A ROUGH MONTH ON THE FARM 😓 | How I Treat Anemia in my Sheep Dorper Sheep Farming on Pasture
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2023
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It's been a rough month on the farm. In this video I talk about the anemia that hit the flock and what caused it for me. I also share about a common denominator in all of the losses. You can find the products referenced in this video at Shepherdess.com
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Please comment with your biggest challenge and the best advice for pushing through it! 👇🏻
It is called anemia disease
You have been
My biggest inspiration. I'm from Nigeria and I have always wanted sheep farming. My friends laughed at me when I get my first sheep. Watching your video has made me know more and I'm happy I made the move. Thanks ❤
Have you tried diatomaceous earth
I just started a regimen of 30 days
I just added it to the mineral salt
The pale lower eyelid is that a sign of liver fluke? 😢
Because of the torrential downpours, our pasture became deficient in iodine; it was washed right out of our sandy soil. We had several lambs develop a goiter; however, we started supplementing with iodine immediately (prior to the vet coming out to confirm the iodine deficiency), and thankfully, they all made a full recovery. We learned so much this year in the way of shepherding! While we don’t want issues with our flock, I’m thankful for the opportunity to learn how better to steward them!
My grandpa used to always say, just always do your best, that way you always know you did,
So appreciate the care, excellence and intention you put into everything! As a 54 y/o Christian, I realize God is always working in our lives….teaching us, sanctifying and correcting our courses. Keep seeking the Good Shepherd as you shepherd….He speaks to those who have hearts to listen. Thank you for videos that have application beyond sheep. ❤️
This March was our first kidding season. We live in SD and the weather is bipolar in March. I was banking on moderate weather, but instead we got -10! All the goats were in a barn with a foot of straw, but the weather just wasn't in our favor. We lost one kid to the cold temps, three kids got frostbite on their ears, and one dam lost an teat. I felt so defeated and like I should just stop my dreams of a goat farm right there. I clearly wasn't good enough...or so I thought. But thank God for my husband. He knew my dreams and how hard I'd worked. He pulled me out of that hole like a true man of God. He didn't sugar coat anything, but he did rekindle my fire! Lessons have been learned and we're preparing now for a better season next year. A true friend who can charitably hold you accountable and that you trust with your good and bad times is so important on this road.
Thank you so much for this video. I have been raising dairy sheep for 20 years and our season started out so amazing, and now we seem to be losing lamb after lamb from worms and anemia. We are extremely hands on and are with our sheep all day checking FAMACHA each day and treating. We have been on our knees in prayer on how to save them. I am ordering the Amen X today and praying it arrives in time to help those still suffering with anemia. Bless you for your wisdom and encouragement.
Thank you for sharing! I prayed for you this morning. It’s a huge comfort to know I’m not alone.
I lost 3 adult sheep and 9 lambs before the plague was stayed this year. Praying for a better year to come. 🙏🏻
@@theShepherdess Thank you so much! I can't tell you what your prayers mean. I know that the Lord knows all of our situations, and knows each of our sheep and loves them even more than we do. Trusting in His guidance as a shepherd and so grateful to know we are not alone and can pray for and encourage each other!
I appreciated what you shared in this video. You have had a difficult season.
Taking our cares and frustrations to our Creator is truly a blessing.
We’re praying for you.
Girl, you’ve made me cry now. Lost my first beloved ewe to parasites this summer. I tried everything, like you. My comfort was that she gave us a gorgeous, healthy ram lamb. Coyotes took him down 2 months later. This has been the hardest year for me on the farm but you’re so right and God’s comfort is very welcome through you right now ❤
I’m late seeing this, but so glad this spoke to you in an hour of need. ❤️❤️ THANK YOU
Thank you I just went through this with my goats and got so down and depressed, I feel like a failure but listening to you make me realize everyone goes through it and it is not always 100 percent success, when I get down and pray it brings a different perspective,I listened to Paul Harvey's God made a farmer,and it puts it all into perspective thanks and God bless
Thank you! ...your encouragement thru the dark times is an amazing blessing for so many!
'Conditional commitment rarely leads to success, unconditional commitment commits to the whole picture. Unconditional commitment really leads to a true love for something. You commit to the good times and you commit to the bad times and you end up loving it.' = Solid wisdom
Well made video 👍
I love your ending statement about unconditional commitment and how you end up loving what you are doing when you embrace the highs and lows. Thank you!
Hey girl. I feel you.
I just got gome from children's church and we've all had a hard day, even the kiddos in my class.
Even babies have tough days and need grace.
Thank you for being so honest in all your videos. So many make it all seem easy through the magic of their story telling, and it's not easy. We are south of you in TX, and the biggest challenge for us is the heat and the lack of rain. While the lack of rain keeps parasites down, our land is rocky and full of pricky pair & juniper thickets (Texas Cedar). We run goats, and the challenge is constantly opening up new forage areas for them in the heat. This means it can take days to get an area ready and fenced that the goats will spend a short amount of time on. In the end, it's worth it as we see the land improving as a result, but it's hard on us in the short run.
Good job assessing your issue, identifying your problem, putting together a plan and getting back on the right track. Keep up the hard work and keep marching forward.
Thank you! I agree with you totally on your protocol. It's a lot easier to sleep at night knowing you've done all you can do!❤
I needed this today. I live in south Texas and it has been rough. Prayers for you and your herd. I have walked my land and prayed also. We need rain.
We lost two lambs out of 8 this spring and had one ewe out of three go down who lambed at the end of April in NE Louisiana. We got her back with Levamisole, nutridrench, and dark beer. I saw a bunch of older shepherds talking about it, and it really works well! B vitamins, some protein, and easily digestible carbs to jumpstart the rumen. If they go off hay or grass, or even feed, beer will get them to eat again. And so far, all my sheep have loved to just drink it down. 😂😂
All that to say, I hate that you and other producers are struggling, but I also don't feel so inept knowing it was just a rough year.
I admit I giggled, but might seriously give it a go! Keep up the great work!
Im sorry about your losses but I think you are really onto something about the correlation on when they lamb and how they handle the worms. Fall lambing was a game changer for us. We are North East of Waco so a little drier than you are but not too much. 10 years ago we were widespread deworming regularly. We have culled hard since then, use a 10 day rotational grazing strategy and then 4 years ago switched to fall lambing. Night and day difference! We are deworming about 2 percent of our flock now. Good luck in the future. We enjoy following your journey.
Love this! I'm excited to see how it impacts next year.
I appreciate your honest approach, sharing both successes and failures. It is the genuine experience of every true shepherd/rancher/farmer to experience ups and downs. May God give us the grit and unction to stay the course!
Never cuss the rain, in central tx going on to 18 months in d4 drought. I know you don't cuss, I'm 65 yrs old, first time I haven't owned a cow in Blanco County since I was 15 yrs old. Good luck in your future, may God bless you.
Thank you. I am now dealing with this on three lambs. Sorry you had your losses. I am dealing with my issue because of my own health issues that I am not able to manage them as needed.
I have no sheep! I do have 70 head of cattle instead but I still love watching your channel. There's a lot to learn about marketing and presentation. Plus if I ever do get sheep out on our rotational grazing pasture, I have such a leg up. Very few people have sheep around my area so my mentors have no experience with them. Your videos and resources make me feel like I will be at least 70% prepared for sheep. Life experience required for the other 30% lol.
Your attitude is exceptional!
A falt finder is a must have peace of equipment for electric fence. Thank for the info, I lost a feeder goat today.
Grace, thank you for sharing and for your transparency! I, too, made a terrible mistake this spring, mainly in June, here in Tennessee where rains have been heavy and temps warm but less hot than typical so far. I found a six month old lamb severely anemic one evening when I went to bring them home, as I always do. The next morning, we discovered they were all anemic or getting close! We went into immediate action to address the elevated worm load in each of them, and we abandoned our barn lot where they spent every night (yes…with grass…I know). We spent the past two weeks turning our barn lot into a dry lot. Meanwhile, the sheep spent their nights on the paddocks with rotations continuing. That was very hard for me as I like them close at night so I know they are safe (as they can be) from coyotes and dogs. It was a difficult emotional transition for me, but I knew our old management process was going to kill them. We have three guard donkeys (Seal Team Donkey) in the pasture with them, but still. I felt so terrible for my management mistake, which was primarily bringing them home to the same ground every night, erasing the benefit of rotating paddocks. My wife warned me. I did not listen. Fortunately, everything turned out ok with the flock as a whole. However, the lamb is still not 100%. I will be ordering the ANEX-X from your site today to see if that helps her. Thank you for sharing! We appreciate you so much! God bless, you milady. ❤ 🐑
I said if it encouraged just one person it would be worth it! Thank you for being that person.
My friend Karl Ebel is one of my closest mentors. He’s been at it for 20 years with goats and still experiences these kinds of challenges off and on. When we get together we exchange stories about the difficulties the season brought. I always feel lighter afterward.
I plan to ship your order tomorrow and expedited shipping is on me!
Let’s keep pressing on together!
@@theShepherdess , you’re too sweet! Thank you! I have been an entrepreneur since the mid 90’s. I totally understand the value of like-minded folks invested in similar pursuits encouraging one another. You are tremendous blessing to all of us. May we, in some small way, return in kind. Bless you, sister! ❤️
So sorry to hear of your losses. I know how hard you work and your dedication to your animals shows. You are a generous soul. fwiw I am Truly enjoying my goats! They are so much fun! They let me brush them today. (With the donkey’s curry comb😂) Ha They love a good scratch and are eating sunflowers like crazy! Lol They had a wonderful Shepherdess who raised them…their temperament and personalities are the best! And they have a beautiful FOMACHA
Redglo is also a great off-label iron supplement that I use extensively for my anemic sheep. Helps avoid having to use too many injectables. Generally I give a 10ml drench for adults, 5ml for 4-12 month olds, and repeat it 2-3 times a week for the large and extra large sheep. They seem to like the flavor too, which helps. I've turned quite a few 3-4 FAMACHA ratings into 1-2's in a month or less using it alongside my anthelmintic regimen.
We lost several goats to barberpole from all the rain down in south texas. Lost half kid crop and a few does, and even now still treating anemia. Was almost a make it or break year definitely
Last year was a disaster for my goats . A wet year poor quality hay . With the ones that survived they are doing well . The goats had tapeworms ( thank you white tail deer ) . Keep the faith , and as Tim Alen seid " Never surrender , Never give up " Thank you Grace
Mike
Valbazen gets tapeworms
@@OldesouthFarm I know, but it’s a never ending battle here.
I have been fighting the BP worms for so long I am now trying Livamol with Bioworma. I am so hoping to clear my pastures!
The humidity, rain and heat cause parasites to bloom. Barber poll worms cause anemia. That ewe in the beginning had a bottle jaw. Worms and lambs nursing will drag the ewes down. I use cydectin drench and prohibit together. I give 1-2 ml IM of Dextran 100 (pig iron) once and 6 cc SQ B complex plus that has 1000mcg B12/ ml. You need B12 along with the Dextran for blood building. I had a white Dorper ewe with a bad bottle jaw and a beautiful ewe lamb. Turned her around with the above. She was weak and white eyes. The next day she was stronger, gave her another 3cc SQ B complex plus the next day. I did wean her lamb, who was 2 1/2 months. After raising dairy Nigerian Dwarf goats for 15 years, I call July the death month in Alabama. My mentor only breeds for fall and early spring for the heat of Georgia. I need to be more attentive to this as well. I lost a ewe to parasites and a lamb to coccidia this year. Coccidia loves this wet weather too. Good luck. Oh, only give Dextran once. It can cause a reaction if used more. Had a friend who I told to give it once in her goat and did not listen. She gave it daily for several days and goat had a reaction.
gm from sa love your vids dorders love dry weather dont do good in rainy weather here we have alot of problems witch ticks btween toes pick up in fields so wehave a dip bfore they came in the barn sothat they dont contanimate the rest .love keeps going strong love to you.
Great wisdom at the end.
Great practical information as well as life lessons... thanks for the video!
Your video came to me in perfect time. We have our very first flock of 11 sheep right now, all ages 3-7 months, and we've been hit hard with barber pole. I can't help thinking it's my inexperience that led to this. I'm very worried about my youngest lambs but I will continue with the drenches and Cydectin and hope for the best. I hate that it seems this is just what happens. Losing 9 for you is horrible, I feel like I can't afford to lose 1.
I’m so glad it helped you! I have a couple that are still in rough shape. I’m taking the ones that are struggling off pasture and putting them on dry feed for a bit (hay/alfalfa). I think they should shape up! Keep up the good work!
Hang in there. Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you. This is going to train you real fast… don’t give up.
Sorry for your challenges. Seems like you are working through them like a champ. It's funny how living west of you, I'm typically a wee bit envious of the greater rainfall you get. Just this last week, we watched almost all the rain pass north of us on its way over to you. I always say there's an upside to everything. For us, it's a bit less parasite pressure on the pasture while living through the summer droughts. Hang in there! ❤
The lessons we learn that humble us.
These reprove the truth that God "works all things together for good"
These are the lessons that bring us closer to God
These are the lessons we never forget
These are the lessons that teach us more about God's love
the woven fabric of God's love. It starts with good pasture, that grows good sheep, that grow good wool (or meat or milk) that makes good thread that weaves good cloth that makes a garment that clothes us well. God's love. is like a well woven fabric.
The tone of your confidence is more tempered now. Tempered buy wisdom. We keep growing in knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.
Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord and He will lift you up. I love that you stopped and prayed!!
May the Lord continue to bless you and give you bountiful blessing as you walk in His ways.
Powerful ❤
awesome to see how much you and your farm have grown... Great job
I love this girl ❤❤❤
I still haven't dewormed anyone in my herd. I give a copper bolus w/ vit e and selenium 2x a year. Pasture and a protein tub with loose mineral and baking soda. Nothing else. So far so good. No loses. Some got a light pink eye but pulled through. 🤞
Way to go!!!
I’ve lost one this year . And I agree on the breeding.. I breed for October and February Lambs, and have good luck…. And I tell shepherds, that if you can make it through June, July, without selling everything, you will survive the rest of the year😂.
Favorite comment so far… I’m really excited to make the lambing transition and see how it goes!
Very good advice
Excellent video. We must oral drench for Barber's Pole every 8 weeks or so. If we don't we lose animals. A lot of work but always a lot of fun and satisfaction.
Unconditional commitment 🎉
Always well spoken intelligent info. And ill keep putting this out to the universe god willing ill have a small farm with sheep in a few years. Keep teaching! God bless
Don't listen to the haters, you have a good heart and you're a good Steward of your animals.
You are amazing.
We raise registered Angus in Kentucky, and this has been an extremely tough year for us, pinkeye is going through our herd like a wildfire. Animals that are getting pinkeye have been vaccinated with an autogenous vaccine developed specifically for the strains in our area, but it didn't help at all. Fly control in mineral didn't help. Next to nothing has helped. It's exasperating to deal with. Knowing that others are struggling and dealing with big challenges doesn't exactly make me feel better because I don't want that for other producers, but knowing that I'm not alone in this struggle is somewhat of a comfort. Thank you for your content, I enjoy your videos.
Don't give up. Eye of the tiger!
@@breesechick Thank you. I can't give up when I look at the herd and see that they aren't giving up.
So my dad didn’t manage his Katahdins on pasture and I ended up using de and pipe tobacco. No parasites survive nicotine. We left them in the barn for a month. Then back out on pasture.
How do you get them to smoke it 😂. But seriously, what that all about???
@@spoolsandbobbins we just mix it in with their grain. I believe it’s the nicotine.
@@ram_diesel_power6039 thanks! It seems so random. Where did you learn this treatment and how much do you use (just for learning). Thanks again!!
wonderful video. resonate with the whole kitchen sink approach. i do the same with my animals... seems a bit much but its better than guessing one at a time. this year our lams got hit with coccidiosis and it was the same. whole kitchen sink. luckily we didnt lose a single lamb. but even if we did, id feel better knowing i threw the kitchen sink than wondered months later. With our little farm, I'm often reminded of Psalm 127... if the Lord doesnt watch over it, the watchmen watch in vain... farming is a whole lot of work and trust that we'll be taken care of..
Congrats on pulling through like that!!
Привет, у вас всё получится
Dont feel bad.
I've gotten overwhelmed and skipped some of my garden/chicken duties before.
@@EpsteinIsSeaEyeAyy you know what you're right. I think that's part of what's wrong with this country.
I'm in southwest Idaho; I don't seem to have these particular issues with my dorpers. Is it due to a lack of abundant rain? I am mostly hands-off with them all, and they are very hardy. Mind you, i also have a very small herd at any time (6 at most).
I had an old sheep producer tell me when I started that you get 2 years pretty much for free, after that you'd better have a big tool box and get stuff figured out on how to treat issues because there would be plenty of them. That's proven to be about accurate. Losses suck, winter lambs suck...you may have a better experience in your more moderate climate. Sorry you've had issues...you're not alone in that. Take care.
I've had issues with some cases of what I guess is meningeal worms in some lambs. They just get weak in the back end, no other real symptoms, still eating and drinking, no bottle jaw just one day fine the next day start getting weak in the back legs and gone within a week. Tried everything, vets first...laughable...vets suck here with sheep. Antibiotics, supplements, wormers...all of it...nada. Local sheep guy told me to look at meningeal worm symptoms...I said I dewormed the sick ones and nothing. He repeated to research it...university report gave me a treatment regimen I've been trying on one currently symptomatic lamb 7 months old and showing some improvement after a few days thank goodness. She is one of my sweet bottle babies too I raised...I was convinced if I lost her to the mystery illness I was done. Fingers crossed.
Have you tried diatomaceous earth ?
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I'm sure you make sure to have a salt block for them. No salt equals worms
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Anemia is another sign of copper deficiency. The solution is to open up a copy of Acres magazine, pick a soil testing service, spend the money for soil testing, and apply their recommendations for soil amendment. It is an upfront cost ($5K-$10K) but it will recovered over time with fewer deaths, more fecundity, and faster growth.
This is probably a really dumb question but what do you do with the bodies of your sheep when they die? Do you bury them all? That’s what we do with our chickens but sheep are a lot bigger. Just wondering.
I talk about it in this video: ua-cam.com/video/rbHV7n6V2GI/v-deo.html
And it’s not dumb… it’s a pretty common question :).
We make compost with ours. Gone in 3 weeks save a few bones.
Hi Grace what happened ? Do you know that you can over dose and a lot of sheep on small amount of land can cause a lot of different diseases as sheep sour the land it needs to be rested or reseeaded 🙄
How many of her videos have you watched? She normally move some every single day in the summer and once every couple of days or per week in the winter. She's been doing this for years and her pastures are gorgeous!
@@breesechick Worms and other parasites will die if you break their life cycle. Rotating pastures is great, However the eggs will hatch and eventually unless given a long rest the pasture will all become infested. Chemical Wormers work until the worms become resistant. Diatomacythe Earth shreds the innards of worms and prevents eggs in the manure from hatching.
Great comment! I am still at 1.5 sheep per acre, which is about 1/3 of recommended for my rainfall, pasture quality, and grazing style. 100+ was after lambing, but before selling and culling.
is there any way to buy sheep from you ? i need about 10 females to breed with
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I live within 75 miles of your farm. When you sell mutton or lamb to the public, I am interested.
I'm glad to hear ewe have your hope in Jesus The Christ ;-)
As someone who raised goats through multiple generations of my family our sheep never had anemia or any other illness for that matter
Because of two things
Fenugreek seeds in thier water is a must in days that are bellow 27 degrees Celsius
Goats unlike cows want to eat "medicinal " herbs and not grass so cater for that
I like you
Too many critters on not enough land. If you stock at 1/2 of carrying capacity you will be about right. We mix 10% diatomacythe earth with a salt cottonseed meal & mineral Mix. However we have BlackBelly Dorpher cross they are more healthy than purebred sheep.
Good comment! Still at about 1.5 sheep per acre after selling and culling. 100+ was with the lambing swell :).
Anemia is low copper
Joshua 1:9
Thank you!! 🙏🏻
Nothing u mentioned here has anything to do with ur goat problems though
Same strategy!
Grass completes the life cycle of the parasites, and sheep only need to graze for 4-5 hours a day, after that everything they eat is waste, so after they graze put them in a dirt lot for 19 hours a day
By doing this, the majority of the feces is in the dirt lot, not mixing with grass. Not spreading parasites. Same thing goes for goats
Also, when they are anemic you can give them Karo syrup every couple hours, and then stand them up. The sugar helps them get up and moving then feed good alfalfa. Sick sheep+good alfalfa=better sheep
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Please add the option of translation into Arabic in the next video
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