Youngfarmer2019 3:19 farms Journal

[Baymule]

The black comes from black head Dorpers. They are showing Dorper wool, it’s still early and they may shed clean.
I have some Dorper influence in my flock. I’m breeding up, in a few more generations I’ll be able to register mine. I like the black markings, but they usually come with wool, which Katahdin registery doesn’t allow.

Nice group, which is the ram? Congratulations on some pretty sheep!

 

[Youngfarmer2019]

The black comes from black head Dorpers. They are showing Dorper wool, it’s still early and they may shed clean.
I have some Dorper influence in my flock. I’m breeding up, in a few more generations I’ll be able to register mine. I like the black markings, but they usually come with wool, which Katahdin registery doesn’t allow.

Nice group, which is the ram? Congratulations on some pretty sheep!

Thanks for the info
The ram is the young light tan one with the speckled face

 

[Youngfarmer2019]

The black comes from black head Dorpers. They are showing Dorper wool, it’s still early and they may shed clean.
I have some Dorper influence in my flock. I’m breeding up, in a few more generations I’ll be able to register mine. I like the black markings, but they usually come with wool, which Katahdin registery doesn’t allow.

Nice group, which is the ram? Congratulations on some pretty sheep!

I dont have a great pic of the ram but ill try to get one.

 

[Baymule]

Hair sheep are pretty easy to care for. You still need to be alert to any slight change in behavior, sheep hide anything wrong until they are nearly dead. Why? Weak animals get picked off by predators.

Are they calm or wild? If wild, I know they won’t be for very long!

 

[Youngfarmer2019]

Hair sheep are pretty easy to care for. You still need to be alert to any slight change in behavior, sheep hide anything wrong until they are nearly dead. Why? Weak animals get picked off by predators.

Are they calm or wild? If wild, I know they won’t be for very long!

Thanks for the heads up!
Definitely wild lol, the only semi calm one is the Ram, and even he’s a handful.

 

[canesisters]

I bought katahdin hair sheep! I went to a livestock auction last night expecting to come home with a bottle calf or two because they had posted on FB that they were going to have a couple but instead I came home with these beauties! Three ewes and a ram! Any info on sheep that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated View attachment 99548View attachment 99547View attachment 99549

How exciting!!! Too bad there's no one around here that can help you with hair-sheep advice ... haha
I really like the one up front with the spot around her eye.

 

[Youngfarmer2019]

I’ll try to get better pics, then I’ll tell y’all the names we picked

 

[Baymule]

Be friendly with the ram, but don’t make a pet out of him. He is young but as he matures, testicals replace his brains and he will try to dominate you. If he puts his head on you or gives you the slightest push, he is testing you. Immediately slap his nose, loudly NO, or AAHHNNTTT! raise your arms to make yourself “big” and make him move his feet. Make that first time count. Assert your dominance. If he behaves himself, he can have a treat. If he gets pushy, slap his nose. If you let him get away with the little things, it will escalate.

Even Ringo, the most perfect ram ever, would try me once in a great while. I’d draw back my hand to slap him and he’d squint his eyes and raise his head, it was comical, but I didn’t let him get by with it. SLAP!

The saying goes, never turn your back on a ram.

Some people train their sheep to collars, clip them to the fence with a short lead, and have hanging feeders or buckets to feed them in.

 

[Youngfarmer2019]

Welp y’all, the beautiful little chocolate “ewe lamb” turned out to be a ram lamb , that means I got two rams and two ewes, I’ve contacted the auction to see if we can get it resolved.

 

[SageHill]

Congrats on your sheep. Welcome to the sheep pool .