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Category: Shepherding

link to Why Don’t Cattle Like Sheep?

Why Don’t Cattle Like Sheep?

If you have looked at a pasture with cattle and sheep together, you've probably seen the cattle ignoring the sheep. That is what happens most of the time. Occasionally, when sheep and cattle are...

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8 Things You Should You Not Do When Handling Sheep

When you are getting into sheep, you may have come across tips or suggestions of things that you should be doing when you are around the flock, which is important information, of course. Equally...

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link to How Do Sheep Defend Themselves?

How Do Sheep Defend Themselves?

When you take a closer look at a sheep, you notice that she really does not have a lot of ability to defend herself. Sheep are fairly small, they don't have sharp teeth or claws and they are not well...

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link to How To Tell If Your Sheep Are Stressed

How To Tell If Your Sheep Are Stressed

Sheep can be stressed for a number of reasons including weather, isolation, immediate threat (like a predator) or something specific to the individual sheep, such as a health. So, how do you...

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link to Why Rams Headbutt Each other (and You!)

Why Rams Headbutt Each other (and You!)

I'm sure you've seen it, sheep in a face off charge towards each other and wham, headbutt! You can even hear the smack when they connect! What are those crazy sheep doing headbutting each other...

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link to 8 Ways To Tell When Sheep Are Happy

8 Ways To Tell When Sheep Are Happy

It can be hard to tell when your sheep are happy, especially when you are new to raising sheep! What are some of the things that you'll see sheep and lambs doing that show they are happy? Happy...

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Hey there, I’m Kathy! Thanks for stopping by!

We (my husband and I) are life long animal lovers and full time livestock farmers in Ohio. Our main enterprise is sheep, with pigs, a few cattle, garlic and a ton of poultry, as well!

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