Congrats on the new sheep! I'm an animal scientist who specializes in sheep, and I'm just over in North Carolina, so if you ever need any advice or help I'd be more than happy to assist. I also post lots of educational content regarding my rotationally grazed flock on my channel. We mainly raise Katahdin hair sheep, but I added a St.Croix ram last year from Greg Judy's farm to increase parasite resistance. When you are ready to expand your flock, I may even be able to hook you up with some nice lambs in the spring :)
I live in Greece and we have 150 sheep. I find that how tame and friendly they are also depends on their heritage. If their mommas are loving and friendly their babies often take after them and have the same habits and personality as them as well. Some of my sheep have three or more lambs and we train them to nurse off a mother that has only one. These lambs tend to be more affectionate because we handle them more. I call them to feed and they come running to me...such joy! ❤ I’m sure if you show your new lambs love and pet them often they will love you back. They are better than humans and can tell you are an exceptional human being and they are blessed to have you as their family. Our all white sheep are called Bella . I name our sheep from them showing me their personality. I’ve had some sheep that wouldn’t let me pet them but I kept at it everyday and they finally started to come to me on their own. Sheep are easier to keep than goats for me. I’m positive you will become a great shepherd
If you ever need sheep resources on TH-cam you should watch Sandi Brock! She raises sheep in Canada, they are raised indoors but she’s very present and caring with all her animals and has wonderful labor and care tips.
Sandi Brock’s retired Golden Girls flock is the highlight of sheep farming on YT for me. 😄 Tomatoes is a delight. 😆 Had to come back and share the video short of some of Tomatoes’ antics: th-cam.com/users/shorts27AwIyQ8YKI?feature=share
🐑Sheep on the farm sounds like a dream. That’s awesome! My pastor just did a message on how sheep know their masters voice. In the the old days they’d put the sheep in this big fenced in area made of branches and thorns. The Shepard would lay in the opening (the door way). Protecting his herd from danger. Jesus is our shepherd, our door who knows each of us by name and knows our comings and goings. ❤🐑
We raise lambs. The Shepard does take care of HIS flock. You may feel this even more as you work with your new flock. We do hope your family can feel GOD working with your family and your new flock.
There not pets on the farm, you know exactly what will eventually happen. I dont eat lamb but all other meats. I'm not saying it easy but that's reality unless your vegetarian.
@@Nan-Elle I know but I actually think the world would be a better place if people met their meat, respected their meat, and thanked their meat. Either that or stop eating meat.
We had three, put them in the field beside the other sheep for a few days, then opened the gate. They stayed together for a while then slowly integrated with the rest of them.
I love that you do research before you aquire a new animal. Glad you picked a heritage breed from a response farm. Your preparation for their needs (physically and emotionally) sets you and the lambs up for success. I look forward to watching your relationship with them flourish. 🐑🐑🥰
I had lamb/sheep for 24 years. He was my best friend, thought he was a dog. On sheep shearing or any kind of sheep herding days, he was invaluable, sheep like to follow each other so we would call him,use him alongside the sheep dogs. He was very protective of his herd LOL which was dogs,cats,chooks,ducks and me. I named my first child after him(Jacob) Enjoy those sweet velvety lamb babies, they give great cuddles x
I appreciate you talking about, breifly, how you navigate buying animals online from strangers. There is nothing inherently bad about buying an animal off a craiglist listing or Facebook. But you need to do your research. This is something that so many people learn the hard way, including myself. So thank you!
We started our flock of Tunis sheep this past year. They are beautiful,have sweet dispositions and are easy keepers. We raised a few of them for feeders before committing to a breed and their meat is delicious . We started with 2 ewe lambs, June and Rose. We also, kept them in a small pen for a while so we had close contact. It has worked out very well for us. Both of them love us and come when we call them. We have since added more to the flock and June is the leader . All I need to do is call her and everyone else follows. Wishing you the best in your new venture ❤
You should watch Sandi Brock, her sheep know her, well most of them, some are skittish some very confident with her, I think it depends on the personality of the animal. I’m sure you will win them around, especially if the boys pet them too. The kitties seem quite happy with the new additions❤
When I saw the title of this video... there was a little high pitched "Oooooooo"!!! 🤣 Whenever I see different animals together it does something to my heart... like a tiny taste of Eden, the original design... I just LOVE it! Peace and Harmony 💖
Yall are living my dream. At 74yrs. old, l'm never going to live that that dream, so your farm is a dream come true. I bless YOU for being there for me.
I agree Sandi Brock is a very good example of a caring sheep breeder. She raises meat lambs and in my opinion does an excellent job. Do you have someone in mind to shear your sheep? And are you going to be using the wool they produce yourself? Good luck! I had a lamb years ago that became my best buddy, of course she was a bottle baby and on the brink of death when we took her into our home. Yes she lived in an upside down baby crib until she was able to go outside in the spring. My husbands grandparents owned a sheep farm and sometime things happen beyond anyones control and baby sheep get sick, I nursed her back to healthy and she was my baby. I loved that lamb! 🍁🍂🍁💚🙃
I love sheep! I've been watching Sandy Brock for several years now and she is probably the number one lady to watch when it comes to breeding, feeding and caring, and major Hands-On when it comes to lambing. She really gets her hands in there and she works together with a veterinarian when certain situations occur that you might not be aware of and she actually works hand in hand with a vet and she is very educational as far as sheep. She lives in Canada and they're a meat breeding State Farm at least she is her husband is the farmer for corn, soy, grains etc etc but she is a plethora of massive information. I was just blown away and she is so enjoyable and fun to watch to boot
Congratulations on the new additions to the farm. Tilly and Pippa would be a great children's book series. Just Imagine all the great stories. I can imagine Ben and the cats zipping around the meadow with them, getting into all kinds of mischief, haha. So glad to see Jess looking better and probably feeling a lot better. 😊
Oh yes can you just imagine what kind of adventure Tilly and Pippa could get into while exploring. They could befriend a garden spider 🕷and explain the necessity of working in the garden. Young children could learn sustainability early on. The barn kittens 🐈⬛already could be the start of the adventure. Come on girls welcome to the farm, we will show you around.
I cried seeing the goats again, I cried seeing the scenery, I cried seeing the boys with Lou Lou. I'm just a big lush, and I love it. Love u all. God Bless
Awwwww so adorable!!! Im sure they will get used to everyone especially in the barn at night when the rest of the animals come in at night to bed down. 🤗🤗🤗🐑🐴🐔🐷🐮
Oh my... i know you will not read every comment, but I love you and you keep saying conversating which is not a word. The word is converse. I hope this helps
Sheep are the sweetest, most gentle, wonderful, affectionate animals! You're so right that tame ones are easier. In case you don't know, lambs around 2 months old, so weaning age, are prone to coccidiosis when they're stressed like from moving to a new place so if they seem sick or start to scour, be prepared to treat them for that or you can lose them. The hair sheep will shed some of their baby wool somewhere between 2 months and 6 months, and they get itchy so if you start scratching their backs they quickly decide you're their best friend. I would love so much if you wind up getting some wool sheep and learn to shear, spin the wool into yarn, and start making some hats or something!
Seeing the beautiful barn while getting the lambs settled in reminds me that you are literally building a farm from the ground up. You have achieved so much in a sort amount of time. Job well done.
We raise 100% St. Croix sheep on our farm. You will love them. Easy to take care of especially when raising them on 100% grass. We will have some rams born this Spring from great stock. They will be registered. If you’d like to discuss we would enjoy a conversation about holding one for you guys. We live outside of Nashville, TN.
My sheep buttercup is like a dog! She follows us around knows her name and always comes ruining to greet me. She is hilarious 5 years together and she is still just as silly .
Fragiley 😂 Yep. I have a friend that is a shearer and he says 'sheep live to die' ...they are very fragiley. That being said...I LOVE sheep..especially cotswold. 💜🐑🐑🐑🌻
Tilly and Pippa! Love It! I suggest you do some binge watching of a gal in Ontario Canada named Sandi Brock. She’s a sheep farmer who blogs. I never intend to have sheep on our farm. Horses, dogs a barn cat or two, and chickens. But I’ve learned SO much from Sandi’s blogs.
Key tips for getting sheep to love you 1. Food. Scrap brassicas go down well 2. Brisket scratches. Their no1 spot for the gooood scritchies. 3. Ear wiggles. 4. Food, again. Good luck on your endeavours! We have 1500 sheep here and 5 exceptionally loving pets. Rev sits on my lap, sleeps under the dog kennels and prefers dog biscuits to sheep nuts. 100% a dog in his opinion. So glad you’ve finally seen the light and got some sheepies
What a valuable resource you've shared for those who are near this area of SC. I would have never known about it due to not using either FB or IG platforms, I just signed up for the email list and am marking my calendars for dates and events I hope to attend, Thank you as always for your genuine care and concern with becoming self-reliant, I'm forever grateful and excited each time I get a notification from Roots and Refuge Farm.
Jess, I’m a born and raised SC girl who moved to New England in the 70’s and I’ve been following you since the start of Covid. For the past four years we we have gotten two Katahdin lambs in the spring from a farm up here in Maine and kept them until November when they go into the freezer. All of them have been very friendly and fun to have around, but they do get really pushy by fall and can knock me over if I don’t watch out! I’m sure your new girls will become friendly with you in short order.
Oh yeah, my sheep are ever bit as affectionate as goats, and in a sweeter way. My sheep will lay down next to me, answer me when I talk to them, come to me when they need help etc. Food, and calm contact with them works wonders. They need calmness.
Jess, there is a “newspaper “ designed for farmers, gardeners, ranchers, etc called Farm and Dairy. It has a website but is still published once a week. That is an excellent resource for selling or buying anything “farm or garden”. Hope this helps
Love the new sheep! You have been asking what we would like on your videos. Turn the camera on the animals so we can see them. No worries! We will still hear you. 🙂
My mom (Mary) had a lamb growing up. She said it even acted like a dog and would try to bark at the gate with the other dogs. Also, I love when Miah jumps in at the end I am sure he hates it!
I had a wonderful, if short experience raising 4H market lambs one summer. I know for a fact that if you sweet talk them the way you do your other animals, they will respond, and be loving, friendly sweeties.
Congratulations 🎉 All my sheep were much more friendly than any of the goats that I have raised. Hence followed her to school one day nursery rhyme. Good luck!
There is a TH-cam channel that I enjoy by Sandi Brock called Sheepishly Me. She has a large commercial operation in Canada but so many of her videos contain excellent information about medical things and lambing/weaning. She is a good resource for lots of repitition of how things can go right and because she has a large herd, quite a bit of what can go wrong and what to do about it. I am so happy for you and looking forward to watching the new babies grow.
For one of the chapters in our book of life we were sheep farmers. We had this ewe that had two lambs but not enough milk so we started giving the lamb a bottle feed each day. It ran with its mum and sibling amongst all the other sheep. We would go to the gate with its bottle and shout Lambie and it would come running for its feed. 💕💕🌻🌻
We had 100 sheep back in my days when I was young..my Dad really had a heart for sheep.sheep follow,doesn't work to chase sheep.my Dad wood take a bucket of grain and call them sheep sheep and they followed him wherever he wanted them to go...wish you the best..
Oh they are so cute!! I was watching Doug and Stacy and they prefer sheep over goats because they’re more docile and easier to handle, that’s what Doug says. He also said with the ram’s you can’t pet them on the top of their heads because they take that as a challenge and they will head but you! 💚
I hear ya regarding appreciating beverages. Especially in the AM I "need" both a hot and cold. On my work desk there will often be at least 3 beverages. Icy cold tea with a million ice cubes, or water, cold soda, and a hot coffee . 😊
Ah! I love lambs! We raised dorpers in CA. I bottle fed a triplet, she was very small and I was worried momma wouldn't give her the attention she needed and she was the sweetest little lamb. She would run and jump around inside the house with my daughter who was 3 at the time. Sweet memories. 🥰 Bless you and your new sweet babies! 💜
How absolutely wonderful to see you and Jeremiah today (10/23), in Batesburg, at the Arts Festival! I commented to you that "we" had morning coffee together and that meeting you in person was both exciting and awkward, all at the same time. So many of us know you like our own, while today was the first day you met most of "us." You both are gracious and embracing! Blessings to you both in all your endeavors!
Only 20 minutes from where I'm moving in a few weeks! My husband's family have a horse farm that we plan to expand. Excited you're in that area now too!! Thanks for the great resources, we love watching you!
Hey Jess! I watch Sandi Brock on youTube. She is a sheep farmer in Canada and has a lot of years experience and goes over what is going on with her flock. She teaches what she does for mom's with PregTox as well as other issues she runs into with her sheep. Plus, watching all the little lambs frolicking around is mesmerizing! God Bless you and yours!
Momma's gotta be hydrated and energized.... Girl, I go everywhere with 2-3 drinks, so this cracked me up bc I never see anyone else do this. Jess, I love you so very much! You all are darling!
Sheep are our favorite animal on the farm! We raise East Friesian/gotland crosses for meat, milk and beautiful wool. We did a lot of reading and tried 5 different breeds total before deciding on this cross.
"If in 6 months we have 37 lambs....", I laughed so hard cause I can sooo relate!😂 Sweet additions to your homestead. It will be fun to watch over the next bit as they grow and acclimate.
When I was in high school, I wanted to join FAA and raise a sheep. It's still a dream to have sheep someday. For now, I'm excited to watch your sweet lambs grow up on your farm.
Congratulations!! I love being a Shepherdess! Hopefully this will go well for you. 🐏 Sheep respond really well to soft gentle people. If you want them to love you you need patience, spend a lot of time sitting with them, move slow around them, and be consistent. If you always throw hay in the same spot each day but catch them one time while they are eating they will remember it and always watch you suspicious of an ambush. Breed makes a difference but individual personalities always exist in breeds. Good luck! You've got this! 💙
We have 3 dorper ewes and got them when they were young but not little lambs - maybe 4 months. Now we pat them, hug them, love them- I’m sure yours will be the same! Ours are patch, chips and snowy, they’re like puppy dogs 😊
So happy to see you get sheep! We have about 70 sheep. I live in a place in Turkey where you sometimes have to stop the car and wait for 100+ goats/sheep to pass. It's been quite a learning experience. Make sure you're de-worming regularly when grazing. We lost two sheep this year to a tapeworm that comes from canines/foxes. I'd love to see how you progress with your new friends. 😄I also watch Sandie Brock / Sheepishly Me. She has hundreds of sheep, but definitely has a close relationship with some of them.
We raise Shetlands in Virginia. Just had some of our girls to AI this weekend because we are using some new bloodlines from the UK. Shetlands can be very friendly, any sheep can as long as you spend the time with them.
Ever watch 123 homefree? Amazing shepherd that trains his rams to pull a wagon that is his home. He makes all his clothes and bedding from the wool, makes cheese from the milk and is self sufficient pretty much. I think he has at least 4 sheep and sometimes more. He really loves his flock and they love him back. It’s really amazing.
Congrats on the new sheep! I'm an animal scientist who specializes in sheep, and I'm just over in North Carolina, so if you ever need any advice or help I'd be more than happy to assist. I also post lots of educational content regarding my rotationally grazed flock on my channel. We mainly raise Katahdin hair sheep, but I added a St.Croix ram last year from Greg Judy's farm to increase parasite resistance. When you are ready to expand your flock, I may even be able to hook you up with some nice lambs in the spring :)
I’m definitely interested in that!
4 minutes in, Jess throwing that lamb onto her hip then carrying one handed and flipping her hair... THAT'S a seasoned Momma! ❤
I live in Greece and we have 150 sheep. I find that how tame and friendly they are also depends on their heritage. If their mommas are loving and friendly their babies often take after them and have the same habits and personality as them as well. Some of my sheep have three or more lambs and we train them to nurse off a mother that has only one. These lambs tend to be more affectionate because we handle them more. I call them to feed and they come running to me...such joy! ❤ I’m sure if you show your new lambs love and pet them often they will love you back. They are better than humans and can tell you are an exceptional human being and they are blessed to have you as their family.
Our all white sheep are called Bella . I name our sheep from them showing me their personality. I’ve had some sheep that wouldn’t let me pet them but I kept at it everyday and they finally started to come to me on their own. Sheep are easier to keep than goats for me. I’m positive you will become a great shepherd
👆🏻 This is 100% accurate 🐏💙
I enjoyed this reply very much. I can tell that you truly love your sheep!
If you ever need sheep resources on TH-cam you should watch Sandi Brock! She raises sheep in Canada, they are raised indoors but she’s very present and caring with all her animals and has wonderful labor and care tips.
Sandi Brock’s retired Golden Girls flock is the highlight of sheep farming on YT for me. 😄 Tomatoes is a delight. 😆
Had to come back and share the video short of some of Tomatoes’ antics:
th-cam.com/users/shorts27AwIyQ8YKI?feature=share
Yep, just got done watching her show ! SWEET FAMILY & HARD WORKERS, you'd get along super well !😃
sheepishly me
Sandi has several ewes that are pretty tame. Love watching her channel!
Oh I agree! I also love how she greets all the lambs that have just been born and the lamb zoomies are an instant smile every time 🐑😊
🐑Sheep on the farm sounds like a dream. That’s awesome! My pastor just did a message on how sheep know their masters voice. In the the old days they’d put the sheep in this big fenced in area made of branches and thorns. The Shepard would lay in the opening (the door way). Protecting his herd from danger. Jesus is our shepherd, our door who knows each of us by name and knows our comings and goings. ❤🐑
Beautiful reminder! Thank you.
He stills my soul....
We raise lambs. The Shepard does take care of HIS flock. You may feel this even more as you work with your new flock. We do hope your family can feel GOD working with your family and your new flock.
Wish you had them for there wool only 😢
Amen!
I hand reared 3 lambs, then were put back with flock. 2 years later they still run to me when I enter the field. It makes my heart really happy
This is why I'm not enjoying this video hearing about the excellent flavor they will be...Nope
There not pets on the farm, you know exactly what will eventually happen. I dont eat lamb but all other meats. I'm not saying it easy but that's reality unless your vegetarian.
@@Nan-Elle I know but I actually think the world would be a better place if people met their meat, respected their meat, and thanked their meat. Either that or stop eating meat.
I’m interested to hear this, we’re currently bottle feeding a lamb and she’s afraid of the other sheep! How did you reintroduce them?
We had three, put them in the field beside the other sheep for a few days, then opened the gate. They stayed together for a while then slowly integrated with the rest of them.
I laughed so hard, Miah asking about an excessive amount of beverages. Congratulations 🐾🐕🐶🐑🐴🐮🐄🐔🐖🐣
I have been watching Sandi Brock for over a year and she really cares about her sheep and lambs. You both care so much about your animals.
Agreed!
Yesss Sandi is a diamond
She is the only commercial farmer I watch.
I would have sheep with the super power of turning grass into wool!
Lot of heritage breeds to choose from!
That would be my reason to have sheep too. I would like to be able to process fleece into yarn! Dreams are great to have ❤❤
“Now in 6 months if we have 37 lambs….”
He knows you so well 😂
So if we heard Miah correctly, anything below 36 is acceptable? 🤣
Enry pretty sure that’s what I heard 🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂
Someone has to say it. If they have 37 sheep in 6 months, it's math eeeewwww.
Yes Sandy Brooks is wonderful . GODBLESS you all
I love that you do research before you aquire a new animal. Glad you picked a heritage breed from a response farm. Your preparation for their needs (physically and emotionally) sets you and the lambs up for success. I look forward to watching your relationship with them flourish.
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I had lamb/sheep for 24 years. He was my best friend, thought he was a dog. On sheep shearing or any kind of sheep herding days, he was invaluable, sheep like to follow each other so we would call him,use him alongside the sheep dogs. He was very protective of his herd LOL which was dogs,cats,chooks,ducks and me. I named my first child after him(Jacob) Enjoy those sweet velvety lamb babies, they give great cuddles x
all I can think is:
🎤 Jessie had a little lamb
any way, congrats and good luck on this next endeavor!! 🐑
Ha! That was my first thought, too. I was just about to comment the same. lol
I appreciate you talking about, breifly, how you navigate buying animals online from strangers. There is nothing inherently bad about buying an animal off a craiglist listing or Facebook. But you need to do your research. This is something that so many people learn the hard way, including myself. So thank you!
We started our flock of Tunis sheep this past year. They are beautiful,have sweet dispositions and are easy keepers. We raised a few of them for feeders before committing to a breed and their meat is delicious .
We started with 2 ewe lambs, June and Rose. We also, kept them in a small pen for a while so we had close contact. It has worked out very well for us. Both of them love us and come when we call them. We have since added more to the flock and June is the leader . All I need to do is call her and everyone else follows. Wishing you the best in your new venture ❤
You should watch Sandi Brock, her sheep know her, well most of them, some are skittish some very confident with her, I think it depends on the personality of the animal. I’m sure you will win them around, especially if the boys pet them too. The kitties seem quite happy with the new additions❤
When I saw the title of this video... there was a little high pitched "Oooooooo"!!! 🤣 Whenever I see different animals together it does something to my heart... like a tiny taste of Eden, the original design... I just LOVE it! Peace and Harmony 💖
Jessica you should write a children's book. I'm sure it would be so poetically beautiful.
I had sheep as a kid and they were my best buddies and came running towards me when I came home from school.
Yall are living my dream. At 74yrs. old, l'm never going to live that that dream, so your farm is a dream come true. I bless YOU for being there for me.
Yep Sandi Brock is an amazing sheep farmer. I watch all four of her lambing’s every year. Have fun getting to know your sheep👍🏻😊❤️🐑🐑
I agree Sandi Brock is a very good example of a caring sheep breeder. She raises meat lambs and in my opinion does an excellent job. Do you have someone in mind to shear your sheep? And are you going to be using the wool they produce yourself? Good luck! I had a lamb years ago that became my best buddy, of course she was a bottle baby and on the brink of death when we took her into our home. Yes she lived in an upside down baby crib until she was able to go outside in the spring. My husbands grandparents owned a sheep farm and sometime things happen beyond anyones control and baby sheep get sick, I nursed her back to healthy and she was my baby. I loved that lamb! 🍁🍂🍁💚🙃
I love sheep! I've been watching Sandy Brock for several years now and she is probably the number one lady to watch when it comes to breeding, feeding and caring, and major Hands-On when it comes to lambing. She really gets her hands in there and she works together with a veterinarian when certain situations occur that you might not be aware of and she actually works hand in hand with a vet and she is very educational as far as sheep. She lives in Canada and they're a meat breeding State Farm at least she is her husband is the farmer for corn, soy, grains etc etc but she is a plethora of massive information. I was just blown away and she is so enjoyable and fun to watch to boot
@Sandi Brock is an awesome shepherdess!! I love her channel. Her lambing videos ... I start watching and I can’t stop. ❤️
Congratulations on the new additions to the farm. Tilly and Pippa would be a great children's book series. Just Imagine all the great stories. I can imagine Ben and the cats zipping around the meadow with them, getting into all kinds of mischief, haha. So glad to see Jess looking better and probably feeling a lot better. 😊
Oh yes can you just imagine what kind of adventure Tilly and Pippa could get into while exploring. They could befriend a garden spider 🕷and explain the necessity of working in the garden. Young children could learn sustainability early on. The barn kittens 🐈⬛already could be the start of the adventure. Come on girls welcome to the farm, we will show you around.
@@EvaVilla-pm5mv I think you have a children's book within you, ready to spill out. 🌞
We have a goat named Pippa 😂
@@EvaVilla-pm5mv grow up, you're not a kid, and this is not neverland.
I’m glad you’re getting some Sheep!, good decision!
Oh boy! Will be watching for the increase in numbers!!! I love how they interacted with the cat. I agree and look forward to your children's books!
I cried seeing the goats again, I cried seeing the scenery, I cried seeing the boys with Lou Lou. I'm just a big lush, and I love it. Love u all. God Bless
Awwwww so adorable!!! Im sure they will get used to everyone especially in the barn at night when the rest of the animals come in at night to bed down. 🤗🤗🤗🐑🐴🐔🐷🐮
Welcome to life as a shepherds! Sheep are by far our favorite. I wish I could share with you my son and ram. They can be so wonderful.
I love Mia's somewhat skeptical looks about the sheep! So cute!
Oh my... i know you will not read every comment, but I love you and you keep saying conversating which is not a word. The word is converse. I hope this helps
Sheep are the sweetest, most gentle, wonderful, affectionate animals! You're so right that tame ones are easier. In case you don't know, lambs around 2 months old, so weaning age, are prone to coccidiosis when they're stressed like from moving to a new place so if they seem sick or start to scour, be prepared to treat them for that or you can lose them. The hair sheep will shed some of their baby wool somewhere between 2 months and 6 months, and they get itchy so if you start scratching their backs they quickly decide you're their best friend. I would love so much if you wind up getting some wool sheep and learn to shear, spin the wool into yarn, and start making some hats or something!
Seeing the beautiful barn while getting the lambs settled in reminds me that you are literally building a farm from the ground up. You have achieved so much in a sort amount of time. Job well done.
You might want to move the saddles. Leather is fun for animals to chew on, and you don't want chewed latigo or stirrups!
Aw. Tilly and Pippa. Perfect!! Congratulations on your new additions.
I love your new new farm children. Sheep are the absolute;ute most peaceful animal to watch.
They seem like they’re going to be friendly with you! 🐑🐑
Also can we just point out how quickly you picked up that lamb up like a child lol 😆
Hair sheep like the St. Croix is my favorite freezer crop on our homestead.
We raise 100% St. Croix sheep on our farm. You will love them. Easy to take care of especially when raising them on 100% grass. We will have some rams born this Spring from great stock. They will be registered. If you’d like to discuss we would enjoy a conversation about holding one for you guys. We live outside of Nashville, TN.
My sheep buttercup is like a dog! She follows us around knows her name and always comes ruining to greet me. She is hilarious 5 years together and she is still just as silly .
Fragiley 😂 Yep. I have a friend that is a shearer and he says 'sheep live to die' ...they are very fragiley. That being said...I LOVE sheep..especially cotswold. 💜🐑🐑🐑🌻
Tilly and Pippa! Love It!
I suggest you do some binge watching of a gal in Ontario Canada named Sandi Brock. She’s a sheep farmer who blogs. I never intend to have sheep on our farm. Horses, dogs a barn cat or two, and chickens. But I’ve learned SO much from Sandi’s blogs.
They are very loving and your thinking is correct , the time you spend will be well rewarded 🧡 there is nothing like sheep kisses🧡
Key tips for getting sheep to love you
1. Food. Scrap brassicas go down well
2. Brisket scratches. Their no1 spot for the gooood scritchies.
3. Ear wiggles.
4. Food, again.
Good luck on your endeavours! We have 1500 sheep here and 5 exceptionally loving pets. Rev sits on my lap, sleeps under the dog kennels and prefers dog biscuits to sheep nuts. 100% a dog in his opinion.
So glad you’ve finally seen the light and got some sheepies
Ps. Sheep milk is absolutely Devine!
We sell and buy on Craigslist all the time. We do not have or want a Facebook but we are building a website.
What a valuable resource you've shared for those who are near this area of SC. I would have never known about it due to not using either FB or IG platforms, I just signed up for the email list and am marking my calendars for dates and events I hope to attend, Thank you as always for your genuine care and concern with becoming self-reliant, I'm forever grateful and excited each time I get a notification from Roots and Refuge Farm.
Jess, I’m a born and raised SC girl who moved to New England in the 70’s and I’ve been following you since the start of Covid. For the past four years we we have gotten two Katahdin lambs in the spring from a farm up here in Maine and kept them until November when they go into the freezer. All of them have been very friendly and fun to have around, but they do get really pushy by fall and can knock me over if I don’t watch out! I’m sure your new girls will become friendly with you in short order.
"long productive outdoor lives" love that!
Oh yeah, my sheep are ever bit as affectionate as goats, and in a sweeter way. My sheep will lay down next to me, answer me when I talk to them, come to me when they need help etc.
Food, and calm contact with them works wonders. They need calmness.
Jess, there is a “newspaper “ designed for farmers, gardeners, ranchers, etc called Farm and Dairy. It has a website but is still published once a week. That is an excellent resource for selling or buying anything “farm or garden”. Hope this helps
Love the new sheep! You have been asking what we would like on your videos. Turn the camera on the animals so we can see them. No worries! We will still hear you. 🙂
Sheep like to chew things. I would suggest moving the saddles.
My mom (Mary) had a lamb growing up. She said it even acted like a dog and would try to bark at the gate with the other dogs.
Also, I love when Miah jumps in at the end I am sure he hates it!
Babydoll Sheep have been a dream of mine...they are just adorable. :)
I had a wonderful, if short experience raising 4H market lambs one summer. I know for a fact that if you sweet talk them the way you do your other animals, they will respond, and be loving, friendly sweeties.
Congratulations 🎉 All my sheep were much more friendly than any of the goats that I have raised. Hence followed her to school one day nursery rhyme. Good luck!
We have started a small herd of Katahdin sheep and yes they do know your voice. (i sing to them in the morning)
I know the multi-cup travel!
We hope to add sheep this coming year, very excited.
😄 I love her so much - thanks for being you!
Jess I love you girl, but it makes my heart ❤️ happy to see the growth in Myah in front of the camera 🎥. Bless you wonderful family.
There is a TH-cam channel that I enjoy by Sandi Brock called Sheepishly Me. She has a large commercial operation in Canada but so many of her videos contain excellent information about medical things and lambing/weaning. She is a good resource for lots of repitition of how things can go right and because she has a large herd, quite a bit of what can go wrong and what to do about it.
I am so happy for you and looking forward to watching the new babies grow.
For one of the chapters in our book of life we were sheep farmers. We had this ewe that had two lambs but not enough milk so we started giving the lamb a bottle feed each day. It ran with its mum and sibling amongst all the other sheep. We would go to the gate with its bottle and shout Lambie and it would come running for its feed. 💕💕🌻🌻
We had 100 sheep back in my days when I was young..my Dad really had a heart for sheep.sheep follow,doesn't work to chase sheep.my Dad wood take a bucket of grain and call them sheep sheep and they followed him wherever he wanted them to go...wish you the best..
Tilly and Pippa are so cute!!
There totally needs to be a children's book!! 😍😍😍
Lamb❤ so exciting! Congratulations Soward’s 🤝 bless y’all until next time! ✌🏻🙏🏼❤️
Oh they are so cute!! I was watching Doug and Stacy and they prefer sheep over goats because they’re more docile and easier to handle, that’s what Doug says. He also said with the ram’s you can’t pet them on the top of their heads because they take that as a challenge and they will head but you! 💚
I hear ya regarding appreciating beverages. Especially in the AM I "need" both a hot and cold. On my work desk there will often be at least 3 beverages. Icy cold tea with a million ice cubes, or water, cold soda, and a hot coffee . 😊
Good morning everyone happy Sunday morning and I loved your vlogs and you are all amazing Supporter
“Jess had her little lambs”. So exciting and cute!! 🐑 🐑. Tilly && Pippa. Cute
my husband and sister in law had a pet sheep on their farm... she was just like a dog and followed them everywhere! They'll definitely love you!
Stay hydrated Jess!!! Not excessive at all!
Guaranteed, it is not the bottle but the time. We have had both and they turned out sweet and well adjusted.
I almost always have 3 drinks at once! One for caffeine, one for hydration, one for fun!
Three beverages are the optimal number, always. One for hydration, one for caffeine, and one for pure enjoyment (or nourishment).
Ah! I love lambs! We raised dorpers in CA. I bottle fed a triplet, she was very small and I was worried momma wouldn't give her the attention she needed and she was the sweetest little lamb. She would run and jump around inside the house with my daughter who was 3 at the time. Sweet memories. 🥰 Bless you and your new sweet babies! 💜
How absolutely wonderful to see you and Jeremiah today (10/23), in Batesburg, at the Arts Festival! I commented to you that "we" had morning coffee together and that meeting you in person was both exciting and awkward, all at the same time. So many of us know you like our own, while today was the first day you met most of "us." You both are gracious and embracing! Blessings to you both in all your endeavors!
Only 20 minutes from where I'm moving in a few weeks! My husband's family have a horse farm that we plan to expand. Excited you're in that area now too!! Thanks for the great resources, we love watching you!
Hey Jess! I watch Sandi Brock on youTube. She is a sheep farmer in Canada and has a lot of years experience and goes over what is going on with her flock. She teaches what she does for mom's with PregTox as well as other issues she runs into with her sheep. Plus, watching all the little lambs frolicking around is mesmerizing! God Bless you and yours!
I’m selfishly very thrilled about this lol. I want to start a small flock in a few years and now I can learn from my favorite gardener!
Momma's gotta be hydrated and energized.... Girl, I go everywhere with 2-3 drinks, so this cracked me up bc I never see anyone else do this. Jess, I love you so very much! You all are darling!
Sheep are our favorite animal on the farm! We raise East Friesian/gotland crosses for meat, milk and beautiful wool. We did a lot of reading and tried 5 different breeds total before deciding on this cross.
Hey dear ones. I just love how tender your heart is towards your human and animal family. You bless me every time I watch. I bless you too.
And just like that, a Shepherd & Shepherdess are born! Lol... congrats 😊❤️👊
"If in 6 months we have 37 lambs....", I laughed so hard cause I can sooo relate!😂 Sweet additions to your homestead. It will be fun to watch over the next bit as they grow and acclimate.
What a lovely mug, Jess.
When I was in high school, I wanted to join FAA and raise a sheep. It's still a dream to have sheep someday. For now, I'm excited to watch your sweet lambs grow up on your farm.
Miah your barn looks so organized clean and well thought out. Welcome to lamb farming Jess and Miah🙏🏻🇨🇦🌻
Congratulations!! I love being a Shepherdess! Hopefully this will go well for you. 🐏
Sheep respond really well to soft gentle people. If you want them to love you you need patience, spend a lot of time sitting with them, move slow around them, and be consistent. If you always throw hay in the same spot each day but catch them one time while they are eating they will remember it and always watch you suspicious of an ambush. Breed makes a difference but individual personalities always exist in breeds. Good luck! You've got this! 💙
We have 3 dorper ewes and got them when they were young but not little lambs - maybe 4 months. Now we pat them, hug them, love them- I’m sure yours will be the same! Ours are patch, chips and snowy, they’re like puppy dogs 😊
So happy to see you get sheep! We have about 70 sheep. I live in a place in Turkey where you sometimes have to stop the car and wait for 100+ goats/sheep to pass. It's been quite a learning experience. Make sure you're de-worming regularly when grazing. We lost two sheep this year to a tapeworm that comes from canines/foxes.
I'd love to see how you progress with your new friends. 😄I also watch Sandie Brock / Sheepishly Me. She has hundreds of sheep, but definitely has a close relationship with some of them.
We raise Shetlands in Virginia. Just had some of our girls to AI this weekend because we are using some new bloodlines from the UK. Shetlands can be very friendly, any sheep can as long as you spend the time with them.
Thank you...that blessing is important. Blessings to y'all. 🙏🕊❤
I have Katahdins! Absolutely love them. They follow me everywhere. Even the rams are
Sweethearts.
You guys are living the dream thank you so much for sharing with us may God continue to bless y'all and your homestead.
Girlllll I travel the sameeee way with all them beverages! I feel you! And I completely respect your process! 💜☕🌻
Ever watch 123 homefree? Amazing shepherd that trains his rams to pull a wagon that is his home. He makes all his clothes and bedding from the wool, makes cheese from the milk and is self sufficient pretty much. I think he has at least 4 sheep and sometimes more. He really loves his flock and they love him back. It’s really amazing.