Sheep Farming: 14 Things You Need To Start Your Own Sheep Farm
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
- Today at Ewetopia Farms, we suggest 14 things you need to consider or need to have in order to start your own sheep farm. This is a long one so grab a drink and a snack before you start! We discuss some of the more obvious things such as having a farm and land to things you may not have considered such as having a plan or goals to set you on your path to becoming a sheep farmer - be it as a sheep hobbiest to becoming a fully self-sufficient sheep farmer. I think some may think this is easy to do but it can be difficult and there are a lot of things to reflect upon before you start. We hope this can give you some insights or things to think about before you do.
Sheep and sheep farming is our passion and we hope that the love we have for what we do is obvious to you the viewers. Our operation is a large scale, purebred seed stock sheep farm combining the best of pasture and confinement to manage the flock for maximum comfort, minimal stress, and producing a consistent, very high quality product.
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Lynn McKay and Arnie Droogh
3606 6th Concession Road
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That was great Lynne. Something tough to talk about but very important in terms of welfare and stewardship. Accidents do happen. Vets are understanding very caring but maybe caught up with a client or a long way away. People need to plan ahead and have a method available to quickly dispatch an animal if the sheep is severely injured or heavily stressed due to illness.
Yes, this is true. It really is the one topic people don't like to talk about or hear about and we definitely are not going to show it on UA-cam. But it is a reality of farm life.
Good morning Arnie and Lynn. That was very interesting to learn what the considerations are for starting a sheep farm. So many things to think about. The process of farming and raising animals has functions to make it a success. Your farm is quite picturesque and it enjoyable to watch the video every day. The sheep are so appealing and amazing. Watching them go to the fields is so cute. The rams were quite perky today and jumping completely in the air. You guys allow them to enjoy their lives. Thank you for all of the information and have a great day. Big hugs. 🥰🥰
Big hugs back to you and thanks again for watching!
Good job Lynne
Thanks!
Great video! Some of the sheep seem to be listening to you🐑 Ewetopia’s lambs look much thicker than other UA-camrs sheep that I watch and I love their fluffy faces and legs🐑🐑Thank you !
Thanks Connie! The goal is for them to be thicker so I hope that is true!:)
Running through some very important aspects!
Wow, it really involves a lot, never thought of it that way, it does put things into perspective, thanks
This was such a great video, super helpful!!
Thank you!
Great job, Lynn! The amount of time and effort you put into this presentation is evident. It is a very thorough analysis of what one needs to do to start a sheep farm. I have to chuckle. My partner and I started with getting the sheep, for real!! We had no property, buildings, etc but hey, why not! Seriously, we did order 17 white Dorpers in July of 2021 for delivery in July of 2023. Let's just say it was motivation to find land, which we now have😉😁!!
Anyway, great information and very thorough. I'm looking forward to future videos discussing each element in greater detail.
Yes, but at least yours were on hold not coming to an empty plot of land! You have planned your startup really well and will be bringing those sheep home to a great place already prepared for them. Can't wait to see it all!
Well thank you for this episode, very helpful
You're very welcome!
Good morning beautiful family happy Friday. Thank you for beautiful video from Fiji lsland god bless
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Thank you so much, great job. All the best for you.
Thank you for watching and commenting. We hope to hear from you again 🙂
Great advice to share for others
Glad it was helpful! Thanks.
Neat lessons. I love your raised beds that the lambs can seek protection from moms or the heat, but I do have a question about the thought behind the vertical bars that separate the sheep (you mentioned how the rams like Sherif have a hard time getting their heads in). Why are there so many? Or could the space be bigger?
We bought a cargo container to hold most the hay, in the barn we keep only about a months supply. That way the hay in cargo container stays dry, I only go in it occasionally on a non-raining/snowing day to resupply the barn. Well and plus reduce the worry of fire.
Fairs are a great place to see different breeds and talk to people.
Loved closing ram cuddles at the end of today’s video! Thanks Lynn!
A cargo container sounds like another good option for storing feed! And yes, fairs or sheep shows are another place to see sheep and meet the people that raise them. As for the slanted bars. They worked well in the beginning but when the adult rams grow up, their heads are much bigger than we planned on .So for ram lambs and ewes the spacing is perfect. The adult rams are out front and the spacing on their feeder is I believe 2 inches wider and that works for them. The problem arises during breeding season when a ram is added to the mix. So, in some barns Arnie removed every other bar but that allows lambs free access to the feeders now and all the feed comes out. So that didn't work well. His plan is to cut all the bars off this coming summer and reweld them back with an inch or so extra space between them. It is a huge job! But keep watching, I'm sure you will see it happen this summer! :)
Thank you , gneurse concepts
Thank you so much for sharing this information.
Thanks. Hope it was helpful!🙂
@@EwetopiaFarms I am just starting on the journey, so it really did help.
@@funkeodelola7910 I'm glad!
Very interesting information and extremely beneficial to anyone starting out no matter the size of farm!!!! Thanks for sharing and stay safe!!
I hope it can help as a guide anyway!
Y’all have a wonderful flock! Xmas lights in the barn definitely gives me anxiety though. I wouldn’t trust Chinese made electrical devices in a barn. Keep up the great content. It’s your fault I now have sheep
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They are LED so should be fine lol! Great news on the sheep - hope you are enjoying them!
@@EwetopiaFarms well none of them have tried to kill me, can’t say that for our cows so there’s that!
@@muskyman26 yup, that's always a good thing!😆
..."Ya'll"...lol...😂
Good information. Good video
Thank you 🙂
very helpful
Glad to hear that
Excellent info. Future sheep farmer
Good luck!🙂
Great! Paula Simmons has nothing on you! Great presentation!
Thanks!
Great video Lynn. Did you have any other breed of sheep beside the Suffolk and Dorset? I know you have Sally, the Shetland.
Yes, I started with Shetlands then got katahdins and katahdin crosses. Then I had registered Dorpers for quite a long time until my divorce. When Arnie and I got together, we got into the sheep we have today. We've been together almost 17 years now
Very good information 🎉
Thank you! :)
Thanks.I love sheeps farm i will start very soon. watching from Saudi Arabia
Thank you. Welcome to our channel. I lived in Riyadh for a few years as a teenager 🙂
@@EwetopiaFarms where are you from
@@salmanandwarda Canada
@@EwetopiaFarmsCanada good country
-28 this morning!
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We love u
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Hi! How are you?I hope you are doing well. Add sugar cane molasses 10 litre per 100 litre. After one week you will be happy with results.
Do you use type s lime for sanitizing ? Also, how much do you use and how long before sheep can use it again? Thank you so much!!!
All I know is that it is called barn lime. We clean the pen, sprinkle it liberally on the floor of the pen, top with straw bedding, and then the next group can come in immediately.
@@EwetopiaFarms Thank you so much! You're amazing! Im thinking of liming for my pig pen too. Youre so kind to respond! Cheers!!!
@@nunofyourbizness5975 thanks! Lime is a cheap and easy way to sanitize
How high off the ground do you hang your salt and mineral feeder?
Oh a couple of feet max
@@EwetopiaFarms Ok thank you!
Really enjoyed your video! I’m considering sheep farming, and would like 100 sheep. I’d rather not start with 10 and build up over a few years. I plan on grazing them. I’m in the northeast of the US. Currently looking for a farm of around 100 acres. I’m in my 50’s, have a successful career, but want to get out of the city and the rat race. Been watching a ton of videos and reading books. I have the capital to get up and running, and am really looking forward to farm life. Am I crazy? Any pointers for someone in my position? Thx
Yes!😆 Farming for fun can be nice but it is a tough go to make a living at it although it can be done. For us, at our age (60s) the work is exhausting. There are no days off - ever - no holidays, weekends, Stat holidays, sick days, nothing. And then there are the deaths, injuries, and illnesses - you have to be tough. So, they say most people quit before they get to five years in. If you pass that mark, you are probably going to make it. I don't want to discourage you but I really would suggest starting slower than 100 unless you have experience with livestock, diseases associated with pasture raising and sheep, and have done birthing before. These are important skills to have before getting too big.
Thank you for your video it is do explanatory ,my question is can a new starter make money from sheep farming, I mean can I make a good life from it
It all depends on how much debt you have and how good a farmer you are. Low debt and quality sheep and workmanship should allow you to make a living off sheep farming. We do 🙂
Thank you for your response I really appreciate it alot and you and your family are blessing to new beginners in this sphere please which do you think is better interns of finance and life style Goat farming or sheep farming . Second how can you rate the demand of sheep meat in the store.
@Abayomi Thompson I can't advise about goats because I don't have any. In Canada, lamb sells well in the stores but goat is not common in this country
Fantastic information! We are considering hair sheep for our very small weedy rugged tropical rainforest agriculture lot/home. A lot to plan for. Looking at either St. Croix, Hornless Blackbelly, Katahdin . Hoping to develop our weedy little lava rock lot into some tropical silvo pasture. Much work ahead!
Good luck. Starting something new is always exciting!🙂
What is the reason for tail docking.
It is basically personal preference. However most North America farmers dock tails.
If you band a male are they still prone to get those stones?
Yes, in fact they can be worse I've heard because the urethra is even smaller
"oup! he missed the whole"😁😅
hi what mineral do u have in those pipes
One has cobalt salt and the other is sheep mineral
I'm confused. Listeriosis is caused by BACTERIA, so how does MOLD on the hay cause a bacterial infection?
Listeriosis is caused by bacterium Listeria found in soil, food sources and is most commonly the result of feeding moldy or spoiled hay or silage according to www.canr.msu.edu
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Thank you!🙂
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What is the best /feed for pregnant sheep .
Do you guys have other animals too?
Yes but sheep are the only farm animals
Good morning my name is Lawrence based in kenya and I have five sheep. Which are the best food,medicine and shelter….
Kindly help me
Hi Lawrence If you follow our channel, you will see what we do here in Canada which will be a little different than Kenya because of the climate difference but it will be similar
How much money need to build this polytunnel barn??
At the time we built them they were about $60,000. They will be more now. The company is Britespan. They will have prices
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how much does one ewe cost?
it depends on the ewe
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I want to work with you please can you employ me
we have no jobs
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Seems like a lot. My friend in ohio has over 300 ewes. He doesnt feed hay or grain or even have a barn. The sheep only eat grass and live outside 24/7. They seem fine
They can survive on that but little more. The saying is, you get out what you put in to things 🙂
They have to eat something in Ohio because it snows there and the sheep would starve if not given hay
@@EwetopiaFarms nope. They dig in the snow and eat the grass. The cows need hay, though
@@EwetopiaFarms the strong survive. The weak need help
That is cruelty to animals. @@JustMe-999a