Very interesting that you shear early spring before lambing. We always tagged our herds in the fall and sheared May or June. How many head do you run and where is your lambing operation in Utah? I've really enjoyed your videos as it brings back my childhood memories. Never fails that it snows during lambing season.
I’ll have to get a video made next time we fold it out! Yes we fold it out and put horses in the back of it! It works pretty good! We built it a couple years ago!
All Our sheep after shearing go into heated barns to keep them warm while they are preparing to lamb! even though they have a heated barn to be in they still choose to be outside a lot of the time! as long as they have plenty of high protein feed and good places to be they still stay pretty warm even without their nice winter coats!
We feed their bag! Depending on how hard or soft it is we can usually tell if they are ready to lamb. Firm bag full of milk usually means they are getting close where as a softer bag usually means they are a few days off. Nothing there or really really soft bag means they will take a lot longer if they lamb at all! Keep in mind it’s not 100% right either 😂😂 there is always some that don’t go the way you think but when we are short on shed space it gains us a few days by keeping the later ones out. We get this far all we need is a couple days gap then the sheds aren’t quite so full all at the same time!
We get the crossbred vigor! The smutface lambs will get up faster usually when they are born. More aggressive wanting to suck and then usually not always buy usually they will be bigger by the time we ship them! So bigger lambs when selling time comes always is better! That’s what works best for us! We do raise lots of white lambs and we keep our replacements from them but anything smutface we sell!
You're back! Looks like good cold work!
I’m back!!! Lots of good things to come!!!! It was! One of those jobs were glad to be done with 😂
As long as there's more good jobs than bad, you're living the life!
That’s exactly right!!!! Hard to complain when you get to do what you love every day. Some days are just more fun than others 😂
Very interesting that you shear early spring before lambing. We always tagged our herds in the fall and sheared May or June. How many head do you run and where is your lambing operation in Utah? I've really enjoyed your videos as it brings back my childhood memories. Never fails that it snows during lambing season.
That’s the way it works for us! Just between areas and being close to home! We’re in central Utah! Thank you for watching and commenting!
If like to see more of your head ache track/ stock rack combo on the back of your pickup. I'm guessing that's what that is.
I’ll have to get a video made next time we fold it out! Yes we fold it out and put horses in the back of it! It works pretty good! We built it a couple years ago!
I shore for many years, those sheep won’t dry overnight
Don’t the sheep get cold when you shear them in the colder weather even though it’s spring time?
All Our sheep after shearing go into heated barns to keep them warm while they are preparing to lamb! even though they have a heated barn to be in they still choose to be outside a lot of the time! as long as they have plenty of high protein feed and good places to be they still stay pretty warm even without their nice winter coats!
Great video. When you sort them by time until lambing - how can you tell how soon they'll lamb?
We feed their bag! Depending on how hard or soft it is we can usually tell if they are ready to lamb. Firm bag full of milk usually means they are getting close where as a softer bag usually means they are a few days off. Nothing there or really really soft bag means they will take a lot longer if they lamb at all! Keep in mind it’s not 100% right either 😂😂 there is always some that don’t go the way you think but when we are short on shed space it gains us a few days by keeping the later ones out. We get this far all we need is a couple days gap then the sheds aren’t quite so full all at the same time!
Feel their bag 😂 not feed sorry
Howdy wear can I get a pair of them moccasins if ye don’t mind me askin
I got mine from a shearing supply store up in Montana! Right offline! Super fast shipping and they have been awesome!
What breed of sheep do you have? Helluva job
We run Rambouillet sheep and cross them with a Suffolk on the lambs we sell! Thank you very much! I appreciate it!
@@themorganmickelchannel do you get more money for them/more desirable by crossing them?
We get the crossbred vigor! The smutface lambs will get up faster usually when they are born. More aggressive wanting to suck and then usually not always buy usually they will be bigger by the time we ship them! So bigger lambs when selling time comes always is better! That’s what works best for us! We do raise lots of white lambs and we keep our replacements from them but anything smutface we sell!
@@themorganmickelchannel good to know very interesting. Thank you for the information and replying so fast!
No problem!! I love hearing from people!! Where you from?
So y'all have a two crop polsey
Im not sure I know what that means!
@@themorganmickelchannel policy I miss spelled it sorry it means you sell the wool in the spring and market lambs fall
Oh I’m with you! Yes!
No dont take off there coats 😂
At least till the snow stops
Trust me they’re glad to have it off 😂 they went right into the heated barn right after!
All those words end in G, please use it
Yes sir internet grammar warrior 🫡
Jesus you know how to crucify the English language
😂😂 I’m glad you felt it was necessary to take time out of your day to tell me that. Thank you!