I figured as much. That was my super-duper-nice way of saying, "Build a ram pen so you can control when they get bred, and you'll have more lambs to sell/eat next year!" Plus, I know some of your rams have been jerks about tearing down fence and stuff in the past. If you had a nice ram pen, you wouldn't have to put up with that crap either. He'd be too busy paying attention to the ladies to worry about fences once he was released in with them.
I'm trying to find the nice way to say things these days - can you work with me here?!
Seems like a waste to me to have ewes you feed through the winter (I know they just eat off the land the rest of the time), and then not have a single thing to show for it. If you've got two ewes who each have a single, and both lambs die... what was the point of feeding the ewes? Even if you're not spending a lot, that still leaves you in the red. Not just for the food they cost you, but for the negative amount of meat or money they produced that year as well (what you lost out on by not eating or selling the lamb). Plus, you just put up with shearing them another year too... So that's a pain in the ass (if you're still doing it yourself) or it costs you money (if you're not), and you're not selling your wool, so there's ANOTHER negative for no payoff. I'm just saying... You crazy, boy, if you ain't putting saving those lambs on the priority list!