Diary of a Sheep Dairy Farmer

What makes a ram lamb make the grade?

Today Becca spends a little time talking about what she looks for in a potential ram lamb. Since 99% of ram lambs born will be wethered, it takes a special kind of ram to make the grade.
 
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Assessing replacement ewe lambs

In the middle of the second go round of lambing Becca talks about replacement ewe lambs and what she looks for in a good milking ewe lamb.

What to do with lambs for milking

Today Becca talks about milking. How do you decide when to start? When are you going to milk? What do you do with the lambs? I'll answer all these questions and more.

Record Keeping -It doesn't have to be that hard

Today Becca talks about record keeping.  This always seems to be a hot topic, so today she'll dive into how she keeps her sheep straight and the flock on tract.

Lambing wrap up - What I did right and wrong

Becca is back from her lambing hiatus with the good, bad and ugly from her late winter lambing group.

Answering some sheep questions

Today Becca answers some of your questions from Instagram and Youtube

Prepping for lambing: Lambing supplies

We are on the countdown to lambing, so this topic is on my mind .. lambing prep and supplies.

Predators and what we can do about them

This week I talk about predators to sheep and what we as sheep owners can do about them with the limited resources at our disposal.