Agriculture teacher here, I asked a Georgia sheppard his ratio for breeding. 1 ram for 200 ewes. My face dropped. “You’re going to kill your ram.” says I he replied, “ No, but he loses about 40lbs that month.” Your ratio makes much better sense.
I'm taking one ram (sheep) to the next auction because he's getting too aggressive with the other rams and myself. No point in dealing with one that will hurt others or break my hip. He's got me a few times already. I'm going to moon him from the stands when they send him out on the auction floor. LOL
I have an older ram lamb in with 6 ewes put him with them in late September so fingers crossed he got the job done. All the girls look to be heavy at the moment. Like your vids!
We run 3 merino rams for every 100 Merino ewes. In groups of 300 or 400 ewes depending on how many Merino ewes we running at that particular year. Droughts affect the number of ewes we can run on the farm but the ratio remains 1 ram per 33 Merino ewes. We use Konsortium Merino.
@@kyler565 a neighbour of ours is big on AI and he does it himself. So he has offered to assist us with that. For the past 4 years we've been forced to lamb in small camps by our farm houses. Vermin is a problem in our area. So it's practically impossible to lamb on veld/ range. So we will now do AI so that it is easier to manage and feed lambing ewes and lambs as most will lamb in one week meaning all lambs will be fed on the same ration for 90days then wean them. We starting this October
I have half an acre of land with grass super high I'm not looking to breed or meat . Just use them as basic mowers . My question is would it be a problem if I put 2female sheep togther ? Will they be okay or but heads like rams would ?
What is your opinion on having a Ram and a Buck together in a mixed herd/flock of sheep and goats? Same advice to have an older one grow up with a juvenile? Will there eventually be an issue between a Ram and Buck or Ram and Ram after a year old when both mature? Best to switch Bucks/Rams at that point? How badly do they fight? Will the Ram try to kill the Buck? Or will the buck submit most likely? By the way your videos are very informative and are clear to the point. Keep at it
In my experience rams and buck usually do ok together. I have seen them try to fight, but they have such different methods of fighting (bucks rare up, rams back up and charge) that it usually just devolves into a frustrating pushing match that they quickly give up on.
@@rollingofarm, thanks for the response. That’s what I guessed. But hearing it from an experienced shepherd is great. Another question I have that maybe you could answer is; what ratio of goats to sheep are needed to keep a flocking mentality in a flock/herd?
From another sheep youtuber. He says to keep rams up in a pen all year till you need them to breed. Do you keep your rams/billys with your flock all year round. If so how do you keep the birthing close together?.
In the past, I have tried to keep my rams separate and schedule my breeding, but after a while, I found it more convenient just to keep my rams in with my flock year round. It does cause the lambing to be a little more spread out, but for me, it is much easier than trying to keep the rams separated.
We're thinking of getting sheep for our small 5 acre farm. We plan on keeping any meat/wool for ourselves so we aren't going to go with a big operation. Would it be okay if we got one ram and 2 ewes? Or would the females be too harassed? Would it be better then to get three females and find a sheep stud service (if there's such a thing)?
2 ewes and 1 ram would be fine (he wouldn't bother them any more than he would if you had 20), or if you could find someone local that would let you borrow a ram once a year that would be even better.
Hi, I am in Sacramento CA. I have 1/4 acre side yard, My friend give me one 2 years old beautiful full blood dorper ram that weight about 300lb. My plan is separate the yard to 2 section to grow the grass alternated. How many doper sheep I can have and what kind grass I can feed they better for economical? I feed him alfalfa now, too expensive. Thank you so much.
On 1/4 of an acre you won't be able to have many without having to feed hay year round (5 to an acre is usually max). I don't know your growing season, nor what kind of hay that is accessible. Here Orchardgrass, Fescue, Bermuda are all good hays to feed sheep.
@@rollingofarm bermuda would be my suggestion. very digestable & goes fast in ga. where i am orchard grass will need to be reseeded in about 3yrs i am told. fescue seed is cheaper than the others you mention. on the size of your pasture it would not take alot of seed. you could afford to mix some clover& bermuda & be about as good as you be. your climate may determine which grass would grow where you are,
I want to know can I keep my own goat kids and breed them back to there father? Or do I need to get a new goat ram everytime I want to keep my own goat kids from that particular father? I can't find any video s on that. Please make one
I want to know can I keep my own goat kids and breed them back to there father? Or do I need to get a new goat ram everytime I want to keep my own goat kids from that particular father? I can't find any video s on that.
I always swap out my breeding bucks/rams every breeding season. However I’ve always been told it is ok to line breed one generation (father to daughter), but not two generations (father to granddaughter).
What about AI vs a Ram? I live overseas and some sheep breeds are not available. So the options are shipped frozen embryo transfer or shipped frozen seman
Our male goat jumped the fence and was breeding our young ewes which we had separated from our ram has this ever happened to you and will the ewes get pregnant
Yes sheep can be artificially inseminated, but I don’t have any experience with it. I’ve heard people tell me about rams protected against predators, but I would not count on it in every case.
I want to know can I keep my own goat kids and breed them back to there father? Or do I need to get a new goat ram everytime I want to keep my own goat kids from that particular father? I can't find any video s on that. Please make one
Agriculture teacher here,
I asked a Georgia sheppard his ratio for breeding.
1 ram for 200 ewes. My face dropped.
“You’re going to kill your ram.” says I
he replied, “ No, but he loses about 40lbs that month.”
Your ratio makes much better sense.
For an Ag teacher your spelling is crap...mate, it's "shepherd".
@@rossholmes178 Lol
I'm taking one ram (sheep) to the next auction because he's getting too aggressive with the other rams and myself. No point in dealing with one that will hurt others or break my hip. He's got me a few times already. I'm going to moon him from the stands when they send him out on the auction floor. LOL
😂
Thank you so much for the videos
I am building my tilt table now for my shoot
Glad to see you're back making these videos. Hopefully I'll be in touch with you this year.
Considering goats, I live 30 min from you. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Great information for those of us that are just starting out with our goat heard. We have been missing you on TH-cam. God Bless.
Thanks
i Like how you go straight to the point....💪💪
I have an older ram lamb in with 6 ewes put him with them in late September so fingers crossed he got the job done. All the girls look to be heavy at the moment. Like your vids!
i love your videos would love to see more in the future thanks
The poor ram isn't lazy he is tired. Lol.
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Great video, thank you!
Good to know! Thanks for the info!
Good info! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
We run 3 merino rams for every 100 Merino ewes. In groups of 300 or 400 ewes depending on how many Merino ewes we running at that particular year. Droughts affect the number of ewes we can run on the farm but the ratio remains 1 ram per 33 Merino ewes.
We use Konsortium Merino.
Have you ever done AI or embryo transfer?
@@kyler565 a neighbour of ours is big on AI and he does it himself. So he has offered to assist us with that.
For the past 4 years we've been forced to lamb in small camps by our farm houses. Vermin is a problem in our area. So it's practically impossible to lamb on veld/ range.
So we will now do AI so that it is easier to manage and feed lambing ewes and lambs as most will lamb in one week meaning all lambs will be fed on the same ration for 90days then wean them.
We starting this October
thank you so much.
Loving the style of your videos! 🙂
Great information
That’s a good clean ratio
Happy New Year! I am so excited that you made another video! You have a great looking flock.
Thank you! You too!
I have half an acre of land with grass super high I'm not looking to breed or meat . Just use them as basic mowers . My question is would it be a problem if I put 2female sheep togther ? Will they be okay or but heads like rams would ?
They should do fine together.
What is your opinion on having a Ram and a Buck together in a mixed herd/flock of sheep and goats? Same advice to have an older one grow up with a juvenile? Will there eventually be an issue between a Ram and Buck or Ram and Ram after a year old when both mature? Best to switch Bucks/Rams at that point?
How badly do they fight? Will the Ram try to kill the Buck? Or will the buck submit most likely?
By the way your videos are very informative and are clear to the point. Keep at it
In my experience rams and buck usually do ok together. I have seen them try to fight, but they have such different methods of fighting (bucks rare up, rams back up and charge) that it usually just devolves into a frustrating pushing match that they quickly give up on.
@@rollingofarm, thanks for the response. That’s what I guessed. But hearing it from an experienced shepherd is great.
Another question I have that maybe you could answer is; what ratio of goats to sheep are needed to keep a flocking mentality in a flock/herd?
Too many terms I don’t understand but interesting ❤
Thanks for watching. You may want to check out my video on “Goat and sheep lingo: terms dealing with goats and sheep”. 😊
Would you use the same ram to breed the nex generation?
I swap out mine every year, but I’ve been told you can line breed one generation without problems
@Rolling "O" Farm is it costly to swap rams every years? I'm not very confident for libe breeding.
From another sheep youtuber. He says to keep rams up in a pen all year till you need them to breed. Do you keep your rams/billys with your flock all year round. If so how do you keep the birthing close together?.
In the past, I have tried to keep my rams separate and schedule my breeding, but after a while, I found it more convenient just to keep my rams in with my flock year round. It does cause the lambing to be a little more spread out, but for me, it is much easier than trying to keep the rams separated.
What about castrating rams? Can they be put in with the females or do they still fight and try to mate?
Castrating will solve the chasing/fighting problems.
We're thinking of getting sheep for our small 5 acre farm. We plan on keeping any meat/wool for ourselves so we aren't going to go with a big operation. Would it be okay if we got one ram and 2 ewes? Or would the females be too harassed? Would it be better then to get three females and find a sheep stud service (if there's such a thing)?
2 ewes and 1 ram would be fine (he wouldn't bother them any more than he would if you had 20), or if you could find someone local that would let you borrow a ram once a year that would be even better.
@@rollingofarm Thank you!
Hi, I am in Sacramento CA. I have 1/4 acre side yard, My friend give me one 2 years old beautiful full blood dorper ram that weight about 300lb. My plan is separate the yard to 2 section to grow the grass alternated. How many doper sheep I can have and what kind grass I can feed they better for economical? I feed him alfalfa now, too expensive. Thank you so much.
On 1/4 of an acre you won't be able to have many without having to feed hay year round (5 to an acre is usually max). I don't know your growing season, nor what kind of hay that is accessible. Here Orchardgrass, Fescue, Bermuda are all good hays to feed sheep.
@@rollingofarm bermuda would be my suggestion. very digestable & goes fast in ga. where i am orchard grass will need to be reseeded in about 3yrs i am told.
fescue seed is cheaper than the others you mention. on the size of your pasture
it would not take alot of seed. you could afford to mix some clover& bermuda & be
about as good as you be. your climate may determine which grass would grow where you are,
I want to know can I keep my own goat kids and breed them back to there father? Or do I need to get a new goat ram everytime I want to keep my own goat kids from that particular father? I can't find any video s on that. Please make one
I want to know can I keep my own goat kids and breed them back to there father? Or do I need to get a new goat ram everytime I want to keep my own goat kids from that particular father? I can't find any video s on that.
I always swap out my breeding bucks/rams every breeding season. However I’ve always been told it is ok to line breed one generation (father to daughter), but not two generations (father to granddaughter).
What about AI vs a Ram? I live overseas and some sheep breeds are not available. So the options are shipped frozen embryo transfer or shipped frozen seman
I don’t have any personal experience with AI
Our male goat jumped the fence and was breeding our young ewes which we had separated from our ram has this ever happened to you and will the ewes get pregnant
Despite what some people say, a goat can’t impregnate a sheep, nor visa versa.
How many sheep do you recommend for 2 to 3 acres?
How Many Goats or Sheep Per Acre?
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@@rollingofarm thank you, I didn't see this one!
Will male sheep and male goats fight each other?
Sometimes, but their style of fighting is different so they usually give up pretty quickly.
Can sheep be artificially insemination? Also do rams protect against predators?
Yes sheep can be artificially inseminated, but I don’t have any experience with it.
I’ve heard people tell me about rams protected against predators, but I would not count on it in every case.
What about inbreeding?
Won't that mess up the herd?
They say you can line breed one generation, but I just already swap out my ram if I’m keeping my ewe lambs.
I want to know can I keep my own goat kids and breed them back to there father? Or do I need to get a new goat ram everytime I want to keep my own goat kids from that particular father? I can't find any video s on that. Please make one