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5 days, 13 ewes, 16 lambs, and I'm done for the month. I've got a goat due later in the month because goats don't abide by anyone's schedules and 3 ewes that cycled again and are due in May but otherwise that's it. Way more singles this year than usual but I didn't flush and nearly half my...

I showed some lambs last year so halter broke them and they're so much easier to handle now. I'm definitely planning on halter breaking any keepers in the future. What I did is start by just haltering them and offering a handful of grain and when they ate it I let them go. Once they were...

I'm not sure anyone can help you without seeing it. If it is ringwomb I'd want a vet's opinion on it asap. Being in labor that long without progress would have me real nervous knowing she's carrying trips or quads.

JSBA has a listing of breeders by region that shows several in Texas.

I've made a couple of buttons to try it out but don't make them regularly. I really need to dig through my skull piles and see what skulls have matching horn sheaths and which horns can be used for separate crafts. I think Meridian Jacobs out west has buttons for sale regularly and they really...

I mostly use Stern's in WI these days. I really like the product they turn out. If the hides are coming to me straight from my processor they're already fleshed and salted so I just need to let them dry. If I get them from another producer it's a mixed bag but I usually need to flesh them and...

Spotty hides are gorgeous, although I may be a little biased. I've tanned my own but after the hassle of dealing with wool-on hides I happily spend the $54 to have them processed elsewhere into lovely, washable pelts. I even buy green hides off of other breeders to process and sell. Most people...

Where are you (generally) in OH? You can message me if you'd prefer or email rovingacres at gmail. I know several shearers and can ask around my Ohio sheep buddies for recommendations. I do shearing as well but I seem to remember you being fairly far from me. At very least I can tell you who to...

The guy up front with the scrape on his nose has 3, maybe 4, big ruts in his horns where he was a little run down, probably he was breeding or it was winter and not getting as good nutrition. That would support him being 4-ish and just being bred for horns that grow rapidly the first few years...

Horns don't grow evenly across the lifespan of the sheep, they grow much faster the first couple of years. It looks like you got a handful of lambs there but the big horned boys could be 2-4 if they're from a line bred to put on a lot of horn fast. Check the teeth for sure but as long as the...

I've liked the blue and yellow, but now I just use CIDRs and know everyone is getting bred within 5 days so don't bother with harnesses. I've got 21 ewes all due within those days though so it's going to be a little nuts.

I guess I should update this now that I'm home. I had such a great time and I highly recommend the show to any wool sheeple able to make the drive! Didn't do a ton of winning but I got some great feedback and breeders I respect liked my sheep so that's as good as ribbons to me. Roving...

I'd be concerned that the only reviews seem to be from people using it on puppies and pigs, who have much thinner tails than lambs. I use a double crush emasculator to dock, it doesn't cauterize but clamps the vessels well and I rarely get any significant bleeding. Lambs bounce back right away...

What a big, handsome boy he is! Good luck with your breeding season.

Hawthorn is just a yearling, they get way more impressive as they mature. One of my previous breeding rams, sold him last year because I kept back 2 daughters, own his grandmother, and he didn't like living with all my rams. Twofer was actually from the first set of lambs born at my farm in...

I lost a couple years of progress to a genetic issue that cost me a lot of lambs and I feel like I'm finally going in the direction I want. Still lots to improve but I'm happy with what I have. Here are 3 of my breeding rams. The dude in front is getting traded for an unrelated 4 horned ram...

Lambs are all 6 months old now and I'm down to just the ones I'm growing out over the winter for the most part. Here's my "show string" that I'm showing at SAFF in NC next month. Caraway, triplet ram with one ice blue eye. He's a really striking looking guy. His brother I haven't named yet...

I spoke to Norse at a show back in May. She had a hard lambing season and was extremely busy now that she's retired but seemed to be doing ok. Hopefully she's still hanging in there!

I should probably include the link :p

It's in Fletcher, NC near Asheville, October 26-28th. There's a jacob specialty, an angora goat specialty, a pygora goat specialty, then all breed open and junior sheep shows.