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    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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    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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      #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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        #4
        Smitty, I use a program called Ewebyte that does it for me. Great program

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