Dale HWA
Overrun with beasties
Isnt it great to find your way into your herd ?
HAHA yes! no one else i know wants to geek out on Sheep and lambs, My Sister-in-Law loves chickens, shes a self admitted chicken lady. but me, I'm a sheep guy!!!
Baymule’s 4th Lambing
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HAHA yes! no one else i know wants to geek out on Sheep and lambs, My Sister-in-Law loves chickens, shes a self admitted chicken lady. but me, I'm a sheep guy!!!
B&B Happy goats
Herd Master
Goat woman here, but love all farm animals......two banded bucks and , chickens and rabbits will do our freezer this fall along with some veggies.....love it
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Bruce
Herd Master
Send your SIL over to BYC! Lots of geeky chicken people over there.
HomeOnTheRange
Golden Herd Lurker
(selective editing) So glad I am not one of those gorgeous, pretty BOYS!
misfitmorgan
Herd Master
Gorgeous babies Bay!
I believe we need new pictures though
I believe we need new pictures though
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Baymule
Herd Master
I am going to keep 4 of the ewes. I have decided to halter break them so I can stake them out in the yard where I WANT them to graze. LOL Anybody halter break their sheep?
Mike CHS
Herd Master
We have done a couple and it's just a matter of waiting them out. Put the halter on and wait for them to accept it. Like anything else, it needs to seem to be their idea of what they want. 
Mike CHS
Herd Master
We have done a couple and it's just a matter of waiting them out. Put the halter on and wait for them to accept it. Like anything else, it needs to seem to be their idea of what they want.
Roving Jacobs
Seeing Spots
I showed some lambs last year so halter broke them and they're so much easier to handle now. I'm definitely planning on halter breaking any keepers in the future.
What I did is start by just haltering them and offering a handful of grain and when they ate it I let them go. Once they were comfortable eating from my hand in the halter I worked on getting them to walk a step into the pressure of the lead then they got the handful of grain. Worked from there up to walking around calmly following the grain hand. It only took 4-5 short sessions and they paraded around like pros.
I know plenty of people just tied them up and wait them out but my jacobs will fight it like crazy and I didn't want to risk them breaking horns.
What I did is start by just haltering them and offering a handful of grain and when they ate it I let them go. Once they were comfortable eating from my hand in the halter I worked on getting them to walk a step into the pressure of the lead then they got the handful of grain. Worked from there up to walking around calmly following the grain hand. It only took 4-5 short sessions and they paraded around like pros.
I know plenty of people just tied them up and wait them out but my jacobs will fight it like crazy and I didn't want to risk them breaking horns.
