Cull Ewes
Culling unproductive ewes every year reduces carrying costs for the flock.
Cull ewes. Ewes are most productive between 3 6 years of age. Top post this week cull ewe rump. Culling is the practice of selling off animals that you no longer want to or no longer can keep.
Economics drives most of them. Regardless of market conditions unproductive ewes should be removed from the flock to save valuable feed for higher producing ewes. If you have sheep as a hobby aesthetic reasons may be more important to you.
There are many reasons to cull ewes. Many times both economics and aesthetics play a part in your decision to sell sheep. You can generally afford to carry a ewe that produces.
Data from the western sheep flocks show that the average culling age of a ewe is 5 6 years of age.