Fertility in sheep

For those early lambers!

Whether it’s to get the premium Easter prices, utilise the spring grass or produce good lambs for show time and sales, it can be advantageous to lamb early and here are a few options to advance your lambing:

Method	Advanced	Synchronisation
Ram (vasectomised or not)	No	Can do depending on stage of cycle
Melatonin (manipulating light hours or implant Regulin)	Yes	No
Prostaglandin	No	Can do depending on stage of cycle
Progesterone (chronogest sponge or new for this year CIDR- ovis)	Yes if used with PMSG (ECG)	Yes