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Probly been asked/answered some place before. What fencer do you guys find works well for your sheep? We have wool sheep and the bigger ones keep standing on our current fence and ripping it off the t-posts. We are putting in entirely new pasture and fence which will have a hot hip wire and two...

In long term dry lots parasite management can be a huge problem. Our winter/dry lot is only used for generally 5-6 months of the year during the winter until grass grows and even so we have to keep an eye on our sheep and worm then at least twice in the spring as well as treating with corid at...

I would be on the band them boat with the california bands or find a local cow farmer to help you out. At 8 months old you are going to get at absolute most 120lbs from the larger bull if he weighs 400lbs which is a pretty big stretch for a jersey at 8 months more likely your getting 100lbs from...

We generally get a bit of gravel spread into the yard but this is ridiculous.

Very true!! My freezers are always packed full of meat so no room for milk for us :lol:

I tell you we have two holstein calves we got from the auction, they are now about 7 months old and there is no way I could stop them if I wanted too. Even when they were 2.5 months old they could and did pull me over. I am only 5' 4" and I am used to handling very large sheep like 200-300lbs...

You can try to breed her again, if you grain her normally cut back her ration. Sheep really only need grain when they have lambs on, or if you choose to flush them in the fall. She may simply not come into heat again until fall but you might get lucky if it stays cool. If it was our sheep we...

Holstein Cows have 3.7% butterfat and jersey cows have 4.9% butterfat, 10 pounds of milk makes 1 pound of cheese even at that low of a rate so you likely dont need that high of a butterfat to get what you want out of them. If you are going with the average of 2 quarts a day per sheep and know...

When you start looking to buy I would for sure look for a/some sheep that are used to being milked for starter stock. I can't recall who on here has/had dairy sheep but if you look around I'm sure you can find their threads. Lots of good info on those.

Glad you found him a good home!

We have found the same to be true in goats as well for the most part. It is not a this year thing either, first we heard of it was about 9yrs ago and first we saw it personally was about 6yrs ago. It did not matter if we used store bought formula, mixed formula with mothers milk, or used...

That was sort of my thought she may have been to over-conditioned and didnt take the breeding. To me she does not look late stage prego so I would say likely she didnt take. Same suggestion as Bay wait until April 9th and if there is no lamb breed again if possible. Babydolls are usually...

As soon as a replacement is old enough she will likely be on the cull list. I still have to verify if she has a lamb on her, if she does she is safe. She does also I noticed yesterday have a very large(as far as sticking out, area is like size of a quarter) lump on her cheek like she has an...

Sadly happens with most any animal thats shown.

Would be a great idea the trouble I am having is if I am out there they all think I have something for them eventually even if they have already eaten their grain. I stood outside for 45 minutes yesterday watching them and the only thing I saw was one mutt nurse her lamb and the big ewe call her...

Sounds like a plan then. I will say make sure you train them to come to grain before you turn then out there unless you plan to kill in pasture as catching them after not being near humans for awhile can sometimes be a challenge. Since our girls are the ones who go, the fall flushing helps...

The real sole purpose of the leg fluff is to make the hoof look bigger and the leg look thicker, to give the appearance of bigger bones when you are talking about showing. Some people will argue it allows the person showing to try to "minimize" any negative aspect/flaws of the legs, not really...

In theory an excellent idea. The problem we have is if the mom doesnt have enough milk you have to feed formula, most all of our sheep will reject a lamb who is on formula because the poo doesnt smell right. Bottle lambs are fun, they get to be a pain after the first 4 weeks but really they are...

Yes I've always warmed it. There are a few studies saying that cold milk/formula can help lambs to avoid over eating and help reduce the risk of CDT however 2 CDT shots can do the same thing. The problem with feeding cold formula is it means the lamb has to use calorie to warm the milk to digest...

We have managed to have 3 bottle lambs at a time and never had to do 2am feedings. We did a bottle before I left for work, a bottle when DH got home, a bottle right after dinner and another before bed for the first week. Weeks 2-3 were 3 bottles/day - one before work. after work, before bed At...