I'm south of St.louis about 50 miles we are lacking on most minerals to the point of non at all . Stay non sponsored as soon as some take on sponsors they change the format . Your to the point becouse you care about a person's time . Dont need a 1 hr. video for 20 minutes of imformation . Thanks Tim
Thanks, Tim. Best message I’ve got in a while. We appreciate you watching the videos and for taking the time to share a kind word. Our best to you and your family. 😬
@@LinessaFarms Been busy with the farm haven't had much time for video's . The weather here has been crazy this years baby goats are beautiful after last year disaster of a year with bad CD&T vaccines I lost all my babies plus some adults before I figured it out .That's why I dont do BS Videos . Thanks Again
I've got one that's behind right now. I suspect he may have been younger than he should have been when I got him. His eyes are also not very pink lately so ill try giving him a worming. Hopefully he catches up a oittle, appetite seems good. Thanks for giving me a checklist of things to check.
It happens. It’s good you are on top of it and doing what you need to do. Too many people ignore problems and “hope” they will get better. As always, we appreciate you watching our videos and supporting our channel.
Thanks for another great video! I was wondering, do the dwarf animals also put on a pound per day or is their weight gain proportional to their adult size? Like, will a lamb with potential to be 150lb grow at the same rate as one with the potential to be 300lb? And have you noticed any difference in weight gain in male vs female animals?
The smaller framed animals will add weight slower. One pound per day would be expected for a commercial meat breed with lots of growth potential. Some breeds will put on weight differently as well. Some will put on muscle while some will put on fat. Generally, we find our intact males put on lean muscle the fastest. Castrated males can be an issue because they tend to put on fat much much easier than intact males or females.
I started working with sheep in the mid 1980’s as a kid. I don’t know if you consider youth as experience but probably around 30 years of having a decent amount of sense about what I am doing. Linessa farms, as a company was created in 2014. Our numbers of sheep and goats vary widely depending on the year, orders placed, and commodity prices. At the moment I would say 50+ breeding ewes plus rams, plus lambs… then double that for goats. We lease multiple locations but videos are shot here on our farm. Prior to making our videos we had more animals and primarily raised Polled Dorset. In my youth we raised Corriedale. When we started to raise animals for education, we lowered our numbers and started getting multiple breeds. At this time we have over 12 different breeds and are constantly bringing in more and moving some out to learn more about the breeds and their characteristics. We do the same with goats. At this time we have about 8 different goat breeds. This makes things much more expensive, and labor intensive as it seems each breed has different needs. At some point, we may get out of the education business and go back to a single breed. In this case we would go back to 3-4 hundred head. This is about the max we can currently support with our jobs. My wife and I both work full time jobs as healthcare providers and raising sheep and goats is a “hobby”. I use the term hobby very very loosely.
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Dragging or hanging a goat by its horns is not acceptable and can hurt the goat. When it comes to handling a goat like this one and placing a hand on the horn is ok. While it may have appeared she was dragging the goat, she was not. While it may appear the goat was not happy, this is true. This doe is historically aggressive and will thrash her head about and try to hurt the handler. In hind sight if we would have known she would be this aggressive we would have disbudded her as a kid. While we normally advise placing a hand on the back of the neck and under the chin. One of our previous helpers ended up with a broken wrist from this specific doe…. Let’s just say, she’s special. Unfortunately this is a special situation where I have to make a determination what is “most safe” for everyone. It’s not ideal. We do our best to guide her with some resistance and handle her as little as possible. If you can think of it, when it comes to handling this doe, we have tried it. We have considered selling her but in the end, we decided she would more than likely hurt someone.
@@karenzepeta6473a) I wasn't talking to you, b) she could have hurt herself if she had the horns near her and the goat tripped her, c) you don't hurt the goat by possibly breaking the horn if you do trip and d) bite me.
@@LinessaFarmsI totally get why you are defending her...I truly do...but she is setting herself up to get hurt...it's putting herself in a dangerous situation If the goat tripped her. She could a) fall forward and hurt herself on the horns (that wouldn't happen if she didn't have hold of them), b) she could fall forward if the goat tripped her and break the horn and c) there are collars and leashes and putting tennis balls or kongs on them to soften the horn and blow. D) that's NOT how you get an unruly goat to behave...let it follow for food or something. Some goats only should be fed on the stanchion...then they will go there willingly. Think husbandry skills through. I took advanced animal science classes in college...kind of know a little something of which I speak.
