Annual Doe
Management
Program
(Fall Lambing)
I. Doe Production Stages
Flushing:
Breeding:
Early Gestation:
Late Gestation:
Average Kidding Date:
Lactation:
Average Weaning Date:
Post-Weaning:
Maintenance:
April 15 to May 1
May 1 to May 31
May 15 to September 15
September 15 to October 15
October 15
October 15 to December 15
January 15
January 15 to January 20
January 20 to April 15
II. Nutritional Flushing (15 days)
A. Minimally Intensive
A. Pasture
B. No concentrate supplemntation
II. Nutritional Flushing (15 days)
A. Moderatley Intensive
A. De-worm does on April 7
B. Fresh, clean pasture
C. No concentrate supplemntation
II. Nutritional Flushing (15 days)
A. Minimally Intensive
(a) Enter in 1.5 to 2.0 BCS
(b) De-worm all does on April 7
(c) Flush with cool season grass
(d) Teasers in on April 15/out on
May 1
(e) Fertile bucks with marking
harnesses in on May 1
II. Nutritional Flushing (15 days)
A. Management
1. Highly Intensive
(a) ADG = 0.2 to 0.25 lb/doe/d
(b) Leave in 2.0 to 2.5 BCS
(c) Can’t flush > 3.0 BCS
(d) Products of nutritional flushing
(1) Stimulate out-of-season
breeding
(2) Synchronized breeding
(3) 15 to 20% higher kidding rate
III. Breeding (31 days)
A. Management
1. Highly Intensive
(a) Continue flushing regimen all of
breeding period
(b) Check raddle marks daily. Record
(c) Remove bucks on May 31
(d) Leave does in same pasture for
7 to 10 days after buck removal
(e) Leave breeding in 2.0 to 2.5 BCS
(f) Mineral, water, shade
IV. Early Gestation (107)
A. Management
1. Minimally Intensive
(b) Continue to graze summer
pastures
2. Moderately intensive
(a) Graze
(b) FAMACHA
IV. Early Gestation (107)
A. Management
1. Highly Intensive
(a) Enter in 2.0 to 2.5 BCS
(b) Teasers with marking harnesses in
on June 1
(c) Check raddle marks daily for 20
days. Record
(d) Remove teasers on June 20
(e) Remove raddle marked does on
June 20. Don’t have to cull.
Re-expose in Aug/Sep for winter
kidding.
IV. Early Gestation (107 days)
A. Management
1. Highly Intensive
(a) Divide pastures into small plots
(b) Rotate so forage has 30 days to
recover from each grazing bout
(c) Stocking rates (cool season
grasses)
June
12 to 18 does/acre
July
8 to 10 does/acre
August
3 to 4 does/acre
September 3 to 7 does/acre
IV. Early Gestation (107 days)
A. Management
1. Highly Intensive
(a) FAMACHA score does every 21
days to October 1
(b) De-worm 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s
(c) ADG = 0.07 lb/doe/d (7 to 10
lb/doe)
(d) Mineral, water, shade
(e) Quality of forage unimportant
as long as quantity is adequate
V. Late Gestation (30 days)
A. Management
1. Min. to Mod. Intensive
(a) Continue to graze, higher quality
that in early gestation
(b) Supplement with hay as needed
V. Late Gestation (30 days)
A. Management
1. Highly Intensive
(a) Enter in 3.0 BCS
(b) Begin to feed 1.0 lb grain/doe/d
1 x/d on September 5
(c) Higher quality and quantity
forage than EG
(d) Continue pasture rotation
V. Late Gestation (30 days)
A. Management
1. Highly Intensive
(a) If pasture unavailable, feed
following outside or inside barn
OG hay (EV)
= 3.3 lb
Grain
= 1.2 lb
(b) CDT vaccination
(c) Move does to “up close” pens on
September 20.
(d) Mineral, water, shade
(e) 3.5 to 4.0 BCS at kidding
VI. Kidding
A. Minimally Intensive
1. Kid in lot or small pasture near barn
2. Identify kids, BoSe if needed
VI. Kidding
A. Moderately Intensive
1. Kid in lot or small pasture near barn
2. Move to kidding pens
3. Identify kids, BoSe if needed
VI. Kidding
A. Management
1. Highly Intensive
(a) kid in “up close” pens/move to
kidding pens
(b) Weigh kids/record. Iodine navel,
BoSe
(c) Make sure kids
(d) Hay, feed, fresh
(e) Move to nursery pen (ear tag, may
vaccinate for sore mouth)
VII. Lactation (90 days)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Enter in 3.5 to 4.0 BCS
Mineral, water, shade
Leave lactation in 1.5 to 2.0 BCS
Feed for milk, not BCS
VII. Lactation (60 to 70 days)
A. Minimally Intensive
1. Graze fall pasture, supplement with
hay
VII. Lactation (60 to 70 days)
A. Moderately Intensive
1. Graze fall pasture + 1.0 lb
grain/doe/d
2. Supplement with hay when needed
3. De-worm does with FAMACHA’s 3, 4,
and 5
4. Cease grain feeding 1 week before
weaning
VII. Lactation (60 days)
A. Management
1. Highly Intensive
(a) Enter in 3.5 to 4.0 BCS
(b) De-worm all does as they leave
kiddingpens
(c) Trim hooves
(d) Leave in 1.5 to 2.0 BCS
(e) Mineral, water, shade
(f) Feed for milk, not BCS
VIII. Post-weaning (5 days)
A. Remove grain from doe ration 7 days
before weaning
B. Reduce hay during last 7 days
C. No feed or mineral for 48 hours Withhold
water 24 to 48 hours
D. Mineral and water ad libitum after 48
hours
E. Turn to winter pasture
IX. Maintenance (116 days)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Enter in 1.5 to 2.0 BCS
FAMACHA. De-worm 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s
Palpate udders 4 weeks after weaning
Cull does
FAMACHA again. De-worm 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s
Pasture pickings + mature hay ad libitum until
April 15
IX. Maintenance (116 days)
A. Mineral, water, shade
B. Leave maintenance/enter Flushing in 1.5 to
2.0 BCS
Annual Kid
Management
Program
(Fall Kidding)
I. Kid Management
A. Born on pasture or in barn depending on
management system
B. Wean at 90 days direct to slaughter
C. Wean and put on feed (winter)