SHEEP ESTROUS CYCLE

ESTRUS CYCLE

• 13-19 days average 17
• Standing heat is 12 hours
• Will stand the last 24-36 hours

MATURE

• Age of puberty 5-12 months

PREGENT/NOT

• Gestation is about 5 months
• Not pregnant 7 months
• Breed between october an november
• Once a year is the usual breeding

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• It is important to give the ewe extra nutreints
• In the first 30 days for the corpus luteum to
• Increase the progesterone to help ensure
• Pregnancy. The last 5 weeks are very important also