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  1. farmchick

    Anyone want to shear? Crete, Nebraska

    I need someone to come and shear my Market Lamb ASAP! We live 2 miles north of Crete, Nebraska. (Saline County) Any takers?
  2. farmchick

    Anyone want to shear? Crete, Nebraska

    HEY! I need someone to come out and shear my one market lamb ASAP! We live 2 miles North of Crete, NE. (Saline County) its only 30 - 40 minutes from Lincoln? Can anyone help us out?
  3. farmchick

    Removing a Weird Ear Tag

    We bought my market lamb from a farmer who use metal ear tags. The kind that go aorund the bottom of the ear and back up. Kind of like a C shape. Anyway, as his ear is growing, its tearing a hole. Is there anyway I can take it out? It looks very painful, we are tryin to keep it clean, but we...
  4. farmchick

    Breeding Sheep Fair Class

    What do you guys thing are the best breeds to show in a Breeding Sheep Fair Class or a Pen of Three Breeding Ewes? This is what I'm thinking of doing next year instead of Market Lambs, so I don't know what kind to get!
  5. farmchick

    To graze or not to graze

    I have a market lamb that I'm showing at the fair in August. I've heard that letting the lambs graze will give them an undesirable potbelly. Will letting them graze for around an hour a day give them this potbelly? What's your opinion on grazing?
  6. farmchick

    Adding more Protein

    In my area, there's no lamb feed that has the right amount of Protein. What are some things you can add (and how much of it) to boost up the protein?
  7. farmchick

    Food - What do you suggest?

    I'm getting a lamb to show in a Market Class at the fair that takes place in August. What would you suggest I feed her? I'm fairly new to the sheep thing. :)
  8. farmchick

    What happens after the show?

    I am getting some lambs that I will show in a Market class at the county fair in August. I don't know much about how the show works. So in things like bull or pig shows, the animal is butchered afterwards, do you butcher a lamb after the show? If it is butchered, do you HAVE to? Or could you...
  9. farmchick

    Show Sheep Breeds

    My family's getting some sheep that I will show in a county fair in Nebraska, as part of 4H. We don't have many breeders that won't step down off of their high horse and sell reasonably priced lambs, so we have to get them from our salebarn. Anyway, I was wondering what breeds of sheep do best...
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