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Sheepshape pretty much covered it! Stomach tube + syringe- it seems scary to tube babies but it can absolutely save a lamb Iodine Powdered colostrum replacement or frozen colostrum Bottle+nipples Equipment for docking and castrating (if that's something you need to do) Lubricant Thermometer...

I've joked about having a ram for each of my ewes but you've actually done it :p I saw your pics on the jacob sheep fb page and I think you're going to have a real lovely batch of lambs. I just bred 10 jacob ewes this past week so we'll be flooding the forums with our spotty sheep in March!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who goes around and around with breeding plans! I originally had 7 breeding groups selected and then decided that was way too many and have cut it down to 5 which keep getting reshuffled. If you ever want a jacob, cormo, or longwool cross ram I can hook you up :p...

The problem becomes when your ram is overly friendly and socialized to humans and starts treating humans like other sheep. A ram can seriously injure someone and it's best for them to have a healthy respect for us big naked monkeys. Too many people start out playing with a cute baby lamb and end...

It's only October 1st, it shouldn't be madness already! I'm not even putting CIDRs in until next week. Do you have any issues with lambing into the summer? My summer lambs really never do that well.

It's definitely wool! It's just an open fleece instead of the dense, closed fleeces of a lot of other breeds. I love shearing jacobs, I get them done lickety split.

I use copasure boluses with my sheep regularly and am pleased with my results. But I also have high levels of various things that reduce copper in my water and soil so I'm at very low risk of overdosing on copper (I actually feed a mineral with copper in it to my sheep because I've had some...

I've had upwards of 9 rams living together at one time with no major problems. You need the right rams and the right introductions though. Probably the easiest thing would be to keep the ram with the ewes until they lamb and then keep a wether son to keep him company on the "off season". If you...

I personally prefer to wait to breed a ewe until their second winter so they lamb around 2 years old. I have slow developing breeds though so that's just what works for me. There's absolutely nothing wrong with breeding sheep their first year as long as they are a good size and kept in good...

It was a big spotty sheep weekend for me! Friday I threw a couple of my ram lambs in the car and drove 6 hours to exciting Cooperstown, NY for the jacob sheep breeders association annual general meeting. I have never seen so many jacob sheep together in my life. It was just a wave of spots and...

Australia has my favorite herding dogs. Kelpies, koolies, all sorts of heelers, I love them all! My current dog is an ACD mix and when he's gone I hope to get a full cattle dog or stumpy. I like the kelpies but a lot of the ones I've heard of here in the US have serious medical issues (seizures...

I don't think tylenol is safe for sheep. I've heard of people using aspirin successfully short term, although it can cause stomach issues long term. Best bet would to be getting some banamine or other pain relief from the vet, especially since I think you mentioned these are valuable animals you...

I know some people like to shear lambs but it's breed dependent and generally they don't need it until they reach a year. If the breeder says yearly I'd go with that. It's not super hard to learn how to take wool off, but it takes some practice and the equipment can be expensive. I always offer...

Ok so I know I said I was downsizing but I have a bunch of sheep who are basically sold and just waiting for AGM next month and I got a really good deal so meet the new guys. They're all 3/4 cotswold crosses. The big wether in the back is mixed with teeswater and the twin ram and ewe in the...

I send pelts off to Stern tanning in WI and the product I get back is fantastic. I'm actually all sold out now and need to send in another batch I have salted and sitting around in my basement. I just have one left in the freezer that I need to power wash and dry but that one might have to wait...

Everyone is sheared finally! I don't know what to do with all the free time but posting pictures will do for now. I'm also working on my sales list which is a bummer because I want everyone to stay here but I currently have 60 sheep and that's too many sheep for my property. Valkyrie the...

I can't believe you're still lambing, I would have gone nuts by now! They sure are cute though :love

What a lovely bunch, I love the look of Meridian sheep! Welcome to the fun world of jacob sheep, I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy mine.

Did you give her the B complex? Could she have been walking the fence and getting stuck due to a vision or neuro problem or was she just being a silly lamb?

Ear tagging day! The jacobs have such tiny ears that I usually wait until their first shots to tag them and I can usually tell them all apart, no problem. This year for some reason I've been really struggling to tell some of them apart so I had to make myself a cheat sheet. Luckily their spots...