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Why we love Dorper sheep:
1) Great tasting meat
2) They have a high birth rate
3) They can breed year round
4) They’re cute
5) They are famously good mothers
6) They can be easily integrated into another flock
7) They will eat roughage
8) They are heat and insect/parasite resilient
And then the downsides of keeping Dorper sheep:
1) They’re not wool sheep
2) They are not a dairy sheep
3) They are LOUD
4) Our ram was aggressive
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Hi! I’m PJ, and my family loves the homesteading life! It’s something my wife and I have always wanted to do, but we grew up with ZERO HOMESTEADING EXPERIENCE!!!!!
We grew up in beautiful southern California, 15 minutes away from the beach. As amazing as that was, we both dreamed of a life closer to land and animals. After getting married and moving to Utah, our family slowly grew. We had become a family of four living in a townhome with a small backyard filled with potted plants.
In 2019 we dipped out feet into homesteading on 1 ¼ acre lot in Utah. In 18 months we were ready to do this for real. So in 2021 we packed everything up (including our sheep) and moved to North Carolina to 12 acres and we love every inch of our homestead!
We raise Dorper sheep and have big plans for:
• grass-fed lamb
• fullblood Dorper breeding stock
• meat chickens
• laying chickens and ducks
• heritage breed pork
• honey
• row crops
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@lowoyonjiviol3869 2 года назад

Just bought a pair of White Dorper and I’m glad to have extensive readings and videos to enhance my informations more about it. Hello from Sabah, Malaysia!

@Missequinefreak 3 года назад

I am a huge dorper lover and breeder of dorpers. You are doing great with them. You can increase % of babies by keeping back twins. Also keeping up the nutrition levels 30 days prior to breeding. Also if they are to heavy that can negatively the lamb %. I was so happy with 185% this year. We had 12 ewe lambs that brought the avg down. Keep up the good work. We are a grass fed grass finished operation. No grain no shots and we dont deworm. Now it has taken years to build a resistance in the flock. And heavy rotation grazing. We dont graze the same spot for at least 40 plus days. We started small and now run avg 75-100 ewes a year.

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Wow that's all so incredible! You're doing some amazing things at such a large scale. Congrats! Good to hear about increasing nutrition 30 days out from breeding. I've never heard that but was planning doing something similar. Do you have any suggestions for what to feed during this time? And do you keep feeding them 30 days out until they breed?

@Missequinefreak 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ During that 30 day period we feed more mineral choices and almost full feed alfalfa/grass. Conventional individuals call this flushing. We also grow our own alfalfa/ grass mix. With that in mind we have been spraying the hay ground with foliar feeding during the growing season. We want the brix levels up on the hay. This helps the hay to have the highest digestible hay. Also keeping the soil microbes happy doing there job. This also does not happen over night. But the health of the soil and animals is our first concern. We benefit as a side affect. Yes they continue on this high mineral till we pull the rams after 45 days. We do keep minerals if front of the always we just up it a bit more to help support the fertility and then growing lambs inside moms. We are in Iowa. This is our site if you want to check it. www.360heritagefarms.com/

@jjk15 3 года назад

@@Missequinefreak That's amazing. We have been wanting to start a small Dorper flock of around 5 sheep and the no deworming route is something that I have been very interested in. Do you have any tips on how to grow a parasite resilient flock? Here in Sweden it is pretty rare for farmers not to deworm wich is keeping me worried. With good grass, rotational grazing and not coming back to the same spot for 60 days do you reckon we will have any casuelties the first year. Would love to hear about your experience with all of this too!

@Spiked2005 2 года назад

I noticed on your website that you operate cattle with your sheep, does that workout better with your rotational crop plan than just rotating the two different types of animals on there own?

@Spiked2005 2 года назад

@@Missequinefreak I noticed on your website that you operate cattle with your sheep, does that workout better with your rotational crop plan than just rotating the two different types of animals on there own?

@ayeleabiebie2141 2 года назад

I liked your sheep and explanation

@Gaborekoe 3 года назад

I am in South Africa(Pretoria) watching this. I love dorpers

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

The birthplace of the Dorper!

@ahmedqushty1021 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ why are you lying mate

@yusufmohamed2000 2 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ this is somali sheep

@ericgauthier8695 2 года назад

I said OH Blacbetty Ram or Lamb 🐑 , oh Blacbetty ham or lamb 😂🔥

@gordon2K 2 года назад

I have been considering sheep v.. goats, and decided on sheep - so your vid on which breed of sheep has been very helpful. Thank you.

@tribeofjesse6191 2 года назад

I don’t think a dorper is any louder than a beef/dairy Bull, during mating season!? I love hearing the entire voice of creation that surrounds me! Way better than falling asleep with the TV on.

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

I have no experience with bulls during mating season, I didn't know that they got loud. I bet they are louder than sheep, but sometimes I can't believe how loud sheep can be.

@puppetpals544 2 года назад

I love that you are super excited to make every video it is a really good energy

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Videos and sheep are fun! It's easy to show up excited!

@yadhagirijainathvurinka5162 3 года назад

Great video with good insights:) really appreciate it

@kiahpeace9090 3 года назад

I too have dropper sheep. My first lamb was born 2 weeks ago . She's the wee black baby in the pik. 😍. Very interesting what you say as ive had yhe same experience with mine. Including my ram.

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

I am so jealous of the full black Dorpers or the spotty black ones. They look so good! I feel like the first two weeks after lambing is the most stressful, so glad to hear you're through that!

@357bullfrog9 3 года назад

They do surprisingly well in cold weather too. At least here in the kentucky winters they do

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Yes, they do well in Utah as well. They really are an incredible sheep.

@punkrockerpj 3 года назад

Thanks for posting PJ. I'm a PJ too and about to get into sheep. I'm on a little spot right now (about an acre and a bit) and keep pigs, chickens and pygmy goats but i think introducing some sheep will be a good move. your video has me pretty sold on the dorpers.

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

I love Dorpers! What kind of pigs do you raise? Do you buy feeder pigs? Any pointers for doing pigs on about the same size of land?

@michellelee2397 2 года назад

New to your channel just bought dorpers looking for all information. Bought katahdins too.

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Welcome! I love both breeds, maybe a little partial to the Dorper since that's what I raise.

@stormynight2716 Год назад

I didn't know Dorpers were the loudest, but it makes sense. I'm always worried that I'm making my neighbors mad... 😅

@yashwantgavade7147 3 года назад

Nice information video. Thanks

@cynthiabaker2814 3 года назад

I love my dorper ram. I cross my dorper with Katahdin. I live in Washington and it wet. My dorper's feed don't like all the wetness and they don't always shed their wool. The cross gives me lambs with great feet and completely shed their wool.

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

That's an awesome combo, and truthfully if I were to ever stray from fullblood Dorper, this is EXACTLY what I would do! Maybe if I can ever grow to more than a handful of ewes, I'll introduce and keep a Katadhin ram.

@HiddenOaksHomestead 3 года назад

Great video! We are getting dorpers this weekend.

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Congrats! They are my favorite sheep! (Maybe I'm biased though ☺️)

@hargeysastudiescenter5359 2 года назад

great Video.. and I would like to share a small information about this great sheep bread :D (Blackhead Persian Sheep) is the Somali (Berberi Sheep)... it's the a somali nomad clans indicator in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti.. the Somali oral heritage records that the breed came with an Iraqi "Wali/ Saint" 7 centuries ago you can take a look of the Somali "Barbari Goat breed" in the Horn of Africa, Arabia and India too :D

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

@hassanali2715 2 года назад

Absolutely right

@BluegrassHomestead 3 года назад

Great video! thank you, we are looking into dorper. Great info, lol we aren't worried about loud around here!

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

That's great because boy oh boy they can be loud!

@BluegrassHomestead 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ We were talking about it after your video, we could handle it. Our neighbor runs cattle and when he weans the calves, he goes out a gate on the north side of our property... coincidentally that is the side our bedrooms are on and the mommas bawl all night long! We got this! Dorper, from what we have seen and hear, are pretty dang perfect sheep to manage. We appreciate your videos, your channel is great! Thank you.

@cjshadrick4607 2 года назад

Here in Oregon they say that the katahdin meat is the best they're a hair breed and they shed very docile and social animals, I have a young Ewe, she's a very sweet girl.

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Katahdins are great sheep!

@anfevidasalvaje4555 3 года назад

Great Video 💯💯

@soapsoilandsunshine3241 2 года назад

Thanks for this video. I picked up two newly weaned dorpers yesterday and they're bleeting like crazy. I'm on a rural block (8.6 acres), however all my neighbours on one side are "residential". Haven't had a complaint yet, but we'll wait and see.

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

That sounds about right! I would often bake an extra loaf of bread for my neighbors, or give them a pound of ground lamb after processing to say thanks for putting up with this. Best of luck with it! They should quiet down after a week. But I had one ram that was crying literally sun-up to sun-down for months after weaning. We processed him a month earlier than we planned to.

@cjshadrick4607 2 года назад

I have sheep too I have one katahdin and a couple of suffix and I'm not sure what Lily is I think she might be a Lincoln and a little buck, be careful with dopor bucks, when there's baby lambs around they can become very aggressive towards humans I had one every time I got near the little ones that I had brought home they were like six eight weeks old I bottle fed some of my babies but that deport every time I got near them he attacked me just be careful. But with that being said it doesn't mean the one you get is going to be that way and I wish you the very best of luck with your little herd I got a little hard too

@fionajane56 3 года назад

We have White Dorper. Rams of all breeds can be aggressive. We have two right now and the older ram has to be watched closely. The younger is much quieter. I just use kitchen shears to trim off the worst of the matted wool on their backs. They are awesome sheep. Nice flock!

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Kitchen shears?!?! That's awesome! Now I know I can do that next year.

@susankamara496 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing

@felixmulei4508 3 года назад

Watching this from Kenya. I have a keen interest of keeping Dorpers

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

They are great animals and have been good for me so far.

@aasdfghk45 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ you

@lisakennedy 3 года назад

thanks! I'm in australia and going to look at dorpers this weekend for our homestead! poor neighbours...

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

I really do love Dorpers for a lot of reasons. But the noise is a real downside. But the taste us unreal. I hope you end up with Dorpers on your homestead. If you can stand the noise, or have enough space to not have to out hay out year round, they are the perfect sheep for meat!

@lisakennedy 3 года назад

Lisa Nazim yes I have 3 cute dorper ewe! They are lovely!!

@antareproductions172 2 года назад

We running a pecan and avo farm and decided to test run 4 white head dorpers... Mainly for meat in the long run, so your video was an eye opener and I want to thank you ever so kind for the free info regarding these lovely animals...will check out more of your vidz as we have our first week behind us as sheep farmers!! So my first question is how is the best way to get a close relation with them...I know that time is what is needed but is their any trade sheep secrets you can share?

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Well, you might not like my answer. But I don't really need a great relationship with my sheep. I don't need them to come when I call or anything like that. I need them to move when I want them to, and they usually want to move when I want them too. However you are right that you want them at least familiar with you as the care taker. So my best suggestion is to care for them daily. They know you bring the water, or you give the, or you open the gate to the next paddock, etc. The best trade secret is to feed your lambs some handfuls of oats to get them used to you and to trust you.

@randolphbutler1832 3 года назад

Good explanation. 🐑😷👍

@offtap1395 3 года назад

Thanks mate

@seitisomogoshane8791 3 года назад

I have dorper sheep in my farm in South Africa. Proud moment ;-) Go SA!

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

The original Dorpers! Go SA!

@tebogomanaka7852 3 года назад

Where did you get them?

@seitisomogoshane8791 3 года назад

@@tebogomanaka7852 We got ours from a certified breeder near Mahikeng NorthWest.

@dennisbergkamp640 3 года назад

Somali dorpers

@Jmas369 3 года назад

Hello from Utah too!

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Yes!

@tomchepey2999 2 года назад

I have learned a lot from you and we are committed to start droppers an a small scale. I am in central Texas with great soil little to no rocks. Ten acres divided into four pastures. Coastal Bermuda grass is very common. Do I have to supplement them other than giving them some feed so they get used to us an we can rotate their grazing each week. Can I mix goats with them? Thank you

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Supplement with minerals. I love Redmunds Selenium 90 if you can find it. You can put goats out with them as well. But they share some parasites, whereas a cow and sheep would break most of each other's parasites.

@evelinanell513 2 года назад

If you like dorper sheep go check out dormer also from South Africa, less aggressive rams by far. Dorper ram's are aggressive by nature.

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Oh yeah, these ones look like football players! Nice looking sheep.

@aminayoub242 2 года назад

Gorgeous video I always think about how big should a pasture be for 10 sheep? Like what's the rate of sheep per m2 is enough of a land to be, as the only source of food for the sheep?

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

It depends, but with a good pasture I think starting with 2 ewes per acre and working your way up from there to see if you can put more animals on the land. Every year is an experiment!

@jjk15 3 года назад

Great video! Have you had any problems with parasites? Also when do they make the most noise and will they wake you up at night if their close enough to the house?

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

No problems with parasites so far. Haven't ever had to deworm them! They make the most noise when they are consistently being fed by human or uncomfortable (winter when there's no forage, and summer when they are hot and uncomfortable). When morning light comes early they can wake you up if you have old windows and they are less than 100 meters from your home (like is that case at my home).

@jjk15 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ Thanks for the replys. For a beginner who want to get sheep, this is a wonderful channel. I am really glad I found it and have been binging on all your videos recently. Keep up the good work!

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

@@jjk15 that means a lot! Thanks for sharing that! If you have ideas on what additional videos you want to see, please let me know.

@itsjennamarie2239 3 года назад

I’m going to be showing a dorper this year! The breeder I’m buying from is doing some type of genetics breeding where she’s trying to make all of her lambs less short, and stocky she wants to make them be longer bodied, taller, skinnier, and better structured so they can compete better with the standard show lambs!

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

I've heard of this trend. Makes sense I suppose. Although we're just concerned about meat over here, but I don't know which frame is better for carcase yield. I have two ewes (sisters) that are clearly stockier than another. They both have me ewes, but my taller girl gave 2 rams, and they were both recent processed at over 50 pounds hanging weight, each under 6 months.

@itsjennamarie2239 3 года назад

High Mountain Homestead The dorper I’m getting is just barely being weaned so he’ll be about 7 months by the time fair comes. they handle better in the show ring and feel fresher to the touch when they’re under a year old.

@cooleyedbabe 3 года назад

JennaMarie: The Dorper breeder you are getting your lambs from who wants to make them less short is the type of breeder who will ruin the U.S. Dorper. There is ONE standard: the South African Standard. The Dorper MUST have 40% leg to 60% body. Why do you want more leg? Nothing below the torso is valuable. These types of breeders will ruin the U.S. Dorper, and that's not just my opinion, that's the opinion of the South African and Australian breeders, who are the sheep experts! The South Africans took 50 years to develop this breed and constantly maintain the standard that they developed. I breed Dorpers to the South African standard. They are the "Angus" of the sheep world and also the "air ferns" of the sheep world, i.e. they thrive on practically nothing. That does not mean that they survive on over-grazed pasture. What it means is that they thrive on low-quality forage, as in S. Africa where they graze on arid desert ranges. There is plenty of forage but it is low quality and but Dorpers convert 75% of cellulose to digestible energy. There is a popular saying about Dorpers: Feed them sand and they s**t topsoil. Explain to me why someone wants to make this meat sheep "leggier"? Only because it is a popular trend in so-called U.S. "market sheep". Well, look at the Fort Worth Stock Show 2019 carcass competition. If legs are so great, how come short-legged Dorpers won 9 out of the top 10 carcasses in competition?!

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

@@cooleyedbabe I'm impressed but your knowledge Jeri, I have followed your thoughts on some Facebook groups for some time now. I know the great lengths you've taken to get premium S African Dorper bloodlines in the US. I've only been at this one year, but I hope to meet you at a show one year. Thanks for chiming in.

@cooleyedbabe 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ Thanks for responding. Couldn't figure out how to reply to your comments except here LOL! I'm not the most techie oldster on the block! I get rather rabid when I read about the people trying to corrupt our Dorpers into "show sheep". They are free to ruin them if they choose but please don't call them Dorpers, neither along the way or at the finish line! :(

@georgeduarte8627 Год назад

Thank You for the video, so what are some of the best breeds for milk?

@homesteadingwithPJ Год назад

I've heard that the East Friesians are good milkers!

@beanboy9693 3 года назад

6:03 that cool because one of our dorper just have their first lamb and the lamb has a white dot on its head like ur

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

The full (closed) black head is nice, but we name our sheep and it makes it very easy to tell them apart. I like the dot and the line down the head too.

@jaredhatch4787 2 года назад

Hey great channel. I just purchased 30 acres in Colorado so similar climate. I'm not in the city however and am worried about coyotes. Any advice? Do sheep like yours get hunted get coyotes? I recognize your landscape, grew up not to far away from where your at now.

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

30 acres?!?! You can do a lot with that! Step 1 when dealing with predetors is ask your nieghbors if they have problems. And how they address it. But a good rule of thumb is good fencing, 4" x 2" woven or welded wire fence is best to keep coyotes out, and then throw a hot wire just off the grass line at the fence and you should be good. We live in North Carolina now, but still no coyote problems.

@fredr6381 2 года назад

Shoot the yotes... Leave em lay for a warning to the others

@steventhomas8964 2 года назад

When you wean them where do you put the lambs so they are separate from their mothers?

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

As far away as possible. When you wean early, the lambs cry all day. If they can see their mothers, they will cry. Moms don't care. At the bare minimum, give them a real fence (not an electric fence) to separate them.

@gracecobb780 3 года назад

I have issues with my dorpers hooves ... have you experienced this or have any information about hoof health

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Hmm not yet, although I raise them in utah, very dry up here. If you are in a wetter climate maybe that makes a difference.

@stuttgurth 2 года назад

Can you get much milk from them?

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

There are better sheep for diary, and I've never milked mine. But I've seen a ewe raise three healthy lambs, so they are producing enough for triplets.

@burtontrott726 2 года назад

GOOD INFORMATION, BUT WHAT KIND OF FEED DO YOU BUY FOR YOUR SHEEP?

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Grass, if I don't have enough grass my next go-to is alfalfa mix hay.

@cjshadrick4607 2 года назад

I had a dopor' Ram and he was huge ! and mean, so I sold him because he kept attacking my babies ( lambs)

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Yes, they can be real jerks sometimes.

@julianramirez7563 3 года назад

I am new with sheep what can i used for flea and tick

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Luckily I haven't had much experience there. Utah is pretty dry. But a good holistic way to deal is a 50:50 ratio of apple cider vinegar and water in a spray bottle. ACV with the mother is better than distilled.

@cairozulu6700 2 года назад

I think you left Meatmaster sheep breed PJ. I would like to have one or so though I know nothing about them. Do you know anything about this breed?

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Watch this video 😄 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yo8qXKncy94.html

@tebogomanaka7852 3 года назад

I want to buy 3 of them. Where in South Africa did you get them?

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

These are not from south africa directly, but their bloodline can be traced back on both sides to full blood south african original Dorpers.

@railroadskater2896 3 года назад

Nicely done video. Katahdin (very similar to Dorper) is a better breed for hair sheep and milking. And yes, Dorpers absolutely SUCK noise-wise!!!!!! (A video I saw of them being "tagged" on a production line, the commotion they put out was comparable to groups of lambs in Australia being Mule-sed.)

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Yeah they are soooo loud! I like katahdins too, I just don't have them, but would be open to adding some to a flock one day.

@cooleyedbabe 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ I'll take Dorpers any day over Katahdins, St. Croix, American Blackbelly, Suffolk, Finnsheep, Black Welsh Mountain, Shetland, etc. I've had a lot of breeds before I realized that, for meat, Dorpers were IT. I love my Dorpers talking to me. They can be 1,000 ft. from where I am, I shake a bucket of grain and wave. When they see or hear me, they start calling and run to me as fast as they can. My other hair sheep? About 50% would run the other way cause they didn't want to come to the barn, regardless of whether it meant feed. Don't need sheep with that mentality. Also, the hair sheep were wooosses when it came to labor. Not good mothers compared to Dorpers. Have never had a Dorper reject a lamb no matter how many she had. Had Katahdins who had trips and quads and would only nurse one or 2. My hair sheep also loved to jump over me if I blocked their escape route. Problem was that they didn't always judge the height to clear me and would hit my shoulder or side of my head! UGH! I'm on FB, Brandwein Dorper and/or Jeri Gebelin.

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

@@cooleyedbabe ouch! Getting clipped by a jumping sheep is no fun! Glad to have your experience here, I know your reputation on Dorpers and frankly I think it's very cool you stopped by my channel. I'm a newbie, but from my vantage point Dorpers are superior is every way that matters. I bet you have a bigger lot and farther neighbors than me, which is why the noise bothers me. But it's a small price to pay for the quality of sheep.

@forwhatitsworth364 3 года назад

Im gonna get some.

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Do it!

@yadhagirijainathvurinka5162 3 года назад

Do you recommend sheep farm for new comers for hobby farm

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Yes for sure! In fact I have a video releasing this Saturday detailing this very thing!

@AFFarms444 3 года назад

Can you naturally wean them? What does that look like in terms of time? 6-8 months?

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Do you mean will they stop going to mom for milk? Absolutely! I prefer it that way actually (so long as rams are castrated). It happens before they are 6 months old. You just need to watch mamas with twins or triplets, they are such goog mothers that they may become gaunt if they greedy lambs.

@AFFarms444 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ yes. Great content. I appreciate the reply.

@AFFarms444 3 года назад

Do they do well in cold weather? I’m located in the snow belt in the Northeast.

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Yes they will do fine in the cole. I'm in Utah and they NEVER go into the barn or cover unless I out food out for them. 18 degrees, 6 inches on snow on the ground they prefer it outside.

@AFFarms444 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ thank you!

@PaulLadendorf 6 месяцев назад

What is a dry lot?

@homesteadingwithPJ 6 месяцев назад

A paddock without grass. You throw out hay or feed grains in a dry lot, instead of letting the animals graze. Dry lots are also pretty densely populated. Way more animals in a smaller space, than you would see in a typical pasture.

@jjk15 3 года назад

Oh, and here in Sweden it's illegal to dock sheep tails. Would that be a problem for the Dorper breed?

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Really? You learn something new every day! I don't think it would be a problem. In fact many commercial growers don't dock hair sheep like Dorpers, but most wool sheep get docked. My sheep will sell better at shows with a docked tail so we don't. Also we do it more humane than commerical breeders.

@DC-rc1cv 3 года назад

@carolynzehner8021 Год назад

This is a crazy question, but do you wash them to keep them so white?

@homesteadingwithPJ Год назад

I wondered that before I purchased them too. Nope, somehow they stay pretty clean.

@chrisleinweber3105 3 года назад

Hey just got 6 dorper sheep 🐑 have two Great Pyrenees to protect them. One sheep is pregnant what do I need to do to help her?

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Congrats! I wish I was in a setup where I could justify guardian dogs. Just make sure your pregnant ewe has enough to eat. I really like icelandic kelp for a vitamin boost, and some salt/minerals (make sure it doest have copper in it, most goat minerals have copper). I like alfalfa hay (mixed with grass is better if you can find, which is a bit hard this time if year) to give her enough to grow a developing lamb or couple of lambs. But Dorpers are exceptional mothers so her instinct will take care of most of it.

@chrisleinweber3105 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ gonna get the minerals, do they do salt licks like cows?

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

@@chrisleinweber3105 I have tried and they show interest for a few minutes and forget about it. They seem to like infrequent feedings of minerals and kelp every couple of weeks.

@rebelongcay8078 3 года назад

Ah now my eyes are locked on dorper sheep.. i've been looking for good sheep breed for quite sometimes now and im planning to start with 10 Awes and 2 ram semi confined elivated pen feed with napier silage and fresh Azzolla weed, im from the philippines do you think it will do good for me?

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Hard to say as I know very little about the Philippines. But I think with the right management, the Dorper can thrive anywhere.

@rebelongcay8078 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ wow thanks for the reply.. yeah philippines is a tropical country with temp of 26-34dc almost whole year round except when we have few typhon.

@eckiefleckie4938 3 года назад

Does their wool stay on the hides after you’ve harvested them?

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Like after they are processed for meat? Yes. The wool stays on their hides.

@eckiefleckie4938 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ thanks, mate. My grandpa has dorpers and I don’t wanna pay shitloads for a single hide so I’m just going to ask him for a couple.

@ballardboys Год назад

Where in Utah are you

@homesteadingwithPJ Год назад

I was in American Fork, but I'm in North Carolina now.

@cesarin2688 4 года назад

Do you sell some off this Dorpers Lam?

@homesteadingwithPJ 4 года назад

Yes, at least that's the plan any way. This year we got two ewes and two rams. So I'm adding the ewes to the flock and the two rams are going to processed in November. But in the future if rather sell my stock as breeding stock before freezer stock.

@christamartignone7195 3 года назад

You take the nicest part of the meat of when you take their tails off.

@vernonfrance2974 3 года назад

You say wool is a dying business but some people use natural colored wool that does not need to be dyed. LOL I'm in Southern Idaho and would like to know where to go to get a ewe or a lamb for not too much dough. I am surprised they are loud as most sheep are quiet. Do you know of any breed of hair sheep that is not loud? The Katahdin is a hair sheep that was developed by crossing the St. Croix with the Dorper with some Suffolk. Are they loud do you know? My neighbors have peacocks and roosters and motorcycles. I hear a lot of cows and calves that are loud at weaning time but you know the noise you know is not so noticeable as a new noise you don't know. How much would a bred ewe or a weanling go for? In Spanish for something considered expensive you might say "mucha lana" which means a lot of money although literally it means "a lot of wool."

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Love the pun! There's KSL is southern Idaho right? Check there maybe? I buy registered stock, so I run with groups that pay more. I haven't heard about Katahdins having Dorper in them, if they do it must be little (I know there's a lot more St. Croix and Suffolk). Folks have said they are quieter. But everything is quieter than the Dorper. If I were starting over and had more land, and more sheep I would look at the Painted Desert or the American Blackbelly. Two beautiful sheep breed (although the lambs are not as cute as the Dorper), smaller than Dorper, but significantly quieter. Best of luck! I have a video coming out in the next few weeks about choosing a meats sheep and another one on choosing homesteading sheep. Stay tuned!

@zachchan9464 7 месяцев назад

Those chickens are quite fast

@marihasites7706 3 года назад

Hi I need help can u plz help me out I’m looking to buy raw sheep milk or colostrum milk or I will buy the hole pregnant sheep lol my daughter can only drink goat or sheep milk and all store bought milk makes her sick I had a friend I was getting it from he’s older and had a stroke and now I’m lost on how to get this milk can u plz help me or point me in the rite direction thank you for ur time plz let me know if u can help

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

I would get on google and see if there are any local farms. For example there's a neat and dairy farm 30 minutes from my place and it sells both goat milk and colostrum.

@marihasites7706 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ yes that’s almost Impossible to find here in Indiana I have exhausted myself to no end thank you so much for ur help maybe I can order it from the place down from where u are do u have a number or address for them they might be able to help me here u have to join clubs and everything is Filtered or pasteurized or in powder form

@user-ye1kv8yj5s 3 года назад

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@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

دوربر شيب

@project6productions924 3 года назад

Lol we have our sheep and chickens together too

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

They are AWESOME companion animals!

@vernonfrance2974 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ Chicken droppings do not seem as if they would be good on your pasture where your sheep graze. I do agree that they are very attractive sheep.

@stayinggolden2665 10 месяцев назад

Mean animals go straight to freezer camp!

@thebamlife1775 3 года назад

How are they with parasites?

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

I've never had to deworm them! So far so good. Although many people (with different set ups and larger flocks flocks than mine) deworm as needed. I personally like a holistic dewormer like apple cider vinegar. Which I periodically splash into their water.

@aliounechiconiang634 2 года назад

Where you from brother

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

I filmed this video in Utah, but we moved our homestead and sheep to north Carolina now.

@johnjocad2617 3 года назад

Can I get. 2 dropper sheep babys.

@miguelprado7684 3 года назад

Do you know anyone selling dorpers

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

It depends where you're at. If you near me, I'm selling and a few others near me too. But I would look at these two places. facebook.com/groups/886902351322231 dorpersheep.org/member-directory/ Hope that helps!

@miguelprado7684 3 года назад

I live in Seattle

@teju3026 3 года назад

I am from India 🇮🇳 how to import dorper 🐑

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

I wish I knew. I've been asked this a few times. I would start by looking at australia, they are much closer than the US and there are many good lines there.

@user-ec6kx8xj1o 3 года назад

They got a lot of junk in the trunk, what do you feed those meaty chops?

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

They just graze and 1-2 a day I'll put out a flake of alfalfa hay.

@hmphIDGAF 2 года назад

@billywellborn4137 2 года назад

Might want to provide lamb chops to the good neighbor's

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

They have ground lamb, I'll keep the chops ;) But yeah you're right, they get their fair share of lamb and eggs from us.

@billywellborn4137 2 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ great relationship good on you. Really enjoy your vids. Thanks

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

@@billywellborn4137 Sorry for being late on this comment! But thank you!

@yashwanthkl5924 3 года назад

Hi bro I am from India I want buy dorper 🐑 can please help me

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

I wish I could help but I don't know anything about buying internationally or shipping these animals.

@yashwanthkl5924 3 года назад

Ok brother thanks for your reply I want contact you how can I contact you bro can you send your WhatsApp number or mail id

@user-cq5yq3tr7v 3 года назад

@@yashwanthkl5924 I am from Kenya and she has many sheep if you want

@andikiotieno1290 3 года назад

Not to be a downer but 150% prolifacy isn't good or sustainable. You want 200% and above, and I own white dorpers, black head dorpers and dorper-katadin X, i am contemplating on crossing it with a high prolific ram like Finnsheep or Romanov

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

For my situation (1acre) 150% would be nice. But last year just two ewes gave their first lambs at 100% fertility. But we'll see what this next year brings. Anything above 200% fertility would be a lot for me. But that would be a good problem to have!

@andikiotieno1290 3 года назад

@@homesteadingwithPJ awesome awesome.. i totally understand. I guess when it comes to just feeding the family or purely homesteading, one doesn't need too many. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾. I suppose I took it from a farmers perspective because I live in Central Alberta, and we only get good grass 4-5 months a year the rest months are just cold and snowy most time, so one needs 250-300% percent just to pay for the hay, grow your flock and deal with harsh climatic conditions predators diseases.

@hassanismail3130 3 года назад

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@blessingchanne1866 2 года назад

Black headed sheep are our only thing that we inherited from our fathers. Somali folktale

@blessingchanne1866 2 года назад

It look like somali sheep but it has wool

@charlibravo371 2 года назад

This sheep is a cross between the Blackhead Somali sheep and the Dorset horn. So very similar but it has been improved.

@tmd3945 Год назад

Dorper have the blood of Somali sheep

@benbrits6638 3 года назад

we had dorpers loved every one of my them they are good dont laik the whitehead dorper that they breed their not as good helth wise you have to take mutch more care of they and their fields but good for sometimes dubbel the black ones meat. here we had more than 200 percent twice a year normaly twins but had triplets witch we would take the 3th one and self feed it just to make it eayer on the mother

@burtontrott726 2 года назад

DID YOU BUY YOUR DORPER SHEEP IN AMERICA?

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Yes.

@Millenialhermit 3 года назад

Hope youll have milk goats too. Because what is a homestead without fresh milk 🥰

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

That's the dream! Although I don't know how much I'd be a fan of milking every 12 hours! One day, when our youngest isn't in diapers we'll think about it.

@DAYBROK3 3 года назад

i would rather a shetland as i am a spinner

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

I have a lot of respect for spinners. Thanks for doing what you do.

@CombrinkPierre 3 года назад

The wool industry will never die. Terrible statement in a otherwise good video. From a South African. Use the wool for insulation.

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

Maybe dying was too strong, but with all the synthetic fibers being produced now it's certainly past it's high water mark. Wool has uses, but for the cost of shearing (at least on my operation) it's not worth it aside from showing the sheep or giving them a more comfortable summer.

@tonysilva1681 3 года назад

Sell me a ram

@homesteadingwithPJ 3 года назад

You got it haha! We're lambing in May.

@bishiali1671 2 года назад

black head sheep is somali sheep not south africa because south african black head sheep original from somalia

@homesteadingwithPJ 2 года назад

Are you thinking of the Persian Blackhead? That's a different breed than Dorper. That where the "per" comes from in the name Dorper.

@yusufmohamed2000 2 года назад

this is somali sheep.lol

@charlibravo371 2 года назад

No it's not. This sheep is a mix between the Dorset horn sheep and the Blackhead Persian sheep, which is a descendant of the Somali sheep. So it is similar but has been improved by breeding good traits.

@user-ye1kv8yj5s 3 года назад

شو نوع هاذي الاغنام

@user-cq5yq3tr7v 3 года назад

هذا غنم صومالي اسمه البربري انت تريد منهم شيء