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Bcnew... Great info! So weathers have more fat than ram. We are thinking to butcher around 100pounds. I have no intention of graing...probably grass hay if we run out of pasture before he reaches weight. Thanks goat boy! Will def be before he is a year.

Thanks promise!

Thanks onefineacre :)

Thanks for the replies. Our weather is very mild, and we do not have a jug, so she lambed in the pasture. It's a small pasture, but big enough that I had to put temporary water for her cause her water was too far away from where she lambed. I am thinking from your replies and others I have read...

Hi Everyone! We are new to sheep (Dorpers). About 6 weeks ago, we bought a ewe with a ewe lamb at her side (Tilda and Tootie) , and a pregnant ewe (Gerti), who just lambed on 4/17 (ram lamb). About 3 weeks ago, we bought a 7 month old ram. We had them all together, but after Gerti lambed and...

Hi everyone! I am new here. We just bought our first sheep about 6 weeks ago and had our first lamb on 4/17. It's a ram, and we had already bought a ram, so we will be butchering this one. Was really hoping our first baby would be a ewe :(. Anyway, my question is: Castrate him, or no? Is...

Thank you 22! Oh my! Would love to work up to 80 ewes! All those babies!!! We will not be able to go over 15 ewes, I am thinking. We are only on 2 acres, and of the 2, about 1 1/2 is pasture...but native pasture, and not irrigated, so it is only green part of the year :(. I did lots of...

I am so happy to find this forum! We bought our first Dorpers about 6 weeks ago. The only small livestock we have had is my son's show pigs. With no time to ride, we sold our horses, and we usually feed out a steer, but beef prices are so high right now, and with so little rain this year, we...