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  1. jdhd003

    Lamb compost

    Great, thanks for all the good info. It seems like such a shame to throw it all out.
  2. jdhd003

    Lamb compost

    Hi everyone, A few quick questions, I always have 1 or 2 compost piles going, usually use 1 in the spring and the one I have left now is for next spring. 1 is sheep manure safe to compost? 2 they had tapeworms and I dewormed a few weeks ago and have not seen any sign since, poop also went back...
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    Feeding and Parisite advice

    Select stock feed not all stock that's what i have
  4. jdhd003

    Feeding and Parisite advice

    Thank you for the advice, its not pompous at all I appreciate it. I have raised meat rabbits and chickens for years, but I am new to lambs and ruminants so I get a little nervous about the feeding and bloat, and the worms were also new to me. These are White Dorper. When I got them I was told...
  5. jdhd003

    Feeding and Parisite advice

    Thanks everyone for the update, just an update, the dewormer seems to have worked great for the first round, poop is back to normal, not all clumpy. For a day or 2 it was full of worms so I have to believe it helped. I do have another question. I have been starting them on grain very slowly...
  6. jdhd003

    Hello all

    I thought I did put my location, hmm let me try again, thanks
  7. jdhd003

    Hello all

    I am in western Massachusetts right near the NY boarder
  8. jdhd003

    Hello all

    Oh, sorry, Dorper not deeper.
  9. jdhd003

    Hello all

    we have deeper. So far so good. One is very friendly and loves to talk to me, the other is still a little skiddish.
  10. jdhd003

    Feeding and Parisite advice

    Thanks all for the advice o do appreciate it
  11. jdhd003

    Feeding and Parisite advice

    I'm in western mass, I have some valbezan on the way, I don't know about barber pole in the area, I got them from an hour away in upstate ny. I'm hoping the valbezan will take care of whatever they have. Question, a sheep expert told me to double the size on the bottle, is that safe? I will be...
  12. jdhd003

    Hello all

    Will do, and thanks for the hospitality
  13. jdhd003

    Hello all

    We have done ducks and geese before, they are fun as well. The nice thing about the sheep is they come to say hello. I had a turkey that loved attention too
  14. jdhd003

    Feeding and Parisite advice

    Hello Hello, I have looked through a few threads but there is a lot of different information out there so i hope noone minds i added another feed thread. i recently got 2 lambs to raise for the summer for meat for the winter. I enjoy raising my own meat as much as possible to know that the...
  15. jdhd003

    Hello all

    Hi there, I am listed as a new member but i have been on here since 2013. I have just never posted. I have raised meat chickens for years now. I also used to raise Rabbits but I gave them up because i found that I was the only one in the house that really wanted to eat them. I have had close to...
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