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Good Evening All - This is my first year breeding my sheep. I have purchased and am about to go get my beautiful ram and want to keep him away from the ewes til October. I have several fenced areas ready with shelter. However, they are all on the same meadow, just separated by about a...

Opinions wanted: ewe is exhibiting a transient , aggrevated cough which is present during any activity, eating, lying down, drinking, standing. Nothing that I can see triggers it. She is five months old, small of stature, otherwise jolly, active, and healthy. Normal temp. She stays with the...

Hello all-asking for some opinions on my transition in feeding strategies for new flock members. Just bought four beautiful Gotland lambs four weeks ago. They came to me as three month old lambs, newly weaned but eating grain, minerals, pasture etc. the pasture they had was not rich. The grain...

My wether yearling has had a yellowish to tan colored mucous in his stools of late. Does anyone know why this could be and is it indicative of an illness I should be treating?

Hello shepherds! Yesterday I noticed my new three month old ewe eating dirt. She is fed lamb starter pellets, free choice minerals, and grass hay besides pasture grazing. Can anyone think of why she might do this?

Any suggestions for why my three month old ewe is eating dirt?

Hello! I have not posted on here for a long time, but would like someone with whom to share my excitement so....I am getting some new sheep!! They are registered Gotlands, a simply beautiful breed with silvery grey wool that makes a lovely fleece. As well, they have calm dispositions with a...

Please check my emergency post about my sheep down this morning if u can because it relates to this. I drenched my sheep today with Ivermectin and it didn't go like last time. They clenched their teeth and I had a hard time getting the drench gun in to where I thought it should be. But they...

This morning I came out to the barn and found my one year old Jacob/Fresian cross down, panting hard. He had been there awhile judging by the amount of feces at his rear in a pile and urine soaked hay near his belly. His temp is 104. I immediately prodded him and lifted him to his feet. He did...

Just a few (probably silly) queries I have always wondered abou....For those of you who run hundreds of sheep: when your sheep graze in large wild pastures and thickets, and pick up sticker plants, berries, seeds, leaves, pollen and all sorts of detritus in their wool, how do you efficiently...

On Friday I had my two one-year-old rams castrated. Their scrotums were banded afterwards by vet. I expected them to be off normal for a day or so while they get over discomfort and stress of procedure. They both seemed to be proceeding as thought they would, then this evening I noticed a...

I have been thinking as the snow is melting about the upcoming transition from winter feed and hay routine to pasture grazing alone. I have been concerned that in Spring I may have to pen up my sheep some of each day (which they will hate) so that they don't bloat up on the new green grass...

I cannot seem to figure out this avatar thing: I am following your links, and when I see the avatar/gravatar choice, the avatar button will not initiate any action. In fact it is not even a real option, the writing in it is shadowed. What am I doing wrong?

When I am planning the day on which I will shear my sheep this summer, should I plan a day of shampooing and air drying a couple days before shearing day? Their wool is really getting dirty, my sheep roam every kind of land from mud to sticker bush tracts to orchard to forest. I was just...

It would be of interest to hear some opinions on whether you should split your feeding elements (Ie, grain, hay, other foodstuffs, treats etc.) into two daily delivery times to your flock or if you should give it all out at once. Assuming water is always fresh and minerals always available...

I have not been a member here for very long and so am still learning. I cannot seem to find a legend to use in deciphering all the icons I see next to the title of some posts. Can you direct me to this information?

Last week one of my rams, a month shy of one year old, lost his left horn for the second time. It bleeds a lot and definitely hurts...he acts "off" for a day and doesn't make it easy for me to get near him to apply BluKote. But otherwise he is fine and is back to himself soon. My question is...

I fear some will think this is a silly question, but I would like to hear opinions. Do sheep get bored?

I am posting a few questions tonight that have been on my mind. I have some left over watercress bought at the grocery store n thought I might give it to my sheep as a treat. Don't see it on any of my lists of plants that are poisonous to sheep. Anyone know of a problem with it?

I would like to learn from our experienced farmers on this site how to judge whether hay is good quality or not. I imagine there are specific things to look for that define quality versus substandard hay crop. I buy my hay from southern states right now and trust their hay selections to be...