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I've been thinking about this off an on for awhile now - hopefully it won't get too long - teehee. I live on 10 acres. Currently we have a 7-acre pasture that contains 6 sheep (3 of them pregnant ewes) and 2 goats (one of whom we hope is pregnant). The remaining 3-acres is house, garden area...

This doesn't solve the food aggression per se, but…..I wouldn't have thought a (vegetarian) goat would be interested in eating dog food. Is the food you are feeding grain based? If so, perhaps switching feed will make it less appealing to the goats in the first place. Most cheap dog foods...

Yeah, there is a PDF file you can download to learn how to use it but I haven't downloaded it yet because I found it so easy to use I didn't need the pointers. I figure if and when I get stuck, I can download it then. And I was very impressed with the support on a Sunday night, and there is a...

OK….heart still pumping but I just got off the phone (when I said last week I don't make phone calls….you don't know the extent of it LOL. I mean, I go hungry before I'll call to order a pizza.) But - after entering my flock into the Flock Filer program last night, I realized I do need to do...

I wanted to provide an update on the Flock Filer issues I was having last night. I finally emailed the support email address, explaining the problems I was having, not expecting to hear back until business hours. To my surprise, within 30 minutes of sending the email, I had a response from the...

Thanks SheepGirl - I will check out those links though I confess I am not much for paper record keeping. I've always preferred to keep records via the computer where the info is searchable. However, I'm not having any luck downloading the FlockFiler trial version. Its been over an hour but...

Thanks Ruus - I am downloading the trial version now.

I'm curious why you can't use Valbazen?

I am curious how most people keep herd records? Being in my first year of sheep raising and with only a small herd (6 sheep, 2 goats), so far my memory has worked well enough. But this morning I gave 3 ewes a dose of CDT in preparation for lambing and realized its probably a good idea to keep...

Welcome! I'm kinda new here myself but did live in the Alamosa area for several years awhile back. Unfortunately at that time I didn't keep livestock so I can't help there. Love the cool, dry, mountain area, and that the summers don't get too hot. Unfortunately that means the winters are...

Great info Boothcreek - thanks. Is there anything I can do to eliminate the liver flukes (and other parasites) prior to processing, if regular wormers won't do it? How long before processing should any such treatment occur?

To be honest….I don't worry about it. I figure that horses lived outside for a long time before people domesticated them, and didn't have anyone to make sure they made it to shelter when it stormed. All I can do is provide for their needs - if they choose not to avail themselves, probably they...

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Wow, what a great tutorial - thank you so much for taking the time to take the photos and write this up. I sent two lambs to the processor in November. I do my own chickens, turkeys and ducks on a regular basis so I had no reluctance about doing a lamb except I was afraid that due to the...

Congratulations! How are they doing this morning?

Good info for me too. If I could add on to the OP's question by asking at what age ram lambs start to be a "problem" if the herd is all kept together? I.e., if I am growing them out to butcher in the fall, are they going to cause problems for the ewes during their lambhood?

I'm just throwing this out there because I've read the whole thread and haven't seen this suggested. Since he is licking the mineral tub and guarding it from the sheep, is it possible his own diet is deficient in something and therefore he sees the mineral tub as something of value that he...

Cattle are social animals and one kept alone won't be very happy so the real question is "is the pasture big enough for two cows?" 1.5 acres would be pushing it and would require a LOT of supplemental hay. So I think you are making the smart choice thinking about sheep and goats instead...

HikerFrog, please don't be offended. I think everyone here is doing it because they get pleasure in some way from their animals and/or farm in addition to any other purpose the livestock may have. I think BossRoo only wanted to be sure you are aware that barnyard animals CAN harm you in ways...

LOL. I have a program called Splash ID on my computer that stores all my passwords. Kind of like a vault, so I only have to remember one password to get into the vault. Anyway, I recently updated my computer so had to install Splash on the new computer and only then realized it has an option...