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  • Smithy
    Member
    • Dec 2002
    • 103
    #1

    inbreeding

    Does anyone know if you can use a half sibling ram without running into problems?

    I have a Texel x Finn ram lamb that I would like to use on my Texel x Finn ewe lambs this year. The Texel part is unrelated. The ram was a triplet with all ram siblings so no full siblings in the ewes. I don't usually keep my own rams but this guy is really exceptional.
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    • woolpuller
      Junior Member
      • Jan 2001
      • 19
      #2
      I have used my own rams back for years, no problem. The highest inbreeding has been 12%
      I wouldn't worry about it. If you get bad lambs, deformed lambs than you need a new ram strain.

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        • Smithy
          Member
          • Dec 2002
          • 103
          #3
          Thanks for the reply. How do you calculate that percentage? I am breeding the ram to his own half siblings so would that be 50%?

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            • woolpuller
              Junior Member
              • Jan 2001
              • 19
              #4
              Smitty, I use a program called Ewebyte that does it for me. Great program

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