First Year with Sheep | MISTAKES
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- čas přidán 12. 11. 2020
- Hello! This video outlines the knowledge that I've gathered as a first-timer with sheep, having just hit my one year mark of keeping them. If you're interested in keeping sheep and would like to hear a first-timer's perspective then this video is perfect for you.
One of the places I reference in the video for sheep information is Sheep101, here's the website: www.sheep101.info/
The verdict is still that they're great and we love keeping sheep over here at the High Mountain Homestead. Long live sheep! - Jak na to + styl
I just bought 80 acres of land and have 100 dorper sheep. i live on the land and am going to pursue this as my career. i am so happy i met someone i can look up to and get good info that will help me out in ever way. please sensei keep these videos coming!!
You are living the dream, not gonna lie, I'm pretty jealous of your set up. My long term goal is to make a living with regenerative agriculture (especially sheep).
Look forward to seeing you on more videos!
Their fine
Their fine
Don't worry , they carry a barn on their backs
That was the best thing I heard in any sheep video I've watched. Thanks an I appreciate your videos
Thanks!
Just taking it in. Right now we are in Pittsburgh with 2 young men in college. Being 50ish, wife and I have bought our 2nd home situated on 4 acres of tropical rainforest agricultural zoned about 20 minutes drive from Volcanoes National Park. After they graduate, we are out! I’m guessing either Barbados black belly or st. Croix might be better for us once we get surveyed and properly fenced. It will be a huge investment for us because we are NOT rich by any stretch but I could see us making that time commitment everyday for the animals…and truly appreciate them. Thanks for teaching us about sheep!🍄🌈😃🤙
Ty for your insights
Lol. Brutal honesty makes for the best videos man and congrats on those AMAZING looking sheep. Beautiful! 👍🏾
Before I had sheep and a homestead I was wished that I could find more honest stuff out there. Honesty is the best policy.
I love your video.
I was looking for this
My sheep eat grain and they've not bloated up , but after a summer of bo grass they were happy to get it. ,
I own 60 acres in Mexico and I started raining sheep.
Nice! Best of luck!
Would it be possible to lease your neighbours -property to expand your grazing area?
Well I just moved to greener (and larger pastures). So I'm good on grazing space for now.
My neighbor in this video has 2 horses and 2 dairy goats and we're on the same sized lots. So he's pretty much using every square foot of grass like I was. Luckily it's not a problem at my new place.
I feel that orchard grass is a great hay for sheep, t then I do have an orchard on the property and my sheep are in there all the time, . Wether sheep ( neutered ) CANNOT have alfalfa it gives some kidney stones sheep and goats, I've been reading up on sheep for 5 years and I'm just getting to where I need to be with my little herd of 5, I sold my wethers
How do you seed the pasture without the chickens eating everything you throw out there?
The chickens were kept off the pasture on only allowed access to their run at this time.
What area of the country do you live in? I'm in East TN myself, have about half an acre and am thinking about sheep. Absolute beginner though so it's still a ways off before I go for it.
I was in Utah when I filmed this. But I'm in NC now.
@@homesteadingwithPJ great. I'm in ne tn myself so probably similar elevations
Grass of any kind won't grow on my property. None. Weeds yes. I feed grass year around. 3 Acres free range. We have New Mexico Dahl sheep. Extremely hardy.
Have you ever considered mob grazing your sheep. That would help with not using your pig run and alot of other benefits come along with mob grazing. I know you said you over an acre of land that not a lot but making the paradox smaller might be beneficial to you.
I have wondered about a true mob grazing system. I wonder what that would be like on a small system like mine. I guess I would do it with electric fences and daily or every other day rotations. Sounds doable if I didn't have a full time job and family on top of this.
Also my pasture was absolute garbage last year due to how the previous owners were using it. I think after one more year of proper management, I will have much better forage for the ewes.
I want to get sheep. I am in houston texas. How many should I get first. What’s the cost of lamb usually.
Depends on location, breed, age, papers, full-blood, commercial, there's a lot to factor in. Poor quality commercial rams could be $150, whereas a good ewe with papers will be $1,000+
Sheep have much more of a problem with the heat than with cold. Mine use their sheep shed for the shade, and they sleep outside.
I agree, heat is stressful for sheep.
I almost lost one of my female suffix sheep after getting her shared in April here in Oregon she got pneumonia and almost died I and my sheep sleep in a barn. Pneumonia is caused by a change in the weather and it can really affect them it's been my experience
Hi we would like to get some 2 sheep to keep as pets . What would be a good kind of sheep?
St. Croix are easy keepers, hardy, but gentle. Same with Katahdins. Some people really like Jacobs too.
Hey bud both my lambs are doing great! It was a crazy day! Do you have a Facebook page I don’t remember if you answered :)
I can't remember if I answered either! That probably means I didn't.
I don't have a Facebook page yet, but we're on Instagram @highmountain_homestead.
Glad to hear about the lambs. The first few weeks are always a little stressful.
Sigh , I've been doing this is for 5 years now and I finally have what I want 4 Ewes and a Ram, he's a little small but he's growing up and he's now noticing the " girls " new sheep owners beware of your Ewe's getting Pregnant, toxemia runs rampant in sheeps that are pregnant I know I lost one and she was just about ready to deliver but they couldn't save any of them just a heads up
Please get your pregnant Ewe's get a predelivery shot a month before they diilver for all they're protecttion
Thank you for sharing. How do you protect your sheep from coyotes?
Luckily I haven't had to deal with them at all. One of the benefits of living deep in a city!
A dog. Preferably a livestock guardian breed.
22-250
With the shelter, do they still need access to it? What about predators?
I'm pretty much deep in a city so coyotes haven't been an issue for us. The shelter is basically just a lambing barn these days.
I bought 2 Dorpers as lambs during Covid for pets. We built a shed and mine love it and I lure them in every night with alfalfa. They get upset how when out late, but as he said they stay out in the cold, rain and snow...do not mind. They are over a year now; a fixed male and his sister female. I am also learning, they are very healthy with premium grain in the mornings. Some hay in the winter. I see foxes...we have coyotes and I am still not sure about that? Will they get "adult" sheep? These two are not for meat, they are my buddies whom I feel "I saved two lives". They are just grazers, not real exciting, not real loving...just there haha They will follow me, run up to me if they think I have food. I "try" to brush them since they shed and look pretty brushed. Haven't sheered yet, hope I don't have to because I can't find a sheerer. I do love them.
Do the Dorper sheep make a lot of noise?
Oh yeah, more than most sheep. But I've found that the less time I spend with them, and the less dependent they are on me, the less noise they make.
@@homesteadingwithPJ thanks!
Where in NC are you?
Near Chapel Hill.
I love Chaple Hill N.C ! I lived in randleman North Carolina for years,. I did armed security in Greensboro for a long time. loved it!
So, we have lawn. Just an acre of flat lawn, a few trees. I'm not 100% sure we'll get sheep, it would be in a few years. Should I start seeding now, or wait until we're a year out of getting sheep? What can I do now to prepare for maybe sheep?
Is is traditonal lawn grass? If so you may want to sow some variety of seed in there. Make sure you're getting some kind of legume or protein rich forage for them, as lawn grass won't pack much of a punch.
@@homesteadingwithPJ Thank you for your reply! It looks like your average lawn. I can tell there's a variety of grasses, but not sure what kind exactly. It could use a re-seeding, so I'm debating on whether to get pasture grass seeds or lawn seed for the time being.
hay bn from sa again in sa you must put them in a barn or you wil have loses because of theft we call sheep here" take aways". and we have way way hotter temp than you in summer and the sheep nener been sheard. i will try to go back op my storage and try share pics