Reproductive performance of Border Leicester × Merino ewes in northern Victoria when joined in the spring

Abstract

Observations were made on three flocks of half-bred ewes, of breeding Border Leicester X Merino, when joined to Dorset Horn rams in October and November 1961 and at lambing in March-April 1962. In the three flocks involved 98-88 per cent of the ewes joined had mated by November 15, and 95-68.5 per cent had lambed by April 11.