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?
