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  1. wolf

    Tarps!

    For ages, I’d bought plastic tarps that lasted several years at a time. The last 4-5 years, it seems every plastic tarp I buy decomposes in the sunlight within a couple months, and blows plastic shreds all over my vegetable garden! A real PiA to try to get up, and gets into everything! Does...
  2. wolf

    Looking ahead…

    Late Winter now, soon the weather will warm up and the thaw will dry. I’m already planning on the small hoof-trimming rodeo. With tethers and front-leg ties, I can get all of them on the ground to do their manicures. EXCEPT my big ram Twink 🤦🏽‍♀️ - he’s over 200-lbs. and even though he’s pretty...
  3. wolf

    A Question...

    I've had sheep for several years, and my current ram was born last Spring. His mother is polled for several generations and his father was horned. Since his birth I was watching for horns. For months I've thought he might be polled. Yesterday as I brushed past his head with his feed bucket, I...
  4. wolf

    How to Price

    I have a 3 mos. old Katahdin ewe that's red-pied and carrying black. I have no idea what price to ask when I post her for sale in the local classifieds. Any ideas, folks?
  5. wolf

    Has anyone tried...

    Now that my ram is freezer-meat, I've put a deposit on a new baby ram for this year. I keep hearing folks talk about a cattle-prod to manage aggression. Has anyone tried using an electric dog-training collar on young rams, to jolt them whenever they take a challenge-stance?? Would that work? Or...
  6. wolf

    Has anyone tried...

    Now that my ram is freezer-meat, I've put a deposit on a new baby ram for this year. I keep hearing folks talk about a cattle-prod to manage aggression. Has anyone tried using an electric dog-training collar on young rams, to jolt them whenever they take a challenge-stance?? Would that work? Or...
  7. wolf

    How long?

    Have read about looking for the "hollow" between belly and hip, as a sign birthing is near.... Just noticed hollowing happening today, and want to know if it means days away? A couple weeks? This is a first birth for my ewe, so I expect a longer period...Any guesses? No discharge yet, but...
  8. wolf

    East Fresians??

    The shepherd I bought last Spring's Katahdins from, has told me that the guy that moved next door to him has East Fresians. That got me curious, because I'm always looking for more "purpose" in stock. How are they as far as meat production? If I got one of his this year as a stud-ram, would I...
  9. wolf

    Halters???

    I've had goats before, and they wore halters. I'm in the process of acquiring sheep - and wondered... Will goat halters fit on a sheep? The configuration is different, but does that make a difference when the head is shaped similarly??
  10. wolf

    Contemplating seasonal feeder-lambs

    For years previously, I'd had a few dairy goats. When my kids moved away from home, I sold them. Now that I'm older-still - I look at my old goat-pasture and wonder about maybe getting a couple feeder-lambs every Spring, and raising them to keep all that grass shorn - and then sending them off...
  11. wolf

    Hello from the Virgina Piedmont!

    I'm an old member of BackYard Chickens forum, and soaked up as much as I can from there, so don't do much there anymore. I've had a flock of Peruvian Araucanas that give me wonderful eggs, for over a decade now. Recently, I've been contemplating a method or two of small, personal...
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