Double lambing possible with Polypay ewes
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
According to a report issued
by the USDA, doubling
production without a
proportionate increase in
overhead costs is the “im
possible dream” of every
business person. Only such a
dream is no longer im
possible for sheep producers
as SEA-developed Polypay
ewes promise to make twice
a-year lambing a viable
reality.
The name “Polypay”
means “multiplepaychecks”
and that is exactly what
these ewes can mean to
sheep producers for they are
potentially capable of
conceiving and raising twin
lambs twice a-year in ad
dition to a wool crop.
Today’s market price for
lamb is rising because
demand is high while supply
is low. U.S. producers
currently market less than
three pounds of lamb per
person per year. Con
sequently, we import nearly
$2O million worth of lamb
each year. Polypay ewes
could help our producers
better meet domestic needs,
stabilize market prices and
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profits.
Polypay ewes originated
from crosses of Targhee x
Dorset and RambouUlet x
Finnsheep breeds which in
turn were crossed to form
the final, four-cross breed.
The synthetic breed was
developed under the
leadership of SEA animal
physiologist Clarence V.
Hidet.
Polypays are a part of a
plan to develop an intensive
lamb production system.
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The need was for a breed of
sheep possessing a relatively
short gestation and post
partum interval (the in
terval between lambing and
conception) as well as a long
breeding season.
Polypays are well en
dowed with each of these
characteristics. From the
Rambouillet and the
Targhee breeding they
obtain hardiness, herding
instinct, size and the long
breeding season. Dorset
breeding contributes car
cass quality, milking ability,
short gestation and, again,
the long breeding season.
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Finnsheep breeding adds
early puberty, short
gestation and postpartum
fertility as well as high
lambing rates.
Initially, hormone
treatments were used to
induce twice-a-year lab
ming. Prior to the Polypays,
the best hormone-induced
conception rate in lactating
ewes within 6 weeks of
lambing was 44 per cent.
Following hormone treat
ment after Spring lambing,
Polypay ewes have achieved
a 56 per cent lambing rate in
the Fall plus an 85 per cent
rate in the following Spring
with no additional hormone
treatments.
Also, it appears possible to
achieve twice-a-year lam
bing in Polypays with hor
mones. They can lamb in
February and a considerable
number will, and breed
naturally in March, lamb
again in August and breed
quite successfully in Sep
tember. Continued careful
selection will be required to
achieve a high level of
success without hormones at
the March breeding.
Furthermore, 85 to 95 per
cent of the Polypay ewes
possess the ability to breed
at the age of 6 to 7 months
and give birth to one or more
lambs at 12 to 13 months.
This ability to breed at such
an early age enhances the
Polypays’ potential for
putting more U.S. lamb on
the dinner table of con
sumers.
For more information, Dr.
Clarence V. Hulet’s address
is U.S. Sheep Experiment
Station, Dubois, Id. 83423.
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