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Our LGD isn't old enough yet he is only 7months maybe this summer we will have to give it a try. Our girls are spoiled and expect their grain and a fresh stall every night quite demanding they are ahaha, and with all the snow we have already i don't blame them, I would want to be inside too!:)

@Baymule Thankyou! i didn't even think about the lambs being able to get through the cow panel. I will have to see if our local TSC has sheep and goat panels! This first lambing is going to be stressful ahah! We shall see if i have any hair left by the time its over with !!! :barnie

Worming pregnant sheep.....educated me lol I have Valbalzen can that be used? They are due around the end of feb. I know your not supposed to use it near the beginning of the pregnancy, but now that they are father along is it ok? I just want to make sure I am not going to hurt the lamb or...

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Our sheep have a big box stall to them selves , they come in every night for their food and hay and we keep them in there over night, we just feel it safer that way even in the summer. they have nice windows and ventilation so they get a breeze. I hear the coyotes howling like crazy at night so...

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@Baymule oo yes I love zip ties too. But the walls are solid pine board so I'm not sure what I would secure the ties to? Maybe I can create some hooks. I was thinking about splitting the stall with a cattle panel, and using those u hooks to secure it.

@Latestarter good ideas, I will run the idea of a removable "wall" by my husband and see what he thinks, he's the builder not me :). We can't drive anything in to the ground in the stall as they are on rubber mats. But i might be able to rig something up that attaches to the wall of the barn...

@Mike CHS They are very easily handled. Very friendly sheep. I was hoping to have them Lamb inside, as we already have a lot of snow and will keep getting snow until at least April up here.

So this is our first time dealing with lambing. I have heard many people recommend a lambing kit? Anything that you all would recommend as must haves ? Any emergency Items?. Im trying to put together a big box that I can take to the barn that will have everything I need. I am a total newbie at...

@Baymule good idea, never thought to mix beef with it. We have mixed pork with our deer in the past and it worked out amazingly! thanks for suggesting !

Update! Soaked the chops in butter milk overnight. MUCH better. Didn't taste anything like the ground meat that I had before. The only part that tasted weird was the fat, which can be avoided. So glad I found a solution to this.

@animalmom No problem, Ill let you know how it turns out. On another note, when looking for a butcher to process our future lambs are there any questions that you suggest I ask in regards to how they process sheep. There are several around here, I'm not sure which would be the best bet. Ill...

@goatgurl We have found a different butcher that we will try in the future if we don't end up doing it our selves. We hunt so processing a lamb won't be much harder then deer I imagine. I will try soaking it in water, or butter milk and hope that makes a difference.

Does consuming corn or a high protein feed make it a stronger taste?

When we lived in Montana we ordered lamb from a ranch that did grass fed lamb. It tasted great, nice sweet mild flavor. This is nothing like that at all, I find it to smell to much like the actual animal. We picked katahdins to raise because everyone said it was more mild....now I'm doubting our...

I was told katahdins are a more mild meat , so now I'm confused lol. I will give other cuts of meat a try. Is there a breed that you recommend that is mild tasting ?

I was not sure of his exact birth date but I knew he was between 6 and 7 months old. It's tastes and smells horrible in my opinion ....it's like I'm licking a sheep's face. I think it definitely could be the butcher....I know he was kept with ewes before he was butchered could that of effected it?

Yeah, I think I will cut them in the future because I honestly have no interest in the rest of the meat if it tastes like that. It tasted exactly how they smell in their stalls. I'll stick to beef till I figure out what I did wrong :(