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We have a regular shearing machine (Oster Showmaster). I was wondering about the clippers/clipping machines, commonly used on alpacas, dogs, etc. So far, it sounds like they fail miserably on sheep. I wouldn't expect it to do a thing on the body of the sheep, but was wondering more about legs...

Has anyone ever tried using a clippers machine on sheep? I believe they are primarily for hair animals. I'm wondering about trying one on sheep legs and faces (for wool breeds, like southdowns). Any experience?

Three days apart (you were right on the money).

I had one ewe that I swear waited to begin lambing until I was around. She really trusts me and is quite the special ewe. I got to be involved during the entire process. But I think they can get quite exhausted and will let you be around anyway. Then again, some ewes seem to birth so...

Just an idea, but some of my boys will make a "snoring" sound when they are content. It sounds like snoring to me, maybe a little bit of a grunt, but more snoring. :P

One of the ewes was in her correct cycling time today because she is standing for him all day! It is going really well with that ewe (all of a sudden, she was ready). :celebrate The other ewe will not stand for him, so she is obviously not ready for him yet. I hope she's not too far apart...

I'm used to my ram breeding the ewes within a day or two of introduction. This year, two ewes are not showing interest in him right away. It's unusual compared to what I'm used to. Darn it, and I had my due dates all picked out. :/ I understand the ewes will cycle every 17 days. Maybe the...

Cool picture. I noticed the lovely dark brahma rooster.

:hit Such a heartwarming story that it makes me want to cry. I'm so glad you decided to keep her. I would keep her until she dies of old age. What an amazing girl. I just love sheep. They add so much to life, don't they!? :love

I read that ewes will cycle every 17 days. I just put my ram in with two girls today and he was ready, but the girls have no interest in him. I guess they are not in "heat" right now or else they will stand still for him. Like any ram, he likes to nudge them on their sides, but the girls keep...

Same here. Our ram was apparently bottle fed by a Catholic nun and raised in a "children's home" environment. Now we have him as mature. We're keeping him though because he's a great breeding ram for us. Temperament is good (minus the fact that he views us a sheep, but that was how he was...

I like the looks of Ali, she is a cutie. We're turning the ram in with two ewes this Saturday. I am soooo excited!

Cute. We've done some pretty "redneck" transporting of sheep. We had one customer come to buy two ewes and she showed up with a dog kennel. It was such a joke. We ended up building her a wooden "pen" made out of pallets. When we hauled some sheep home that we purchased, we had them in a...

Cute. (I love my brahmas.)

It looks like a dead bat. Are you sure it's from the sheep? Hopefully not. :(

Not the greatest picture, but showing chickens, cats, and sheep together. I think it's great and fun when they all intermingle. They seem to entertain each other too.

Our ram is going in next weekend or the weekend after. We still have our mystery ewe we're watching. I like the black and white coloring, like a cow. It's cute. They all look healthy.

Mine jump into the air and kind of kick their back legs sideways. Is that stotting? They seem to do it when they are running out to the paddocks in early morning. The younger ones do it more. I've also seen my Suffolk do this airborne thing when she was being aggressive and trying to fend...

I band the tails at 24 hours of age, unless they are weak looking and need to nurse longer. I like to give them a chance to eat, get on their feet, and bond with momma for the first 24 hours. I had to band one later, maybe she was close to a week old, and it really caused pain for the lamb...

She had mastitis when we bought her, so her udders are not normal. She wasn't planned to be bred, but we had a castration failure that got everyone else pregnant. I'm assuming he got her too. She doesn't bag up correctly, but she has bagged up since this past July. Back in July, I noticed...