Search results

I've had decent success with the "you can have both or neither" method. If she is fairly bonded with the ewe lamb, take both lambs and put them someplace warm together for an hour or so, I usually put them someplace the ewe can see and sniff but not get to like a dog crate in her pen. Then let...

I've not heard of anyone disbudding sheep and most hairsheep breeds are naturally polled. Are you sure he will have horns? At 3 days you will be able to feel horns coming through already if he's horned. Don't have any advice if he does need to be disbudded as I'm a big fan of horns but maybe ask...

I have a buckling, a ram, and two ewes going to new homes this month so it's not too bad :p Hopefully no one disperses their flock next year! I can't take much more!

I forgot to update on the show. I did ok! Logan was most impressive getting 3rd in his class in both the jacob specialty judged by a really great jacob breeder and in the open show judged by the guy who didn't especially like my sheep last year. Gotta love that consistency. Several breeders were...

I've run up to 4 different breeds (jacobs, cormos, cvm/romeldales, longwools) plus angora goats together and they're all fine. Lots of people have spinners flocks comprised of different breeds. It only gets tricky when you're trying to breed them and get purebred lambs which sounds like it isn't...

We're off to NC to show at SAFF this weekend. I feel like I've used up all my wins for the year so I'm just going to have fun with my sheep friends and hopefully sell some lambs. The judge is the same as last year and he didn't especially like my sheep then. What're you gonna do :idunno Coming...

Badgerface babies are too cute! :love You're getting me excited to put together breeding groups soon.

I've been working on getting this off my pasture since I moved here. The goats might nibble the tips and young plants but the sheep avoid it as much as possible. I'd only get that hay if there was nothing else available and only if I was ok if they wasted most of it.

As long as I keep the flies away he'll heal fine. I've healed way worse breaks actually! This one didn't have any actual skull involvement. The horn should even grown back, although it will always be much shorter than the others.

It's all fun and games until someone loses a horn and needs a maxi pad vet-wrapped to their head. The instigator. The innocent bystander. The aftermath (yes, my summer barn attire is bear pj pants and crocs) I had to stick a finger in his head because it was spraying blood. Hawthorn is...

Personally I'd remove the ram, give them a dose of lutelyse in 10 days and send them to slaughter as planned. Lambing out ewes with a history of complications in January doesn't sound like something I'd want any part of. Even if they have beautiful daughters are they going to be hard to lamb...

Most of the lambs are closing in on 5 months old now and finally looking less awkward. Still have a bunch to sell but I was able to find hay at a reasonable price so I'm less stressed out about it than I was when I thought I was going to be paying $6 a bale. I'm hoping to sell some at SAFF in NC...

Check her FAMACHA score (instructions here), don't rely on the appearance of poop to determine the presence of parasites. Getting a fecal done would be a good idea too if she is noticeably skinnier than everyone else. It has been a very bad year for parasites in many areas so that would be the...

I look for 5-7 year old ewes that are being moved because their previous owner has kept better daughters. They did their job improving that flock now they can come improve mine. It helps if breeders know you and are willing to let you have these golden oldies. My sheep regularly produce into...

There was a lecture at the jacob sheep meeting about parasite management that touched on this topic by a local extension agent. He brought up that some animals just don't seem that bothered by their parasite loads and he cautioned against using FECs and FAMACHA scores as your sole deciding...

Meningeal worm would be my thought but I'm not sure how common it is in different regions. https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/e/7832/files/2017/11/P.-tenuis-Producer-Factsheet-2gkq1rv.pdf

It was an ordeal finding an excuse to go take the pictures you needed without giving anything away. Cheryl almost started crying when she was given the sign she loved it so much. It features Everlasting, a very special ewe that has brought home a lot of ribbons for her. Everyone who saw it...

It was finally AGM weekend! I've been waiting for a year for this show and it was so much fun and now I'm exhausted. This is the jacob sheep breeders association's annual meeting and show, which moves around from year to year. This year it's fairly local so I got to help out and showed a bunch...

My coats are the "$3 finds at salvation army" variety. I think lamb hide is too rich for me, I wouldn't be able to wear it anywhere! Mariposa refuses to just line up quietly and wait to be let in for dinner like everyone else. She's such a riot, I just love her.

Salt the flesh side, let it sit on an angle or on something wher e air can get all around it, when it's pretty dry but still flexible vacuum up the salt then fold it up flesh side together into a smaller bundle for easier packing, then give it a few more days until it's really dry. You don't...