Ram seems to be getting aggressive.

[SageHill]

This is the rattle paddle that Tractor Supply has:

As far as watching videos - that's good, but there is nothing better than getting out and doing and learning on the job so to speak.

 

[halfacrehomesteader]

This is the rattle paddle that Tractor Supply has:
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As far as watching videos - that's good, but there is nothing better than getting out and doing and learning on the job so to speak.

That's definitely the way I learn best for sure. I usually try to watch videos of stuff before I try it on my own but I never truly get how to do something until I try it myself.

 

[Ridgetop]

We have 3 flags and one rattle paddle. DH and DS1 fight over who gets to use it. LOL I will have to get another one - I can make the flag snap but the rattle paddles also work on the horses when they get into the barn yard and refuse to leave the grass there. LOL Easier than catching them, haltering them and leading them out.

 

[SageHill]

Damn - I've got a flag -- but haven't used it with the sheep
@halfacrehomesteader the flag is a pole like the rattle paddle but with a flag on the end instead.

 

[halfacrehomesteader]

I went out earlier and checked her milk bags and they do look like they are filling up! Not too much but definitely seeing some changes. I couldn't tell on the other ewe. Is it normal too see that a month before she's due? I didn't introduce them until early October so I know she shouldn't be due till march.

 

[Mini Horses]

Yes, you'll usually start to see some udder filling a month out. Gets real obvious about 2 wks out.

 

[halfacrehomesteader]

Yes, you'll usually start to see some udder filling a month out. Gets real obvious about 2 wks out.

How exciting! This will be our first time with lambs so I'm excited but equally nervous.

 

[SageHill]

Exciting! Enjoy.

 

[Mini Horses]

Most of the time things go well.

You'll see posts for not well because most of us feel the need to share -- for our own release and a learning experience for others.

Plus we tell of things we watch for to ensure the animals are "doing their part" for own care, babes care, issues that could arise, etc. Being good moms or not, babes progressing... Our own being good "shepards".

 

[Baymule]

I post lambing threads each year. I post the good, bad, happy, sad, life and death. We tend to put it all out there, we learn from each others successes, failures and mistakes. I was a member here for 5 years before I got sheep. I scoured the past posts and asked questions. I thought I knew a lot, until reality showed up. LOL

Don’t doubt yourself. You can do this. You have all of us to help you.

I’m going to post my current lambing thread and the one from last year. If you click on my name, you can find all my threads. I have lambing threads going back to 2015 when we got sheep. There are a couple of years I didn’t make lambing threads but I’m back in the swing of things now. You can read my struggles, the help I received and I posted lots of pictures.

I raise Katahdin sheep too. Usually the older rams have got all the stupid out of their system and are more calmed down. Not always, depending on how they were treated and trained.

Baymule’s 2025 Lambing

This is an interesting read. It just explained why we can try for early spring breeding and we don’t get fall lambs. https://publications.ca.uky.edu/sites/publications.ca.uky.edu/files/ASC237.pdf Found a good article about how much to feed sheep and goats. Thought I’d park the link here so I...

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Baymule’s 2024 Lambing plus 12-23

I haven’t made a lambing thread for 2 years, I just threw everything in my journal. In such a state of turmoil it was the easiest thing to do. I’m getting my life back together and part of that is a lambing thread. I’m including December of 2023. I had 7 ewes with Cooper, due in December 4, 2023...

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My thread on Ringo. Sweet, personality plus, big hunk of love me, pet me, give me animal crackers. I now have his son, Little Ringo, he’s a stinker, but we are figuring it out. He’s the one I have to carry a stick for.

Ringo has Moved to TEXAS 2-28-19 to 2-6-23 Goodbye Dear Friend

We have been making preparations for bringing Ringo to his new home. He will have Pasture #1, so he can have a share of the sheep barn. This view of Ringo’s Pasture is from the front corner and the fence that goes along the driveway. Standing in the same spot, this view is along the front...

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