Improving reproductive performance in maiden ewes, with Charlie Wootton
This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Charlie Wootton.Charlie is currently based in Adelaide but is originally from Jigsaw Farms in South West Victoria.Charlie is doing his honours project on the "Magnificent Maidens" project, which is the topic of todays podcast. The MLA funded PDS project, "Magnificent Maidens", is to demonstrate best-bet management of maiden ewes on their reproductive performance and carryover effects on subsequent performance. "There's not much research done on maiden merino hoggets that join at 18-19 months of age" Charlie says. He also says that improving…
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