My ABSOLUTE BEST Advice For Future Sheep Farmers
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Shalom ! I'm a goatherd ! We love goats milk ! Had Shetland sheep years ago and hated shearing ! Got rid of them ! Learned about the hair breeds and am going to get a herd of Katahdin ! Won't eat the piggy, so we need other meats. Abba takes care of His children ! Come out from among them, people ! Time's getting really short ! Shalom aleikhem !
We have been raising Katahdin and Dorper sheep for the last 15 years. For us the key is pasture rotation. Keep them moving. It helps the grass, soul and sheep.
I am an old lady (68) beginner homesteader. I have had Barbado (meat) sheep for two years now. I only have 3.5 acres in Central Texas but it is cross-fenced with 3 paddocks. I don't vaccinate, don't have to deworm them yet anyway. I do follow what Joel Salatin recommends of rotating them every 21 days from one paddock to another. So far, so good. Since we are in an extreme drought, I feed Chaffhaye which is a bagged alfalfa about every other day and a little feed on alternate days. Oh, and I always have a DuMor Sheep and goat feed supplement block out for them. I get it at Tractor Supply. Right now, I have a ram, two ewes and 3 ewe lambs. I have no idea what I am doing, told my knowledgeable 80 yr. old neighbor to holler at me if I do something STUPID!
@@willbass2869 Thanks for the heads up. Actually with this drought, about all I have is weeds and junk right now. I plan on selling three and maybe butchering the ram. The main reason I started with one ram lamb and one ewe lamb was so I didn't have to mow the 3.5 acres and spray or weed whack the fence line. What I didn't count on was the fact that Barbados can lamb twice a year and often times have twins. Found out I liked the meat when I decided to have my first ram lamb butchered at 11 months because he was getting dangerous to be around since he was bottlefed and had no fear of humans. So now, today, I am thinking about butchering the ram and selling three. Whittle it down to two ewes then rotate them around and pray for rain. Thanks again.
Good for you trying your hand at a new lifestyle! I'm a couple years behind you and have wanted out of the city and to have goats but now I'm hearing more about sheep.
@@C2yourself Thank you. It's definitely a learning process. On Monday, I am taking my ram, a ewe and her twin lambs to the livestock auction to sell. No other option given since I have no grass now with this terrible drought we are going through here in Texas. But I still love living in the country and enjoy life and its challenges. I hope you are able to find a country place to pursue your dreams as well.
@@HollyBelle53 Thank you and best of luck to you next season
Hello Holly. I’m researching hair sheep for meat and mowing (😉) here in Central TX. I only want a couple and have found no one in my area who have sheep. What resources can you recommend?
I always wanted pygmy goats as a child. Needless to say after our first season on the farm we switched them out for sheep. Best decision ever 🥰.
We used DIATOMACEOUS EARTH on our goats , did great for worms and flies. GOD BLESS
Someone told me this years ago, and I found it to be true..... Most people new to livestock will spend 90% of their time caring for 10% of their herd. Gets expensive and you could end up with a herd full of weak genetics. After 10 yrs, I stopped doing it and rarely have to do anything but feed and water.
Now that’s some awesome advice. Makes sense.
I sprinkle their grain treat with diatomaceous earth. I also add apple cider vinegar to their water tank. I have St. Croix. Love them!
Katahdin are my preferred breed. If you are just starting out and want low maintenance worry more about the way potential stock are being managed by the breeder than the breed itself, when I first started I brought from breeders that regularly medicated, which meant the animals were less hardy, gradually after several generations, and removal of the poor doers you will end up with a hardy animal. Another little tip is you will have less problems at lambing if you pick a compact ram with short legs, i've had long legged rams before, not always, but sometimes it can cause a problem! Another thing we've done over the years is reduced the amount of concentrated feed we use in the winter, it's hard to do that when you winter lamb, but we are down to about 1/2 LB of whole corn per hd/d. anyway like you said the best way to learn is by doing. Cheers.
We just started with Dorper sheep back in March. We have two ewes that came with ram lambs. We are getting ready to process those soon. We rotational graze on 5 acres. Unfortunately, our pastures are suffering from this awful drought here in north Texas.
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I've had Florida Cracker sheep for several years now, and they've been easy keepers with great parasite resistance (haven't wormed them yet). I think two of the biggest things you can do are choosing the right breed for your area (focus on hardiness) and moving them regularly. Give them new pasture frequently and get them off the stuff they just grazed and soiled. This lets the sun, rain, and time "cleanse" your pasture, and it allows the grass to re-grow. If you need to supplement your sheep in times of reduced forage (drought, winter non-growing season, etc.), you can cut fodder, vines, weeds for them. They also like garden crops like greens, legumes, and sweet potato vines.
Getting 3 katahdins in a few weeks. Can't wait!
We are raising American black belly sheep, they are pretty awesome.
My wife wanted goats and I told her NO.. because she doesnt do the chores, I do... she argued with me and I told her "they are escape artists,, and the only way Im chasing a goat is with my rifle"".. I had no more arguement and I am now 5years into my Katahdin sheep herd.. I love my babies.. I thiink the thing to remember is one day you will get old, and you have to build a system that you can still do when you are old
I remember the issues you had when first getting into sheep, the other important thing is looking for sheep that are suited to your particular environment, what works for us here in the PNW wouldn’t thrive in your climate. Our Dorpers have dropped like flies and had awful hoof rot. I still love my little goat troublemakers, and we have more issues with our sheep. We have a mixed herd with some Shetland, primarily Suffolk, Cheviot, and a few other crosses. Find a local small producer in your area for getting your livestock in all species if possible. Thanks for the update!
We keep East Friesians.
Advice:
Watch your flock and be amongst them daily (save for rams).
Watch their butts and gazing patterns to learn them.
Look for every thing that they can get into or hurt on and work to correct it before they get into it.
Don’t overburdened your land and your flock will thank you.
Good perimeter fence is $$ well spent.
Keep a close eye on their hooves and trim as needed (which is more when young and or on soft ground)
When planning consider hose bibs bc hauling water is a chore.
If they try to jump up on you break it young. Some use a spray bottle. I find a quick forceful thrust of my hand alongside their jaw throws them off to the side easily.
Pain kills sheep. Keep banamine on hand (advice I got from a long time shepherd).
Change their mineral and baking soda regularly to keep it fresh.
Ppl say sheep are skiddish. Some are sure. But really, you bond to them with gentle consistent shepherding and they’re wonderful.
If for dairy, train them to the milk stand young (like you’d leash train a dog).
Ive got lots of advice picked up from shepherds.
Last but not least:
Ask other shepherds! Like you (and others here on UA-cam) or in Facebook community sheep groups.
*grazing patterns*
We gave our goats Wormwood Tincture in a water bottle once each month for years. It worked great!
I have had goats(like you said, never again.) and i had sheep and goats. Now im back to just sheep and they mow the grass pretty good. I agree on your breeds. I only have 7 so I need more but I have mine setup as one pasture. I use electric fence it works very well, Just get extra hot for your unwanted critters.
Thank you. May the father continue to bless and keep you and yours and may he shine his face down on you and yours. Shalom. Thank you again.
Thank you for the dried garlic advice!
We started out with goats then got sheep. We had clun forest sheep and they were awesome. The meat was tasty but they are super skittish. We never had issues with our goats. We will be getting goats again because where we are we don’t have the grazing for sheep yet. What we did for parasites was similar but we also fed fir trees they loved them and they are supposed to be a preventative. We would get other peoples old “christmas” trees and feed them. At least the tree became useful before it completely went.
we have sheep and goats, we are trending toward sheep
I am loving my new sheep. Switched from goats. Have 2 pregnant ewes and 2 junior lambs. Katahadin (sp?) Cross, dorper ram lamb, one that is a K. Cross with a st croix or something that has fiber. Not really sure if I will end up having to shear her or not, but she was a bottle baby so she is super friendly. The others are hit and miss. They weren't real happy when I had to trim their feet so...
Thanks. Blessings to you and your family 🙏
Thanks for the sheep video. I’ve been wanting to do some research and it’s always good to see other peoples point of view. Can you do a video showing how you do the parasite check with the microscope and poo?
Will you please show more about the sheep? Do you shave the wool and use it? A prepper should know how to clean, spin, weave and sew wool, I would guess. How do you butcher it? How do you cook it? Sorry, I really don't know. I have never seen sheep meat (lamb?) in the store, never ate it, don't know anyone who has. How is it, by the way? How's the poo for fertilizer? How much grazing land per sheep is needed? So many questions. I know I could look up most of this but I'm interested in how a small homestead would handle this. Thanks
You are awfully optimistic about the rain and the second cutting. I live in Southern Missouri. South of Ava, North of Gainesville. First cutting was already brown when it bailed. It could have been worse but its been way better. We have 30 head of black angus Ghelbveigh cross Cow calf pairs and about 30 head of Lamancha/Nubian goats. I have been transporting water for months now. Parsons just signed a relief bill but the majority of it is the same old song and dance cost share stuff where you have to be rich to get assistance anyway. Our gardens are not flourishing, they are only "living" solely upon the persistence of us hauling water. We are very stubborn farmers, total failure IS NOT an option.
Oh the rains will come back...they always do. spring and fall. In fact we are looking like we are getting some rain around this weekend.
I’m in N. Central Arkansas in Fulton Co. Bone dry and wondering if there will be a second cut. Praying for the much needed rain the end of this week and weekend. We have small herd of Nigerian dwarfs and are looking at trying sheep to see which we prefer. We are looking at hair sheep so we don’t have to mess with sheering them.
2 st croix ewes, a katahdin ram. 5 mini nubian does, 1 nigerian dwarf buck ( I love my goats) 1 jersey heifer, looking for a bull for her, 2 steers, 1 for this fall, 1 for next fall. need a bull calf to begin for 2024, 25+ laying hens, 3 ducks and a rabbit. need to down size a little, thinking about selling ram and a couple of does and a handful of chickens. 13.5 acres of pasture and hubs helps on a dairy farm for hay for the winter.
We have had texel sheep and there amazing never lost one in 2 years have had 15 lambs of our original 4 ewes now we milk our sheep after our goats dry up. Love the videos brother God bless
Great info. Thank you!
We have a few Katahdin/dorper sheep, just aquired earlier this spring. We are learning as we go. What was funny for us tho was the goat comments. I want goats and my husband isn't having it. You just confirmed it for him lol.
It sounds like you had Nubians or Nigerian Dwarf goats. My Lamanchas are well-behaved, quiet darlings.😁
Great video! Thanks!
Couple questions, how much garlic powder and did you say nightly? Organic cigarettes (no filter) or organic tobacco how often / how many or much? Also have you made a video already on checking parasite load with your microscope? That would be pretty cool to learn. Outside of sheep goats, what breed of chicken would you recommend not only for laying and meat but for ability to overcome predator pressure? I have definitely seen there are some chickens that just don’t cut it now that we’ve moved out of the suburb and into a homestead.
Keeping darker colored chickens can help with predators. The black colored chickens look like large crows which hawks don't want to get involved with and brown, barred, and speckled type chickens camouflage with the ground and nature around them so they are not easily noticed by predators. My personal favorites for hardiness, egg production and friendliness are the black austrolorp. Other good layers, hardy, and docile breeds of choice are dominique and speckled sussex. I personally prefer only heritage breeds in chickens for longer life span and health hardiness.
Thanks for the great tips. We are brand new to our homestead, and we were planning to get some goats, but you’ve talked us out of it. Lamb is delicious! Do you, or anyone else, use the sheep’s milk? I’d like to have a source of fresh milk, besides a cow, which was the initial appeal of the goats. Any comments or advice on that score would be great.
That’s hilarious, Zach. About the sheep being good and the goats being bad. We raise Icelandic sheep, a heritage breed. Here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The climate here is almost exactly like what they had back in Iceland. Anyhow, these sheep that we have, are so freaking rebellious. They’ll pause and give you a “look” and then bounce off laughing at you knowing you can’t catch them. 😂 And we can’t! They’re right. We also have Nigerian Dwarf goats and they really are so good. The girls at least. The boy that we have, I’ll agree with you. He does crazy very well. But I often times think that we have those “fat” sheep that trampled the pasture and muddy the water for the other sheep, lol. Ezekiel 34. Yeshua tells us exactly how he feels about those sheep. Not sure why our goats are nicer than our sheep though.
Train your sheep.
If you have a leader sheep; make it your friend (food works, bottle rearing lambs works)
Then they will come.
Rebels go into the freezer first.
Originaly had sheep from five sources and with training and sheep netting; it's easily managed by calling them.
Tobacco has to be started early and covered to keep the frost off of it. We always planted our slips in February. Then transplanted the slips to the field in about May. You have to have a high nitrogen bed to start slips. Hope this helps.
I have a few goats. I haven't gotten to try sheep yet but planning on getting some to try. Where I'm at there are many mixes and it's hard to find pure breed anything but so far my animals seem to be doing OK with minimal worming intervention. The 3 origianl goats I got were very skinny and one got sick but survived and all are good now. I tie them out in the field so i haven't discovered a lot of the ways people say they try to kill themselves. All your tips on what to give them naturally is really helpful. Thanks
I plan on getting Kataden Sheep next spring. I just bought a 4 acre homestead.
We have Katahdin sheep and Nubian dairy goats…you are 100% correct on goats lol they are a pain in the backside! If I had room for a dairy cow I would switch to that but we are on a small acreage and 3 goats eat less than a cow calf pair.
We feed our sheep a mixture of alfalfa pellets, garlic, apple cider vinegar, and molasses all organic ingredients . We do this a couple times a month and it works great.
We are raising Nigerian dwarf goats. We don’t have any kind of issues with them at all, however we do have good fences and we went into it knowing that they get themselves in trouble so we designed everything with that in mind and we don’t have any issues. They are actually very obedient and intelligent. They thrive off of structure and routine. They also have amazing milk and give a lot for their small size. We made sure we got nice starting a stock though, as you need good Nigerians if you want milk production. We buy 1.5 years worth of hay at a time to make it past bad bay years and if we get 6-9 months in a lot of times we just buy another 6 months to keep a good 1.5 yr constant supply. We keep the pastures and stalls very very clean and we don’t feed anything off of the ground and pick up the waste (very very little) everyday so their worm loads stay low. The doe stalls get picked out every day and the bucks get cleaned every couple of weeks since they don’t spend much time in them. The girls are locked up at night so they require more stall maintenance. We keep a llama in with the bucks for protection and a donkey with the does. What the goats waste the horses/donkey eat so we have an almost non existent waste issue. The shavings from the goat stall go on the blueberry bushes to keep the soil acidic and the llama poo goes straight on the garden. They poop in one spot all the time so it is very convenient. So far it has been a very successful process.
Goats 💗 Obviously 😉 Kinder goats are awesome!
When I started homeste@ding, my husband said there was one animal I could never get. Sheep. He calls them “range maggots”.
Guess I’ll have to barter for some lamb and wool.
Hey, question on the tobacco for deworming; I can never find any dosage information! Any ideas? Old timers will just say they have a “plug” or “a cigarette or two”. But I also read you gotta be careful with this, as the line between the dosage that will kill parasites and hurting or killing your goat or sheep is pretty thin. I know when I accidentally sipped my dad’s spit can, well, that didn’t go well for me!
Try checking out tree hay to feed your sheep
In my experience as a third gen sheep an goat producer with worm or parasite in sheep. Use genetic as much as treatment or more. Heavy culling. We cull if have to deworm a sheep or goat more than once a year. Rotation grazing we rotate around to were the pasture has 60 days before we return make shure the flat tip of the ate off grass is pointy agin before returning. We don't allow pasture to get shorter that 8 inches either. All those things talked about for dewormer work. We also use black walnut leaves. Fresh green ones. So in summary selective breeding, heavy culling, pasture Rotation with proper recovery time for land. An if you do all these things in my experience you almost never need a dewormer. I agree use natural first. We rase Katadyn cross. I stay clear of dorper cause I want my sheep to shed off fully as soon as possible. That old wool that not shed can cause fly strike. Plus if you raise a hair sheep they should shed fully cull the ones that don't.
We just moved to Flippin, AR and would like to buy all of your young females you do not want.
Zach, we have St. Croix sheep. We also live in South Missouri. If you want a ram I will make that happen for you. Also my wife and I would like to meet you because we have been watching since we came to Torah 5 years ago.
Yes! Contact me from our website contact page. I'd love to get a mature ram around December time frame. Thank you and let me know the cost.
@@Anamericanhomestead Awesome, message was sent. We have several proven (mature) rams to select from.
I was thinking about Nigerian Dwarf goats.. Thoughts? I’m hoping they will be less problematic.. I just want a milk source. Don’t have room for a cow.
Thanks for sharing! My family is moving to Northern Arkansas soon to establish a homestead Lord willing. We would love sheep and might be foolish enough to try goats 😆
We have katakdin that I think have a bit of dorper mixed in. We always provide a mineral supplement and I think that makes a big difference. When one of my rams started to scour while he was under pretty bad heat stress and on a particularly bad part of pasture we gave him some lespedeza pellets which is a antihelmetic nitrogen fixing herb and it cleared him up fast. Because of that I'll be seeding that in this spring. I regularly give my sheep access to willows because the leaves are HIGHLY antihelmetic (anti parasitic) and the deep roots of the willows means they can take heavy grazing and bounce back fast. I also provide charcoal I burn here on the homestead, mostly junk wood like cedar, locust and maple. They will eat it over mineral blends and I think it prevents scouring because in humans, and I assume sheep, it binds up bad chemicals in the blood and gut and it tends to have the side effect of constipating. The diarrhea from scours is mainly a problem due to dehydration and flies laying eggs in the feces near the anus so even if it doesn't solve the root problem slightly constipating them will prevent the worst effects. Additionally some people say lye which is made from wood ash helps and I'm sure my charcoal has a bit of ash mixed in it. Check out www.leafonly.com/ and get their flue dried low grade for a cheap source of organic tobacco. Be careful of ornamental tobacco because it is generally silvestris hybrids which have extremely high nicotine and you don't want to poison your sheep.
@@willbass2869 correct but the silvestris strains run at 3-400% the nicotine content of rustica tobacco which is what is used for smoking tobacco.
@@willbass2869 no problem glad I could help. The issue with stuff like herbal supplements is when you dry and powder it etc the sheep have a very hard time self regulating unlike when they are on pasture and occasionally nibbling at toxic plants.
We are hoping to get some sheep when we are able to move onto our undeveloped land.
We do dietamasious earth and pine or fir needles. They love them, but dont give them too much and I havent done it while they are pregnant, otherwise it works good.
Also in Arkansas and praying for rain. I have katadin sheep, it is also time to change rams, so if you are looking to sell one I would be interested in purchasing one.
What do you think of Painted Desert sheep? I have milk goats currently as I try to clean up my little portion of this east texas thicket, but I'd like to get into sheep eventually, supposing it rains again someday.
Lol we must not have the same kind of sheep. We raise Icelandics sheep and they are always looking for ways to push past the fence lol. I have even seen them throw a sacrifical lamb into the emectro netting to get out. Now my finnsheep staynout. Lol its just the Icelandics whomsre naughty....to smart for their own good.
Happy Shepparding. Have had good success with ACV too.
I have Nigerian Dwarf goats(4 total...so far). I agree goats can be problematic but found my ND goats have been easy keepers. I tried sheep years ago but granted they were Corendale... dumbest animal I've ever had. I know you can milk sheep but??? I raise goats for a multitude of reasons: #1 clear brush, #2 milk, #3 meat. I realize sheep can fill #2&3 but nothing beats goats for clearing brush. Just my opinion😁
Boiled blackberry root work on calves?
We have Barabdo and Katahdin and Heck no on the goats! Started with goats but if you can throw water through it, a goat can get through it! We live right on 63 so when we started, we had goats TuneIn found sheep way better! When goats are born they have no will to live (at least in winter) USER ERROR🤣. Have sheep, (20ish) chickens, 3 ducks, 4 cats and 8 dogs😳. ❤️ y’all, Kristy in Missouri zone 6b oh and also from the LU! Lafayette high!
Shetland and Romanov sheep here (meat). We use the wool to keep weeds and slugs under control in the garden, it breaks down over the winter and is fertilizer for spring planting. I have a single Katahdin that is the wormiest thing on the homestead. Every 30 days I need to worm her but her job is milk so I have to put up with it until I find another breed for that purpose.
I hope you're using a natural wormer. I'd hate to drink chemical laden milk.
@@Anamericanhomestead I am using an assortment of things (you mentioned the majority) plus diatomacious earth in their feed. How do you treat coccidiosis when the winter hits and you get 40+ degree fluctuations in a day? I lost my ram this spring when we went from 55 to 15 over night and it hit him hard. I can't lock my sheep in a barn since I don't have one. They have three sided shelters and hay which is usually sufficient.
Thanks for the video. I was going to ask you, is there a dosing that you use for the tobacco? I'm not sure if too much nicotine would hurt them or not. Also, are there any resources you could recommend on learning how to check a parasite load with a microscope? We have had these sheep for a little over a month and we lost our first already, they are heritage though. We are planning on buying some St.Croix from a local breeder when we can afford it, an mingle that seed into the herd.
I'm looking for some dorpers or Katadyn in Kansas
You must be talking about Papa Pepper and his 4 horn Jacob sheep.
Advice for sheep?
By the looks of that grin, I'd have to say "Run from bearded guy with big grin and tall rubber boots"🤣😁😂
There’s…the Sheep Gate.🤦♂️😁
Also great advice for parasites!!! Have blackberries and all the other ingredients!
Do you shear your sheep yourself?
How do you sell the wool? Thanks
How are they on the grass? Are they as hard as a horse? In other words do the eat the grass all the way to the root?
What breed of sheep dog are you using for security?
1 question: why is there so many ropes and netting laying around ?
Do you process your own sheep? What is the meat yield percentage?
Ho ya food grade diatomaceous earth. Worms etc.
Hey yall ? What do you do with your first born males of all your hearts. Please help we have given them away in the past and we don't understand the laws .is it one of each of its own kind of all of our animals. Thank you for any help you can give .Shalom.
What is your ratio sheep to hay bale (guessing a 3 wire bale)
Thanks
I’m interested in going lambing, living in the Great Basin are there any particular breeds recommended for this High Desert area? I know there are several Basque Nomadic herds, just not sure what they run. I’m interested in Dorpers, but haven’t seen them in the area, mostly in TX, AK, MO , etc.
Thanks
Ohio has plenty make one trip and get all you want even to resell.
Do you have a guard animal with your sheep (donkey, dog etc??)
We will be getting sheep after sukkot this year.
I saw in an older video that he had a female guard donkey named Tillie. I wonder what happened?
Proverbs 27:26
We have always soaked black walnut husks in water and gave that to our goats for parasites...but this does not work for all livestock..Horses for example will die from black walnut or at least get sick from them...
Getting an acre in a month. Looking to get Barbados sheep. Any advice? I’m going to feed them alfalfa hay and water. Any minerals, powders to add? Also I’m going to have them for meat. Should I start with a Ram and two Ewe’s? I’d like to keep about 5-10 consistently on the homestead. I’d love your advice on husbandry and how that all works especially in regards to lambing and if I get boys and girls.
Go to your local county agent and ask how many Barbado sheep you can raise on one acre of land. It depends on your location, amount of forage, etc.
@@HollyBelle53 they don’t have that jurisdiction on private property. 😂
@@cardinalpoint6047 It's not about jurisdiction. It's about knowledge. Your local county extension agent can give you a heads up on how many sheep you can raise per acre and if you choose to exceed that which is your right, they can give you a good estimate on how much hay you will be needing to purchase for them. Plus, they will gladly advise you for free! But you are under no obligation to follow their advice.
Only thing I don't like about sheep is they are VERY fatty. Goats are VERY lean and healthier meat.
First question...can sheep clear land as well as goats? Second question...how many acres would be needed per St Croix sheep?
Goats eat trees and sheep eat grass, if you don't rotate your sheep they'll make dirt.
How many acres are needed for sheep?
Looking for a couple of dorper sheep but i live in republic of ireland. want to import does anyone know how to do this and if you can export some this way for a reasonable price that would be great.
Watch that bailing twine it will stop up your critters in a jiffy.
They don't eat it
We have cattle but wondering how you manage predators? Is fencing adequate?
Have you seen Greg Judy Regenerative Rancher?
@@cletushatfield8817 Yes. He uses guard dogs for sheep however I was wondering what Zach uses.
Donkey??
We raise Jacob sheep and can you please give me an idea of what you sell them for so we have an idea
Right now, ewes sell for about 250 and ram lambs sell for 150....but I'm thinking we are gonna have to raise prices.
Hey Zach I’d not recommend dorpers if you want sheep resistant to worms they’re not just an fyi brother
Commercial breeds are what?
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I like this channel and it's creator, But I have a question this channel has alot of reasonable veiwers, I have not been in the U.S.A in many years not to take from this creator or his video I won't mention names, But I made a very neutral comment on a different cannel by different creator and got admonished to the point it felt like people wanted me to die because I don't have same beliefs, my question is are most average Americans over stressed and angry, I have been told by friends I have in the U.S. don't come back it's become really bad, is this true?
BaaaaaaAAAAAH!!!
Don’t just get the sheep that make you happy.
I started with chickens (the Gateway livestock, haha), then got some mixed Hampshire/Yorkshire pigs to raise to butcher (it never happened). A year later we got a breeding pair of Tamworth pigs and started raising piglets to sell (not that we could stop it with the boar in the pen with 3 females). I then got into Nigerian Dwarf goats for milking. Ive had some that were trouble and they always get sold. I make sure to not keep Any with horns and, since I don't have registered stock, I've been breeding the best qualities into my herd for the best milking and almost show conformation. (I'm getting there). We've also had a friend of the family give us a starter herd of 3 ewes and a young ram. I do believe they are a mix of Katahdin, St. Croix or dorper and Gulf Coast because a few don't shed as well as others. Ive bred and sold some off, traded 6 for a breeding pair of Lowline/Pineywoods cattle as well. I bought 2 pure Katahdins, who seem to have a lungworm issue but all in all not much problem with parasites other than routine worming/copper bolus for the goats. I keep the sheep and cows in a large pen together at night, the goats are separated into 2 pens for does and bucks, on the opposite end of the property. Each pen for each species is about a quarter acre except for pigs and chickens. I let the grazer/browsers out during the day and Ive not mowed my lawn all summer. I try to keep the goat herds small, under 15, and I sell off undesirable traits. (Goats are locked in stalls at night and electric fence along with goat fence keeps them from trying anything. Being short breed helps too). Our property is only about 7 acres total and rotation is key to keeping parasites down. The pigs are moved monthly with hog panels and electric across the 800+ft length of the property. 6 pens are stationary and I have started to move the sheep, cows and goats between them in rotation. No one gets wormed unless the FAMACHA score says they need it. And they should never go out to graze on wet grass. Ive spent the last 6 years soaking up information from books and about 30 homesteading YT channels as we started this Homestead. Still learning. Thx for the tobacco tip. Not only for animals but also good to have around if SHTF
As great as sheep can be..we are goat people..I would rather eat goat, rather have goat milk and don't want to deal with wool...lol...plus baby goats are much more fun than sheep babies...hehe
WORMWOOD
Goats you mean tree killers?
...so where are you hiding the Border Collies?
We do dietamasious earth and pine or fir needles. They love them, but dont give them too much and I havent done it while they are pregnant, otherwise it works good.