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Been sewing up a few mask to make working with my sheep easier. Finally tested one out during a hoof trim on my 9 yr old ram. Worked like a dream!! He didnt fight me even half as much then he normally does when he needs to be handled! He wasnt upset or leary of me after either. He did however...

I got a buck that cant seem to finish the job/hit the mark? He is a year and a half this spring, never got around to breeding him last year as i went on hiatus with the rabbits with this covid mess. The does dont seem to be the problem as buck#2 hits the mark within 2 seconds of me putting...

Got our first Lambs of the 2014 season this AM! Nona had a set of twins, a ewe and a ram lamb. The ewe Lamb The ram lamb

Yes, we have Calves already!!! And OMG are they ever cute! Red had a little Bull(well, now Steer) Calf on January 2nd And Abigail gave as a beautiful little Heifer on January 8th And here are both little ones!! Wish I had the Camera with me when I was milking their Dams because those...

Hi everyone, first time Pig keeper here and I have a question and want to check if everything I'm doing so far is A-OK. Yesterday I brought home, what I have been told, are two - 5 month old - DurocX pigs(they gave me a birth date so from that the math is sound). Now, for a 5 month old pig...

Well, the cows haven't seen me in 2 weeks. Apparently they missed me because usually they are not quite as cuddly as they were today, all 3 of the girls picked up their pound of love tenfold. Of course mom joined us with the camera AFTER I was done sitting in front of each cow cuddling their...

Well, it was another scorcher of a day today. Almost hit 40C(102F?) in the shade and even the Ram group ditched the effort of going to graze in this heat and sun. Earlier at noon with still bearable temps, everyone is grazing in the woods. By 3pm we gave up on that and found every speck of...

Been waiting for this ewe to either have lambs or not, her permanent stay here depended on it. Being an morbidly obese, almost 3 yr old, maiden ewe I wasnt sure if she was gonna be any use other then vacuum up anything that reminds her of food, but I really like her since she finally excepted me...

Well, the last Dexter Calf of the Season is born, and boy what an afternoon that was. The cow is a first-timer so a bit clueless so that didnt help any. Got home at 4 pm today, and immediately went to check on my cow, she seemed to have started labour before I left 4 hrs earlier so I wanted...

We got our first Dexter Calf for the 2013 season on Jan 31st! A nice little bull(um ... I mean steer :rolleyes: ). 2 more cows to go. Abigail - due sometime in March(I think) Honey - no Idea when she is due, never seen her be bred but forgot to write down when we stopped seeing her in...

I thought I better start a lambing thread too. Got our first set of American Blackbelly lambs Feb 5th, Twin boys(got orders for ewe lambs coming out of my ears so of course I get rams). My favorit of the two. 1 More American Blackbelly to go and my 1 European Mouflon Ewe as well.

Hi everyone, just sorted thru my folder on the PC and found some Ram pics I took this summer when I was chilling with them in their pen, that I thought I could post, then in a few days I will post some winter pics too. These Pics were taken in August. Ram Lambs - American BlackbellyX in the...

One of my rams was a little off this afternoon when I went to catch them up and put them in their pen. Jason is usually the first to yell at me and run to see if I have grain for him. Today at lock-up he was still walking beside me to their night pen, but not a peep from him and his usual...

Sorry just need to rant. Hunting season has been open since sept 1st. As of sept 20th there is also a open cow elk season til the 30th. Well, with antlered game hunters are very diligent with ID'ing their prey, now with the antlerless season all bets are off. On sunday we found our Dun Dexter...

My Mouflon Ewe finally gave birth to a beautiful purebred Mouflon Lamb!! She got into heat so late(usually they birth between march and end of april) I was worried she didn't take or something. She never looked preggers and being the wild thing she is handling is pretty much out. So i was...

Terrible little me brought home a new Dexter Heifer from the Odd and Unusual Sale on Saturday.......:P We have been thinking of getting an unrelated heifer or two for 2 yrs now, I seen her and just had to get her! They didn't know her age, but I am guessing her around 6 months, 8 at the max...

Hi Everyone, One of our Dexter Girls acted really weird back in december, walking like on eggshells and overall odd, maybe slipped on the ice and was sore so we didn't worry too much. After a couple days she was back to normal. Now about 4 days ago we see her out on the pasture with something...

Hi everyone, one of my Painted desert ewes gave birth about a week ago, her first lamb, a single buckling. Now he drinks etc and has his energetic moments but rather just sleep. We are pretty sure he has a Heart Issue(seen it with puppies and kittens a few times) since he eats(we nibble hay...

I bought 3 bottle ram lambs for meat, 2 black and 1 white. They are woolies and thats all I know. My guess is suffolk X on the black and Canadian Arcott X on the white. Seems to be the most common crosses around here. Anyone want to take a guess? Not that it really matters they will be...

Hi everyone, I kind of want goats, but I live on my parents farm and they are no-go on the whole goat thing(if I want them I better move out)... well i kept getting requests from some local folks for goat meat... well I hate to dissappoint soooooooo----- I asked my parents if goats were OK if...