Great video. My husband and I have a small farm in Kentucky and are starting to raise sheep. I found your channel looking for Dorper information. It is incredible to see all those beautiful meaty sheep. Weed control that tastes marvelous. I look forward to more videos about your farm. How do you select your rams and how many do you turn out with your flock?
yup we plant giant ragweed seeds lol. good feed for quail and other birds in a rotational grazing system. people who spray are crazy. we want to start getting better ragweed stands so we can run geese. with a lot less feed.
Have you tried tightening them up, to maybe 5 acres for half a day instead of 15 acres for a day? That might put even more armor on the ground and still put pounds on your sheep.
I’m looking to get into sheep, with that being said do you sell the wool and the meat? How do you find buyers? looking forward to learning and watching your progress.
Are the water setups still working? We have cattle and we are incorporating goats this spring. My first concern is obviously the kids and drowning and it looks like you’ve solved this. My second is cows destroying what I have setup for the goats. Thanks
Thanks for the video. We're looking into running sheep on our small farm and have seen info on poisonous weeds that are harmful to sheep. Do you do anything to deal with those or just let them eat whatever they want?
Ever get them sheep? In my area we have some perilla mint that has caused a few issues. One ewe lamb went down after eating it this summer. We fixed her up, and she got bred, but she may have organ damage, so we're keeping an eye on her. It's easy because she lost the fur on her ears. I might take a string trimmer to some of the bigger stands of it the day before I move them to that paddock, but seeing as it was just the one who ate enough to cause issues I think I'll just finish mow where it's worst.
Why'd you get rid of the cattle? I've heard of people rotating animals, put sheep or goats out first then the cows. I was thinking of maybe getting some sheep to do this. How about bigger pastures and leaving them on it longer, would that work too?
I hope to be able to do this up here in Maryland! I'm 64 now, but I can do this for the next 20 years, it'll keep me strong!!
Of course you can 👍🏼
good video, thank you
Love this. We have plans to raise rotationally raised sheep in 2022. Subscribed
I enjoyed the video. Thanks for your time at the Spanish Goat Gathering.
beautiful sheep. The dorper breed is great. they grow fast. resistant to heat and cold. it is the best sheep race.
Great video. My husband and I have a small farm in Kentucky and are starting to raise sheep. I found your channel looking for Dorper information. It is incredible to see all those beautiful meaty sheep. Weed control that tastes marvelous.
I look forward to more videos about your farm.
How do you select your rams and how many do you turn out with your flock?
Love the video! Could you do a video on your Livestock Guardian Dogs?
yup we plant giant ragweed seeds lol. good feed for quail and other birds in a rotational grazing system. people who spray are crazy. we want to start getting better ragweed stands so we can run geese. with a lot less feed.
Have you tried tightening them up, to maybe 5 acres for half a day instead of 15 acres for a day? That might put even more armor on the ground and still put pounds on your sheep.
SasquatchBioacoustic we haven’t tried that yet but it is on the agenda in future
Cool. I look forward to following your progress.
I raise 200 ewes, i strongly agree that fifteen acres is too much for a day rotation. I would try 10 acres a day, or fifteen acres every 2 days.
I’m looking to get into sheep, with that being said do you sell the wool and the meat? How do you find buyers? looking forward to learning and watching your progress.
Are the water setups still working? We have cattle and we are incorporating goats this spring. My first concern is obviously the kids and drowning and it looks like you’ve solved this. My second is cows destroying what I have setup for the goats. Thanks
Good video, just wondering what you use to feed your salt out to that many ewes? We use 20lt drums cut in half but they are slow to shift.
Thanks
Question. What is your stocking density estimate. How many lbs/acre of animal. And how often do you move to next paddock.
Sir how much per piece alive,
From which ranch in Texas did you buy your sheep?
Thanks for the video. We're looking into running sheep on our small farm and have seen info on poisonous weeds that are harmful to sheep. Do you do anything to deal with those or just let them eat whatever they want?
Ever get them sheep? In my area we have some perilla mint that has caused a few issues. One ewe lamb went down after eating it this summer. We fixed her up, and she got bred, but she may have organ damage, so we're keeping an eye on her. It's easy because she lost the fur on her ears. I might take a string trimmer to some of the bigger stands of it the day before I move them to that paddock, but seeing as it was just the one who ate enough to cause issues I think I'll just finish mow where it's worst.
Where are you guys located?
Why'd you get rid of the cattle? I've heard of people rotating animals, put sheep or goats out first then the cows. I was thinking of maybe getting some sheep to do this. How about bigger pastures and leaving them on it longer, would that work too?
Smaller paddocks -higher stock density- move every day. Eat a third trample a third leave a third. Let it recover to just before seed formation.
Kangal Dogs ?
They look like Great Pyrenees to me.
2 great Pyrenees 3 kangal that is what I see.