Bridgemoof
Overrun with beasties
I think the travel is not going to be an issue Southern, because it's such a short trip and they will be in an enclosed vehicle, not out in the open. I would only give them hay when they get there, for a few days. Any grains may upset their stomachs if they are stressed from the surgery/travel/new home. Sheep get poopy butts pretty easy. Like Alice and Sheepgirl said, just trim off the bad stuff with some scissors if it's really bad.
Alfalfa has twice the protein of regular hay, so graining them may not even be necessary if they are eating only alfalfa.
Dry lot mud: Let me just tell you from a FIBER standpoint, you can WASH mud out, but picking little bits of hay out is a nightmare. If you have a hay feeder and it is above them, bits of hay will fall all down into their wool. If they are laying in hay, again, it will become embedded in their wool. If they are walking around in the mud and start limping, they could just have mud packed up between their hooves. You can easily clean that out. Sheep always stay nice and warm with all that wool and they do like to lay in the dirt as opposed to the hay.
Oh, and with the Jacobs, very important, make sure the water bucket, mineral feeder, feeding trough is big enough to accommodate their horns, especially those long straight horns. I'm sure you know all of this because you have goats, duh. I'm telling you that having the sheep is not going to be very different than the goats.
You are worrying yourself to death! The only thing I am concerned about is the tail banding. We usually do that a couple days after they are born and don't have any cartilage yet. You don't HAVE to do that, you know.
Alfalfa has twice the protein of regular hay, so graining them may not even be necessary if they are eating only alfalfa.
Dry lot mud: Let me just tell you from a FIBER standpoint, you can WASH mud out, but picking little bits of hay out is a nightmare. If you have a hay feeder and it is above them, bits of hay will fall all down into their wool. If they are laying in hay, again, it will become embedded in their wool. If they are walking around in the mud and start limping, they could just have mud packed up between their hooves. You can easily clean that out. Sheep always stay nice and warm with all that wool and they do like to lay in the dirt as opposed to the hay.
Oh, and with the Jacobs, very important, make sure the water bucket, mineral feeder, feeding trough is big enough to accommodate their horns, especially those long straight horns. I'm sure you know all of this because you have goats, duh. I'm telling you that having the sheep is not going to be very different than the goats.
You are worrying yourself to death! The only thing I am concerned about is the tail banding. We usually do that a couple days after they are born and don't have any cartilage yet. You don't HAVE to do that, you know.
I loved it ! I'm suppose to be in bed now and thought I'd pm you at 5 am tomorrow when I get up...looks like that'll be 5:30 now. 
