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We use a halal butcher, they always do a great job. The meat is delicious. They calm the animal before killing it. Just now we butchered our 6 year old Shetland ram, he'd been out with the ewes and no gamey taste at all. Though I will say we did a year+ ram before and to us he had no flavor at all.

Uggh, I will say the only reason I don't have peafowl is because I know they would bother my neighbors. Try talking to the neighbors, ask the current owners if they've talked to the neighbors about the birds. The birds are used to going there so it will be hard to break the habit. It will take...

This is a little bit feed and a little bit disease, but overall a management question so I put it here. The grass just turned green a day or two ago. Last year I didn't put the sheep out until after it had greened and started to grow. The first day they were out they didn't want their rations...

I've been giving corid in the water, I have some sulmet. What do you recommend? I've given every one I could catch a dose of valbazen. Ans I ordered some other stuff for coccidia I just read about on here... forgot the name already! What a day...

I went out today and my buck looked like he ate a bee, upon looking closer his mucous membranes are white and it seems to be bottle jaw, my other buck looks almost as bad. They were wormed earlier this season and have been on a dry lot all winter :( what the heck? My angora doe looks fine and...

3 rams and one ewe lamb. Registered NASSA $250-$350 Can send more pics on request. http://imgur.com/a/4xTRf

My ram, Walter, loves to have his face rubbed under his eyes and his jaw. When he's had enough of that he likes a good hard scratch behind the horns. Kinda worried me the first time he asked for that one cause he puts his head down like he's gonna head butt you, but he just wants a scratch...

She was born 5/7/13 She's a little Shetland girl. She's enjoying licking everything in my room and drinking milk from a dish like a champ and starting to follow me around and loves to have her chin scratched. Amazing how a 'wild' lamb can get tame so quickly, I never mess with them usually until...

Vet called me this morning and said the little girl was up and 'bopping around' I picked her up and she'd jumped out of her basket and was walking around the office while the assistant followed her holding the IV bag. Now I have her inside, she's too hoarse to call for mom so mom isn't too...

Update on little one, pneumonia and coccidia, severe dehydration. Vet did blood work, said she shouldn't be alive and offered to keep her personally for the weekend, but only gave her about a 30% chance to make it. She's charging me a whopping overnight fee of $10 :) I really love my vet.

Ok, finally got back from town. Took me forever to find the little girl, she'd moved to the other side of the pasture mom was way away. I brought her inside, she walked around a little, temp is 101.6 (it's about 75-80 degrees outside. I tried giving her a bottle she drank a little then seemed to...

So, due to a miscommunication with my power company my electric was shut off Tuesday. All the buckets were clean and fresh and full. Bad news, it took them until noon today (Friday) to turn it back on. I was able to keep one bucket full with what I had left in the pressure tank, but everything...

I have an adult ewe I got this summer, she is about4 yrs old. Last week or so I noticed her neck was a bit stiff/twisted slightly. She looks kind of like a confused dog and seems to have a little trouble grazing, kind of stiff. But otherwise she is fine and spunky. I've been keeping an eye on...

Just wanted to update. I couldn't get the pvc to cut right so ended up using two wooden shims and some duct tape. After about 3 weeks he was healed and running around on all fours. Little guy is still doing well and you'd never know he'd had an injury!

I am so glad I found this post! This morning I went out and found one of my lambs with a broken leg. I am going to try the pvc splint on him, if it doesn't work I probably will put him down. But, I am hopeful, he is up and around grazing and acting otherwise normal. No swelling or anything. Here...

I was going to mention the does on craigslist too. I had wanted to go look at them but the guy never sent me the pics I asked for. I am taking two older does to the auction tonight if it stops raining. Did you want them to breed or just for the fiber?

I got mine in KY. I think there is someone in CO that breeds them too. Even the breeder I got mine from was having a hard time finding a replacement female. Check puppyfind.com and keep searching the web, they will pop up. Good luck!

I was under that impression too until I started looking up pest control. A pleasant surprise when so many dewormers are ineffective. Of course though the sheep are much more resistant to worms than my goats :(

I just got copasure for my goats and sheep today. I had remembered the marshmallow thing but forgot to buy some. I made a peanut butter sandwich and cut it into 1" squares. Put the rods in the middle and squished it good. They got sucked down so fast I had a hard time telling which nose got one...

I am waiting too. I have 2 first timers that have been bagged up for over a week now. No goo, no discomfort, just really really hungry. Lets hope they all go soon!