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Yes, I do feel she's a good breeding ewe. I bought her from another breeder specifically to be a breeding ewe for me. I think the way they are raised certainly plays a role. Our ram is very rammy because he was raised as a bottle baby and never feared humans. Most people would not put up...

This post needs a like button. I'm laughing out loud at several of these. :lau

I would suspect that my cholesterol and triglycerides are lower. My topic isn't about vegetarianism, I'm looking for ideas of training sheep or open to hearing if others have had similar ewes. Dogs are a liability too and many people have dogs in their homes that are not trustworthy.

I feel like venting about annoying things non-farming/non-sheep owning people say. Since lambing season is upon us, I keep getting asked just how many more sheep I intend to breed. As if people think I have too many or something. (Mind you, I have twelve sheep right now, hardly a large...

Since I'm a vegetarian, there won't be a freezer camp, lol. But I would like to work with her. Her lamb is very healthy and showing great qualities. She's less likely to bother if you are just standing around chilling and not touching her. We have a Suffolk ewe that is quite aggressive with...

She started this behavior when she was still under a year old. It is simply exacerbated with the lamb right now because she is very protective of him. But I'm wondering if it stems from her "demanding" treats from my hand. Maybe she thinks she will get fed if she does this (even though she...

Just when you think only rams ram people, we have one ewe that rams. And she rams a lot. I would really like to train her to not do this. Right now she is really protective of her lamb, so this time is particularly worse. But even before lambing, she would ram me. She does not like to be...

I hope someone more knowledgeable answers this because I would like to know too. I did have one born once where the mom was too tired to break the bag and start licking the lamb. So I broke it and wiped down the lamb with a towel and it was fine. I don't know what went wrong?

Excellent pictures and more helpful than most books. I have never had a breech lamb and therefore, never needed to pull it out. I have "Storey's Barn Guide to Sheep" ready, just in case I need to know how to address different birthing positions.

Wow, these pictures don't look real to me. They look so huge (and healthy)! Mine are less than a month away from lambing and they are so small I can barely tell if they are pregnant and I am feeding them a lot. Gosh, I sure hope those girls will lamb soon, as it's got to be uncomfortable for...

I get excited and anxious and have a hard time being able to tell too. SheepGirl has a good list. Usually #1 doesn't work for me. It's hard to tell under all that wool and my boys have bigger bellies than my girls. Number two and three are definite indicators, but they don't happen until...

I agree with goodolboy. Don't bottle feed. It's really not healthy for the lamb. They seem to get scours. You can teach them to eat treats from your hand and soon the rest will follow.

I love baby pictures! I also enjoying seeing and learning about other breeds. The lambs are so big compared to my small breed. Share more...

Well, I recently discovered that my Babydoll Southdown ram is capable of lifting up a cattle gate that is hanging on two bolts and chained, in order that he can reach and mate an older ewe that was not in my breeding plans. :barnie Ah, yes, the motivation of a miniature sheep should not be...

Try not to beat yourself up about it. It's hard and you keep thinking to yourself, if only...if only I could have went outside to check. I felt the same last year when I lost one. I thought, if only I had gone outside an hour or so earlier, then maybe it would have lived. It was sad watching...

My Suffolk ewe can be a mean old thing. She is "tough" and can really hold her own. When we used to keep her with our ram, she would butt him all the time. Although she never butted him hard enough to truly hurt him. I think it was more to put him in his place. It seemed also like she got...

Cute. I have to wait until April before I get my baby fix.

My sheep always have dirty wool. Yours look good compared to mine. My opinion is it will get sheared off in the Spring. I feel like it's impossible to keep the wool clean unless you put one of those jackets over them. The most annoying thing is cockle burrs because they are difficult to...

My ram is constantly nudging the girls on their sides, almost like he's asking them if they're interested. Usually they are not and run away from him when he nudges. But when they are in heat, they will not run away when he nudges and grunts at them. Instead, they will stand still with their...

Ask your husband how he did their faces and legs! Did he use a particular comb? We have so far used a 10-tooth and a 20 tooth.