I really enjoy your videos and I don't know much about sheep but, it looks like you need a lot taller gate. Your ram looks very athletic with a very strong drive.
I've got a white dorper ram and I'm expecting his second set of lambs in less than a month so he is good at his job but he is terrifying lol I absolutely do not go in with him unless I absolutely have to. He is massive and gets an awful lot bigger when there is no fence between him and you.
My college had an ag program, and they ran a meat market that sold Dorper lamb. I miss being able to buy that with a student discount, because it was really tasty. Also, since all the production was being overseen by professors, I could feel confident that all of it was produced by the book.
I think you’re doing right to be getting into hair sheep in an area that mostly has woolies. I predict you won’t have any trouble making private sales. I do personally not like dorpers because they always go lame on me, and are prone to worms, but I keep messing around with them because they’re so well built. I’m positive you can make a good hair sheep for your climate using them as a base if you add thrifty native stock and breed back to a shedding ram. I’ve got mutts that are mostly katahdin, and I couldn’t be more pleased with them.
@@AshGreen359 I currently have a bunch of that cross and will never breed to dorper again under any circumstance. That said I bought a ram who was from a flock that was obviously doing great on grass and nobody was lame, but that ram and his progeny have terrible feet in our little microclimate. 25 inches of rain in July will test the hooves of any group of sheep, but the dorper crosses universally needed care. 1 even got fly strike which I’ve never seen happen to a katahdin since they tend to slick out. I like crossing to Icelandic way better
@@swamp-yankee I've been lucky then. We flood every winter and their hooves have been great. I don't separate my ram though so never had a problem with anyone jumping fences.
@@AshGreen359 no fence jumpers here. I’m not a big believer in luck. Maybe you have better dorpers or different soil. We’ve got scald on the mountain. Everyone deals with it and the sheep need to be resistant to it. The dorper lambs are beautiful. I just don’t like hoof maintenance.
You cannot have dorpers in rainy Europe or north where it rains heavily! Dorpers will get sickly with those parasites as it's bred for semi arid climates. If you were around the Mediterranean coast, America's southern states, Brazil, Middle East or Australia you will have them virtually parasite free as they thrive off Savannah/bush. They are bred for this purpose aswell as hides and meat! They are NOT pasture flock as the eat not only grass but brush too. As for cropped feet that is a somewhat downfall but don't buy the black headed dorpers that are full blooded, get the white dorper pure bred. They are immensely dorcile and are OBVIOUSLY breaking through fencing to climb off pasture and seek more brush as this is what they are bred for being part goat by design 🤣 they just have a milder juicer meat. That nice green pasture will make them grow way to fat if you don't watch them and should DEFINITELY not supplement feed they would slaughter way to fatty! I suspect Europe's/northern climate rainy underfoot would be a challenge but then again Scotland has Angus (also muscular which does fine) so I'd suggest changing to all white dorper thats not full blooded it would almost certainly have a more varied,better genetic pool! Americans and Ozzie's have bred them very successfully since the 90s but again where they are bred resembles South Africas climate. I suspect you guys are going to have to try cross breeding? Not sure with what though or if the outcomes for what the breed is make sense... Good luck
Hey I stumbled across this channel about a month ago. I like it. You do a good job. I from the states. Illinois to be exact west central Illinois. I a third generation sheep goat farmer. We raise Katadyn hair sheep all out side no sheds like you only are winter's get below 0 degrees F . I agree we have same problem here with wool use age an expense of it. An yes also are hair sheep get a little docking at market depending on time of year. But I love my hair sheep but not dorper. Maybe try a whiltshire horn ram they shed. Are white. I don't know what your options are in your area. I don't like doing it. But financially would you be money ahead to abort lambs on them cull ewes. I not a fan of it. But if it ment making the payment. Keep up the good work.
Have easy cares here. Biggest advantages no shearing , can keep their tails, no flystrike, no getting stuck in brambles. Finding a good ram is the only problem.
I think part of the reason all of this wool cost so much money has more to do with the employeement crisis of farms. you end up using traveling labor and that's expensive. back in the day wayyyy back you had farm hands and it wasnt 1 dood trying to do the work of a full family using fencing and what not. it's doable but the second you bump against the employee and managent crisis is the day it all goes to hell. I think we undervalue on farm labor. Because it means you have 0 wiggle room. Even coming up with multiple hustles that maybe 7 or 9 people can do on large farmland is well worth it just for the labor wiggle room it gives you. You can try out new things move into new markets and do so much more.
Don't you feel remorse for your crimes against these innocent creatures? Don't you see that they love life like you and don't want to die? Don't you see how much they are afraid of dying and scream out of fear? Do you want someone to treat you and your family or loved ones like this? If you have an iota of compassion and conscience, stop this dirty work. (Eating meat is a crime
From an old Aussie sheep farmer : The most important paddock on a sheep farm is the RAM paddock. (Must be 100% ram proof).
So glad someone has the same trouble as we do. Tups getting in with ewes
I'm glad I'm not the only one with a tup that escaped Fort Knox and gets in with the ewes, little fu(&ers.
I really enjoy your videos and I don't know much about sheep but, it looks like you need a lot taller gate. Your ram looks very athletic with a very strong drive.
None of my dorpers have ever done that
I've got a white dorper ram and I'm expecting his second set of lambs in less than a month so he is good at his job but he is terrifying lol I absolutely do not go in with him unless I absolutely have to. He is massive and gets an awful lot bigger when there is no fence between him and you.
Sheep are looking good 👍 👌 let's hope you get a decent price for them
You both deserve it that's 4 sure
Take care.
Great video sir 🙌🏻
I like the idea of buying cull ewes instead of lambs. I bought lambs last spring and just broke even so I’ll try ewes for next spring.
Why are black lambs worth less? Can't imagine they taste any different.
Probably can't tell the difference once you get their skins off.
dorpers blong in dry hot places not wet an need tons of land they love to go far not held in one space
My college had an ag program, and they ran a meat market that sold Dorper lamb. I miss being able to buy that with a student discount, because it was really tasty. Also, since all the production was being overseen by professors, I could feel confident that all of it was produced by the book.
Great video 👌
I think you’re doing right to be getting into hair sheep in an area that mostly has woolies. I predict you won’t have any trouble making private sales. I do personally not like dorpers because they always go lame on me, and are prone to worms, but I keep messing around with them because they’re so well built. I’m positive you can make a good hair sheep for your climate using them as a base if you add thrifty native stock and breed back to a shedding ram. I’ve got mutts that are mostly katahdin, and I couldn’t be more pleased with them.
Dorper crossed with Katadin are common where I'm at.
The Katadin are parasite resistant
@@AshGreen359 I currently have a bunch of that cross and will never breed to dorper again under any circumstance. That said I bought a ram who was from a flock that was obviously doing great on grass and nobody was lame, but that ram and his progeny have terrible feet in our little microclimate. 25 inches of rain in July will test the hooves of any group of sheep, but the dorper crosses universally needed care. 1 even got fly strike which I’ve never seen happen to a katahdin since they tend to slick out. I like crossing to Icelandic way better
@@swamp-yankee I've been lucky then. We flood every winter and their hooves have been great.
I don't separate my ram though so never had a problem with anyone jumping fences.
@@AshGreen359 no fence jumpers here. I’m not a big believer in luck. Maybe you have better dorpers or different soil. We’ve got scald on the mountain. Everyone deals with it and the sheep need to be resistant to it. The dorper lambs are beautiful. I just don’t like hoof maintenance.
You cannot have dorpers in rainy Europe or north where it rains heavily! Dorpers will get sickly with those parasites as it's bred for semi arid climates. If you were around the Mediterranean coast, America's southern states, Brazil, Middle East or Australia you will have them virtually parasite free as they thrive off Savannah/bush. They are bred for this purpose aswell as hides and meat! They are NOT pasture flock as the eat not only grass but brush too.
As for cropped feet that is a somewhat downfall but don't buy the black headed dorpers that are full blooded, get the white dorper pure bred. They are immensely dorcile and are OBVIOUSLY breaking through fencing to climb off pasture and seek more brush as this is what they are bred for being part goat by design 🤣 they just have a milder juicer meat. That nice green pasture will make them grow way to fat if you don't watch them and should DEFINITELY not supplement feed they would slaughter way to fatty! I suspect Europe's/northern climate rainy underfoot would be a challenge but then again Scotland has Angus (also muscular which does fine) so I'd suggest changing to all white dorper thats not full blooded it would almost certainly have a more varied,better genetic pool!
Americans and Ozzie's have bred them very successfully since the 90s but again where they are bred resembles South Africas climate. I suspect you guys are going to have to try cross breeding? Not sure with what though or if the outcomes for what the breed is make sense... Good luck
Hey I stumbled across this channel about a month ago. I like it. You do a good job. I from the states. Illinois to be exact west central Illinois. I a third generation sheep goat farmer. We raise Katadyn hair sheep all out side no sheds like you only are winter's get below 0 degrees F . I agree we have same problem here with wool use age an expense of it. An yes also are hair sheep get a little docking at market depending on time of year. But I love my hair sheep but not dorper. Maybe try a whiltshire horn ram they shed. Are white. I don't know what your options are in your area. I don't like doing it. But financially would you be money ahead to abort lambs on them cull ewes. I not a fan of it. But if it ment making the payment. Keep up the good work.
Love the videos
That is not really Dorpers. Thats a mixed breed.
Better too have a enthousiastic dorper then a lazy dutch texel😂
awesome tackle at the end
I love your accent! Where ya from..?
You can't argue with the ram's work ethics.....
And if you sell a full black herd they all look equal.
Have easy cares here. Biggest advantages no shearing , can keep their tails, no flystrike, no getting stuck in brambles. Finding a good ram is the only problem.
A dorper sheep ruined my life when I saw how big their testicles were.
Just kidding a small bit.
Which country do you belong to?
Gosh, look at all those apples. Why don't you harvest them, just out of curiosity.
Hi, if i want to work on your form, may you offer jobs?
I think part of the reason all of this wool cost so much money has more to do with the employeement crisis of farms. you end up using traveling labor and that's expensive. back in the day wayyyy back you had farm hands and it wasnt 1 dood trying to do the work of a full family using fencing and what not. it's doable but the second you bump against the employee and managent crisis is the day it all goes to hell. I think we undervalue on farm labor. Because it means you have 0 wiggle room. Even coming up with multiple hustles that maybe 7 or 9 people can do on large farmland is well worth it just for the labor wiggle room it gives you. You can try out new things move into new markets and do so much more.
Hello! I'm from Sweden, what do the petdoctor mean when he says "god boy"? :)
The next video to pop up was 'how to select a dorper lamb' .... nope!
Good boy
Thats why i have Dorper
There is no benefit from cross breeding using a hair breed ram. The offspring will still need to be shorn.
Wow! I had no idea…. 😢😂
I shouldn’t laugh but that ram 🐏 made my day, but not yours by the look of your face at the end of the video haha 😛 😂😂
Good video thanks for giving us an insight into your cull ewe enterprise sounds like it works well 👍
Changing my username to Dorper ram in 3..2..1...
Do it. It will score more than Wycombe. ;-)
1609.3 metres in a mile, not 1693! :p
Don't you feel remorse for your crimes against these innocent creatures?
Don't you see that they love life like you and don't want to die?
Don't you see how much they are afraid of dying and scream out of fear?
Do you want someone to treat you and your family or loved ones like this?
If you have an iota of compassion and conscience, stop this dirty work.
(Eating meat is a crime
Those are some happy looking critters.. happy sheep taste better than unhappy sheep