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    Sheep milk smells like sheep

    Any of you have that problem? My wife says she doesn't like sheep milk because it smells like a sheep. I can't really find anything online about that so I figured I'd ask here. Anyone else have that problem?
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    Old metal silo for compost

    So I've a few old, small, metal silos on the property for various uses and one of them I use for compost. I thought this would be a great use for it and I'd have lots of compost so I began putting my old hay, sheep bedding, used food,(... Banana peels, rotten food etc.... Sorry felt I had to be...
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    Thinking about horses

    So my wife and I rode a horse for the first time today and got us thinking about getting a horse. Some questions pop up though. If they have 7acres to feed from and are kept in the pasture all the time would they need free access to hay during the summer? What about during the winter and spring...
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    Lame hind legs

    I've been thrown for a loop. No clue what's causing this. Elsa, our newly purchased dame whom we are milking currently, seems to have some sort of hip dysplasia. She always walks as an elderly person who is trying to walk up many flights of steps. She has trouble standing. She sometimes loses...
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    Foot rot in 3 hooves

    One of the East Friesians we purchased had been walking all wonky so I checked her hooves and she had one ugly case of foot rot and 2 not so pretty cases in other hooves. I've cleaned out the dirt and other stuff in the absesses, sprayed with fungicide and coated with hoof flex. I'll continue...
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    Calculate percentage of breed

    I've tried all the search keywords I could think of and I can't find this information now. Should have saved it when I first found it. Anyway, I was wanting to know how to figure out what percentage of a breed a sheep has. If I have a 50% awassi/25% east friesian/25%karakul and I mate to a...
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    Sheep skin tanning

    Not sure if this is the right spot but here it is anyway. :) I used to raise rabbits and tanned plenty of their hides. I would put them in a large tote and have plenty of room. I started raising sheep and figured I'd not have any problem but I do. I only tanned one at a time. They are full...
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    1 day old lamb with diahhrea

    Is that normal? If not, what to do? I've read coccidia is normally in sheep around 1 -4 months. Thought maybe scours?
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    Feeding minerals to the sheep

    We purchased the sheep a few days ago and the lady sent us a message telling us that she used the "Cafeteria mineral system" which got me looking into it since I hadn't heard of it. https://www.abcplus.biz/Free_Choice_Minerals I feed my sheep a mineral block from Orschelns which is for Sherri...
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    Hay wheel rake vs bar rake

    Posted in my journal but wanted to get a better idea of what you all thought. Of course I could just buy a bunch of garden rakes and give them to the children! :P
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    Taking down a concrete silo

    I mentioned in my journal about putting an addition on my barn but there is a solo in the way. I figured I would try to a wider field of opinion by copying it here. Here is a bit more of the conversation along with trying to help paint the picture. "Can you incorporate the silo into the barn...
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    Milkers for sheep

    So we're back in the market for sheep milkers after having been very disappointed with the Henry Milker. It used constant pressure which apparently is harmful to the sheep teat. It's very difficult to find a milker that is specific to sheep as most milkers seem to be for goats, however we are...
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    Rate her condition

    My favorite ewe was off mom duty this year so she could recover from lambing last year. I still see indentations in both her sides that make her "look" malnurished but it's been over a year and she is eating fine. I had her checked for parasites and she was negative. Thoughts.
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    Wood chips for bedding

    Hey everyone, been a while and yes, I know I need to update my journal, it's just such a pain typing everything on this stupid phone. I did have a question though. Has anyone ever use wood chips for bedding for sheep. By wood chips I mean a tree company dropped some wood chips they had chipped...
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    WTB Lacaune or Awassi Ewes

    Looking to buy Lacaune ewes or Awassi Ewes. Do NOT want East Freisians or crossed with East Freisian. Thanks
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    Lost beehive again

    I've been trying to keep bees for 3 years now and this year turned out the same as the other 2 years, I lost the hive again. The first two years I used the langstroth hive but this year I used a deep horizontal. I opened it up this year and the bees we're all Dead but it didn't look like there...
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    Cold weather ewes

    Hello again. To those northern sheep owners who constantly get Sub zero temps I was wondering what you did with your sheep during those days. Do you still put them outside? I'm in southern Indiana so we get cold weather.... Cold to me anyway.... But the wind chill supposed to be -20f during the...
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    Helping ewe to gain weight

    Hey gang, I'm still working on a ewe from last year's lambing, trying to get her to gain weight. Since I'm along on here, you can probably tell I'm failing at this. What do you all use when you have aewe that is too thin and needs some pounds put on? She has access to grass and hey and sweet...
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    Lamb recipes

    Anyone have any recipes for mutton they care to share? I recently dispatched a 2 year old sheep and was going to cook a bit tonight, probably the dry ribs. Look forward to anything offered!
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    Foot rot in sheep

    I noticed my Ram starting to limp a bit today and checked on his hoof. Sure enough, foot rot. Seems pretty invasive to me too. Its deep into the hoof. Everything I've read so far seems to be for the beginning stages. I'm wondering if its the same thing. Do I need to give him a shot? Pack...
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