When you are new to raising sheep, you are happy to have as many sheep as you can and certainly wouldn't dream of selling any of them. Then you get a few years down the road you realize that...
Category: Flock management
The adult sheep in the flock need to be shorn every year, but lambs don't have all that much wool to worry about for most of their first year. Yet, as the lambs grow so does their fleece, which...
Sheep are susceptible to worms and, unfortunately, those worms can cause tremendous problems with your flock. Your job is to take care of the flock and handle any problems that come up, but...
Lambs sometimes have foot or leg problems, maybe it's because they are so much smaller than their moms or maybe they are just a little reckless! Either way, you need to figure out what is wrong...
Lambs are supposed to be born in the spring, right? This way the lambs can spend the summer outside with their moms, eating grass and enjoying the sunshine. So why do you see some sheep with...
If you have watched any sheep farming videos or talked to someone in your area who has a sheep farm, the subject of deworming the flock is likely to come up. Why do sheep farmers need to deworm...