddle on each ….after week one they had 35 of the 60 ewes tipped,

the Hogget nearly had his crayon gone while the ram lamb had very little used.

obviously the Hogget was doing all the work

Does it look like both are sub fertile?

In future will you split the ewes and allocate a ram to the appropriate number of ewes?

I'd put in a fertile ram now and be testing the other lads then!

It goes to show how important it is to have rams prepared for breeding season. A few things lads should do is fertility test a month before breeding, check feet and pare if necessary a month before breeding and footbath weekly then. Plenty minerals too and they're usually fairly sound for 5 or 6 weeks then.

Ya so the chances of both being infertile is very slim….they were in top order preparation wise….I didn’t fertility test because the probe is too severe on rams in my opinion.

i have two more rams with another batch….all ewes being bunched together tomorrow and 3 ram lambs left with them