Sheep Shopping 

Hi Sue! Thanks for the feedback! I have a bunch of sheep videos for you to watch :) I'm glad you liked the Friesian milking. There's another we did a few weeks ago on that.

You're welcome! I'm glad I could help

And pause at 4:36 - 4:37, that sheep's eye is looking directly at us (the camera). I've wondered if when sheep look at us, their faces our also directly facing us, or if they're turned to the side a little (like 4:36) due to their eyes being more to sides of their face. And, I've read about sheep having a blind spot in the middle of their face due to so much space between their eyes,. It's like if sheep look straight ahead at a door with two walls on either sides of it, the sheep will only see the two walls because of their central blind spot, where of course we'd see the door and the walls. But, I'm not completely sure how true this is, and in other videos when seeing sheep look up at the camera, their faces are directly facing it

They're great! You won't regret it

Thank you cuzz.

Thanks for checking out our channel Sarah! Art and Bri are great and have sent a lot of nice people to our channel.

That can work too

I want me one where can I get one

I'm glad I'm not alone in that

Katjo Daniels Hi Katjo. 😊 I'm thinking about buying three lambs to raise for the table. But I was wondering, what kind of things should you do to check if it's a good lamb to buy? like the training and the eyelid thing (which I'm still not to clear on) 😅 Thanks.

Ciara MacMahon​ I've haven't bought sheep yet, but The Grass-fed Homestead​ has a lot of great info about them. I think there's one called Body condition scoring? Good luck!

Katjo Daniels thanks for the tip, I will!

There are so many variables to giving you answers to your questions. Very generally, for a homestead breed lamb, you can expect 40-60 lbs hanging weight by around 7 months old. For me, it cost me around $5/lb to raise the lambs because of the variables with which I am contending. Other folks have less than half the cost.

We moved onto it July 2016

Awesome Emma! Thanks for checking out our channel :)

this lambs that get bottle-fed are ones that have either been rejected by the mother (she won't let her lamb nurse) or the mother had more lambs than she can support (4 lambs). The ewes that are high milk producers are milked and then it is given to the lambs that don't have access to their mother's milk

The Grass-fed Homestead ok that's awesome! Glad to know 😁

exactly!

go to eat wild dot com or the livestock conservancy (or even CraigsList) and look for folks who breed sheep. They might have frozen colostrum

Awesome! Thanks Joel

Yes it can

they are easier to manage, we enjoy their meat, and there is a better market for their meat than goat

to shear them?

These are hair sheep they will naturally shed their winter coat

No but you should check Craig's List for sales in your area

search on Craig's List or eatwild.com

@@TheGrassfedHomestead thanks im look into it

no - perhaps you should check Craig's List

I don't remember.

$150

Some of them are mixed

I still have a problem identifying a mule and a donkey unless side by side.

Feta sounds great!

I'm not sure what that means

Anna Schriver, 😶