Katahdin Sheep
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2016
- Day 19 of the 30 Day Challenge - We decided Katahdin sheep would be a good breed for our homestead. In this video, I discuss the beneficial traits of the breed and why I think they are well-suited for us.
Picked up my very first livestock yesterday. Three Katahdin females. Very excited.
Got ourselves 20 katadin ewes 1-3 years old. When we took delivery, we got ourselves a free week old ram. We had a herd of 30-40 head back a decade ago when my dad got into livestock. After the massacre from the neighbors dogs, we quit all live stock. Glad my brother and I decided to get back into the livestock game. Amazing video and keep up the good work.
Exciting news, Dale! Congratulations!
You just answered all of my questions about sheep. I’m hoping to have land to start my homestead soon. I already have farm fowl but was concerned about being able to produce milk. Thank you so very much for this video! Oh and I heard about your channel on Justin Rhodes latest video when he mentioned that you were editing for him. I wish I could move back to NC. Y’all have such an awesome network. Much WV love and many prayers! 💙💛🙏
Thanks for that feedback! I actually live in Idaho. Thank you for checking out my channel. I have a lot more sheep videos for you to check out if you're interested.
Great video! Very informative and cute kid!
Thank you!
If you add raisins and pine nuts to that spinach it'll blow your mind.
It's true that lamb that I'd eaten in the past has a stronger type of flavor than beef or chicken. I used to love Greek gyros, partly because they are lamb. I can't eat lamb anymore, but you are right about the oils producing that distinctive flavor. I'm American but I used to love that flavor anyway. I used to love roast legs of lamb when visiting my English family in the UK, and while in England, I'd go to those kabab shops and eat donor kababs, which are very similar to Greek gyros, and they are both lamb meat
We use solar electric fence controllers for our hog pens sometimes if you don't have a good ground your fence wont work. They recommended I use 2-3 ground rods spaced 6-8 feet apart.
I agree. Found out how important grounding is. I thought all strands were disconnected from shock box while installing a line of barbed wire close to the ground. One electric wire was still connected. Even though it was a weak, Tractor Supply solar box, the spark jumped about 1/2 inch to my wrist and made a pop. I was holding the spool of barbed wire, which was connected to several metal posts, so I was very grounded. It hurt!
Interestingly, the Gotland as well as the Icelandic are both a wool breed and deliver easily and are fine grained, mild sheep. I heard that these Katadhin were also a mild flavour. this is going to be interesting.
Use a fence tester or just a green weed to check the fence in different spots to see if it's working.
I like how you put the little necklace chains on them to ID them. You definitely take pride in handling the sheep gently and judiciously. A much better method than the ASININE practice of spraypainting GRAFFITI on them as if they were just trash. It's a shame how you say shearing is a fading art. It seems too many times, those who shear don't do it right, try to do it too fast and rough, and end up mutilating them. We need more shepherds like you.
I now have a katadhin and Katadhin as well as a blackbelly. Both have lambs from a full Katadhin ram. It will be interesting to see how they do with my Gotland sheep. Gotland require a lot of copper and I do not think these sheep will.
Are black belly as skiddish as I have heard from other youtubers?
Sweet boy with good attitude.
It looks like your charger needle went to zero.
Probably the bucket shorted and damaged the battery.
You need more organization in your corals, and feeding space.
How many rams and ewes do you have? Good explanation about your sheep. I'm learning so much. Thanks for your time reviewing and creating your videos.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching. We have 4 rams. No ewes. We will likely get breeding stock next year. We're just raising these guys for meat.
@@TheGrassfedHomestead , I didn't know that you sold your lambs for meat. I used to love the taste of lamb due to that distinctive flavor you're talking about from the oils sheep produce. I used to love roast legs of lamb when visiting my family in England, and those kebab shops in the UK, I used to love those donar kebabs, which are very similar to Greek gyros, which I also loved, the reason being that both donar kebabs and Greek gyros are lamb meat. That distinct flavor from the oils helped give all of them their taste. I'm American but have still loved that flavor, I have family in the UK but I'm still from and have grown up here in America. I can't eat lamb anymore
really need deep cycle battery for electric fences. I run a solar system with battery and have never had issues with the system.
I have a katatitin sheep named brownie
Hi love your vids im moving on to my property Nov 22nd would like to get sheep to breed for meat it will be 6 family members so I wan wonder if you could recommend how I should go about the process like should I get 2 breeding pair or 1 breeding pair also how big of a house would i need to house 4 sheep year around and should the house have a floor or just sit on grass, straw shaving I know some say a run in is fine but I would like to have something better I live in western md and we have snow in winter i never raised sheep just cbickens and dogs i only have 1.40 acres and im learning alot from you thank you
I'm a dermatology nurse. I'm VERY happy to see your taking sun protection seriously! LOVE the hat and long sleeves.
Sun damage takes 30-40+ years to eventually grow into viable skin cancer. So, sun damage that happened as a child can show up as basal or squamous cell carcinoma when you are as young as around 30 years old. Best defense for you, your wife and son is Slip (on sun protective clothing), Slap (on a hat with a full brim broad enough to shade your whole face and neck and Slop (on adequate sun block lotion - SPF 30 or better - on ALL sun exposed skin, including tops of feet and ears, nose and chin, back of neck and backs of legs if not covered by clothing).
Remember: our skin changes color (known in the Kardashian crowd as tanning) to protect us from injury/damage. A tan means our skin has been damaged :(
Thank you for the comment! I have a fair complexion and burn easily so I always wear long sleeves, regardless of the temperature. My hat is rated for SPF 80 but the brim isn't quite wide enough to get my entire neck all the time. I'm alway looking for a wider-brimmed alternative that is made from natural materials (no synthetics) but they are a rare find. I always make sure to keep Little Buddy's skin covered up as well. Once in awhile he slips out of the house without his hat on when I'm working outside but I usually catch it pretty quickly and send him back in for it.
Henaynei, that's probably why so many younger people still love to and have always loved to lay out and get dark tans, because they knew it can take over 30 years for the sun damage to catch up with them, and they're not worried about that far in the future, they just want to enjoy being young
I see that this video was posted over three years ago, wondering if you had any prolapses at lambing? That is why we got rid of all our Katahdin's. Only Friesian, Chevoit and Tunis now (we are dairy, but wanted parasite resistance from Katahdins).
I haven't
What are you feeding? Alfalfa pellets? Can you share the mineral mix details?
Yes, the pellets are organic alfalfa. The minerals are kelp meal, salt fortified with selenium (our region is selenium deficient), and DE
hi mr dan from saudi arabia
Hi Jhun!
Yes, a great hat is worth having. My husband has had many cancers but off his ears, face, and his bald head. He has to go through it again because some have shown up on his ear.
You are concerned about knapweed and hawkweed like I am about comfrey. Justin Rhodes fed his chickens comfrey, so I ordered the seeds and grew some, then I read that is was poisonous to chickens, so I threw away what I had grown. Who knows, but I didn't want to take a chance on the chickens getting ahold of it.
In large amounts it is toxic (the alkaloids in it) but they'd have to eat a lot of it for it to be an issue. I wouldn't have any problem with my chickens eating comfrey but I completely respect and understand your decision not to have them eat it.
Why did you choose Katahdin over Dorper? Or are they crossbred?
two were katahdin x dorper and two were full katahdin.
Oh ya, I have 17 dorper myself, good video!
Can I ask a question about sheep I have 2 half be acre paddic grass is tall should I mowed it first or wat
let them eat the grass!
We got three 10 week khatadins yesterday. They spooked and bolted right through our electric netting despite it being on. Today we are still trying to find/ catch them. We are worried about putting them back in the netted paddock if we catch them. We do not have a barn. Any tips????
They require training to electric fence within a physical barrier fence before exclusively using the electric fence. I'd set up a corral using cattle panels and then setup electric fencing on the inside of the cattle panel perimeter.
@@TheGrassfedHomestead ok we are so new to this (our first time ever having sheep or any livestock) and no one we talked to in person explained they’d need to be trained and we had idea. This is helpful! We were able to get them all back thankfully and will start training!
@@TwoBirchHomestead That's great news!
Should have named this video Battery
do the rams grow horns
not big ones. Small nubs mostly
You're choosing a more parasite-resistant breed, good, but the same breed with a clean hay-feeding manger design that keeps those poopy feet out? Better
Thinking about getting some kadahdins but idk if i should try to geet registered ones or not? help meeeee
Unless you want to be a breeder, don't worry about registered. If you want for homestead meat production, it is irrelevant
I'm in the northwest is $100 each for bottle Katahdin ewes a fair price? thanks
sounds high. How old are they?
How much do you have to pay for one sheep?
Our breeder sold them for $3/lb. They were about 50lbs at the time so they were $150ish (not counting the Little Guy).
Are thy loud ? And do they produce good amount of milk for consumption ?
not a big milk breed
@@TheGrassfedHomestead thank you 👍
Will Katahdin eat Burdock?
I don't know. I'm not familiar with that
Do you sale the lambs
We did - we sold 2 of them
You need a fence tester.
Yep, fence tester is worth buying.
How big of a pen u keep them in
this was 16' x 36' - it was temporary
16x32
Spinach is really high in oxalates. Very bad for the system.
Where are you located
Idaho
Are Katadhin a loud breed?
No louder than any other breed I've heard
hi your cool